Distance 118 miles ( 200 kilometers )
Climbing 2059
Avg speed 19.0 mph ( 32 kph )
Elevation of Anderson 915
Total miles to date , 2700 miles ( 4500 kilometers )
Hard to believe but just seven riding days remain, the time has gone by unbelievably fast. The miles are really adding up and the country side is flying by. Today we entered Indiana, more corn and soy bean fields. I never realized how much of this country is really farm land, it is truly amazing. The humidity is terrible and although we complain alot about the Northwest cold, there's something refreshing about our air.
Todays ride went really fast 6.5 hours of riding time and a good steady pace. We have formed a group off four to six riders that are about the same in ability . 3 of us are from the seattle area, we seem to be at the point that their is more team work now than there has been in the past couple of weeks; some of the machismo has been replaced by a spirit of getting as many as possible to the end.
Tomrrow and the next day will be recovery days, less than 100 miles, followed by 2 very tough days of over 130 miles each day and over 15, 000 feet of climbing. Better take it easy while we can.
Here's a picture of me and Bob, the only guy on this tour that had more training miles than me; 13,000 miles. wow!
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