The answer my friend is blowing in the wind! And it sure blew today…20-30 mph sustained
winds with higher gusts. For the first
25 miles it was a cross wind that blew us around on the shoulder. Then it slowly moved around to come out of
the East as a wicked headwind. And it
never stopped blowing. Today’s ride was
a real slog for everyone because of the wind.
It was tough physically. It was
tough mentally. In fact for me, except
for the rides two years ago on the tour when I was fighting bronchitis, this
was the physically most difficult ride I ever remember.
Since it took a tight hand on the handlebar today I only had
a chance to shoot two pictures—the “halfway between New York and San Francisco”
sign in Kinsley, Kansas, and a shot to show how hard the wind was blowing. That grass is horizontal from the wind! It was indeed a windy day. One that I hope is not repeated on this tour!
As usual, here is the excruciating data from today’s
ride.
But now onto more important things. Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. Let’s Go Caps!
I hope today is a whole lot easier! Of course, the Caps win should help!
ReplyDeleteThe Caps win was wonderful. Just two more!
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