Karla and I were able to get a solid 4 hours of good sleep last night. We wore our compression tights to sleep and the legs feel really good this morning (I guess it is something like that - I think it was 10:00 pm when we awoke). Anyhow, the afternoon crew yesterday battled fierce side winds out of Flagstaff. It wiped them out - they were shot when we caught up with them on them. One of the riders became ill and cannot handle food at this point. He threw up yesterday on the bike and is down for the count. As I write this, we just went through time station 13 in Cortez, CO. We all worked really hard this morning and worked our way up from 5 to 4th. I wanted another kill but three of us worked hard including a climb where I managed to close the gap from 7 minutes to 3 minutes in 6 miles to overtake a Canadian team. We then raced neck and neck for 30 minutes until we pulled away for good. It is literally freezing out this morning. I am bundled up with everything I have packed. Today is a hard day of mountain climbing. Hopefully the remaining 7 riders can pick up the slack and we can maintain our 4th place position.
A rider exchange just happened so I need to go and load bikes -
Out to the road
NJB
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2 comments:
I've been thinking about you!! Thank you for the updates! I will be following along. Safe riding! hugs nean
Nick and Karla --
Congrats on moving into 4th place!
Looks like your training and hard work is paying off. I am envious of your pre-ride training (3738 bike miles). Way to go!!!
Sounds like the ride is an amazing adventure and personal accomplishment.
Keep up the great work and good luck on the remainder of the ride!
Eric - West Des Moines, IA
(I work with Karla's dad. Whom by the way is very proud of both of you.)
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