Week 6
Week 7
June 8
Quincy Ill- Springfield Ill- 107 miles- 6 hrs- avg.
speed- 16.4 mph- today was a really good riding day-
rain- cloud cover- cool temperatures----- and mostly no
wind or tail winds- some headwinds- but nothing bad-
it's nice to be back to flat ground- after the 2nd. SAG
Darryl set a killer pace for the last 37 miles-we
covered that in less than 2 hrs- at one point I was
going 28mph and couldn't keep up with him-
Anyway- tomorrow the riders from Kankakee are coming to
join us for a day- if they're lucky we'll have 50 mph
headwinds- and suddenly mountains will sprout up in
Illinois-and sleet too- why not- so they can get a real
feel for this ride!!
See you out there
Jim
June 9
Quincy Ill. to Springfield- 107 miles - This was the
easiest century I've ever done- it started out with rain
and cool temperatures- we had cloud cover all day- so no
real heat or burning sun and a nice tail wind- nothing
memorable- just a pleasant ride"
June 10
Springfield to Champaign- scheduled- 87 miles- actual-
95 miles-
So first- the Harbor House Riders came along today-
let's start with Al and his 11 year old daughter-
Gabriel- this was a hot day- baking sun- no cloud cover
and we had 2 detours- due to bridges being out- which
made the ride longer than scheduled- yet Gabriel
finished this whole ride- on a hybrid bike- without clip
less pedals- what a warrior- my hat is off to you- they
finished the ride at 5:15 p.m.- after 10 hours on the
road- what determination-
As I said- the ride was a hot one- I was 1st. rider in-
but Cathy - from Harbor House beat me by 5 minutes- she
is really a tough rider- all day- we (Rich, Darryl,
Laura and me) were hammering- yet every time we looked
up Cathy and her friend were right there with us- on
hybrid bikes- wearing tennis shoes- very humbling)
WE had 2 detours- because bridges were out- but we had a
nice tailwind-
tomorrow- to Crawfordsville Ind.-
See you out there
Jim
June 11
DAY OF REST!
June 12
Before I start- I forgot to mention- the Resolve guys
were here when we arrived in Champaign- they helped
unload bags, welcomed riders and even washed the vans-
all the riders and staff had nothing but good things to
say about them- They really were awesome-
Champaign
to Crawfordsville Ind- 80 miles- I was 1st. rider in
today- the ride today started out nice- cool- overcast-
flat- crosswinds- but as the morning went on- the sun
came out and it just got hot- brutally hot- I really was
glad to see the hotel today- as I sit in my room- with
the A/C cranked up-it's easy to forget how miserable it
was on the road today- but you know- "wanted an
adventure vacation"- tomorrow to Indy- and we get to do
laps on the Veladrome- this should be fun- just get on
the track and crank it out-
Also- today
while riding I lost my cell phone- it dropped out of my
seat bag and fell on the road- now the incredible thing-
Damien was about 30 minutes behind me- he saw a shiney
object on the ground- rode about another half mile-
THAN- turned around- picked it up- saw the screen saver
of my grandson- who he met yesterday- and brought it
back to me- Unbelievable-
See you out
there
Jim
June 13
Crawfordsville Ind- Indianapolis Ind.- So- today was
miserable- rained all day- headwinds- rain- dogs chasing
us- climbing- seemingly random meandering through the
subdivisions of Indy- than we got to the Veladrome - we
did a couple of laps- but the rain and weather limited
our ability- oh yeah- also- just for fun- my front
brakes weren't working today- which made it interesting
on the downhill- rain covered streets-
So all in all- I'm glad we're moving on tomorrow-
See you out there
Jim
