Today was, I think, the first day that we were up and eating breakfast before the sun was even up, 5am wake up was early. We hit the road at 6am on the dot, I was sweeps with Scott and Joe, very glad they decided to join me because I knew it would be an entertaining ride with them. The morning started off great, it was pretty cool temperatures and we were moving really fast. We fell behind a bit from some flats from other pace lines we had to wait for and bathroom breaks so we were making up the time and ended up cruising at 23-25mph on flats for maybe 45 min, it was crazy how easy it was for us, such a huge improvement from when we started the trip. Eventually we caught another group and rode behind them until lunch at about 75 miles which was a treat, lunch meat and hummus wraps, so good. By that point it was really hot out, approaching the mid 90's, it kept get hotter the rest of the ride. This is the first ride we have had in this heat, I am a little more adjusted to it because of training in AZ but a lot of the guys weren't used to it at all. Luckily we were all hydrating really well and no one had any problems with the heat. The worst part of the ride was not the heat or boring landscape but the smell, we passed so many cows and the wind blew the stench right at us, to add to it we had at least three dumpster trucks come by us and leave a horrible smell for us to ride through for a mile every time, at one point Scott was about to puke it was so bad. After lunch we started to slow down though, tired of being on the bike, sore and exhausted but we caught a few pace lines and were able to ride with them for a while and just being around more guys and yelling jokes between pace lines kept us in a good mood and distracted from our soreness and exhaustion and able to finish the ride.
To celebrate the 127 mile ride we went to Sonic after showers to get giant slushes, so perfect for such a hot day. Our dinner was right after sponsored by a family in town who was so nice, allowed us to hang out in her house, had a ton if food for us and we watched the incredibles while we ate. They had so much food donated by the community to help us, it was so amazing how much they supported us. It was great to relax for the evening and destress to prepare for another similar day tomorrow. Another 5am wake up and 105 miles to cross into Kansas with an arrival and friendship visit, best part is we get a hotel tomorrow night!
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