Some of us decided to go without breakfast this morning and
wait for breakfast until about the 20 mile mark at Sulley, IA. The CRC church
there provided a great pancake and bacon breakfast for all the riders and it
was much appreciated. That was a good jump on our long 94 mile day to
Coralville (Iowa City).
I rode with Dan Kiel and considering the long distance day,
it went pretty well, though there were many, many, did I say many, hills to
climb. The wind was mostly from the northwest and helped a bit. There was one
15 mile section that it helped a lot and we averaged over 20 mph for that
section. Later we had to turn north for several miles and the wind had really
picked up and that section had some very steep hills. That was really tough and
could not get over 6-7 mph a lot of the time.
At the 83 mile mark, Dan had a bolt break off that holds the
derailer together and he had to call for someone to take him in for the rest of
the route. He was able to get the part he needed at a local bike store and is
ready to go for Monday.
We are camped at a city park for the weekend. It has a great
outdoor water park with lots of slides, but the temperature dropped so much
yesterday, that no one has used the pool. Instead, everyone is in jeans and
sweatshirts. We are glad to be into the weekend with a day off tomorrow to rest
up from a high mileage week.
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