Distance: 141 km
Average Speed: 26.6 km/h
Riding Time: 5 hours 17
Total Time: 6 hours 30
Total Distance: 922 km
Weather/Wind: Headwind again all day, getting progressively stronger, sunny all day, high of 24.
Terrain: Hills. All day. Over and over.
Okay, Day 7. We've gone almost 100o km in 7 days, and it's starting to take a toll. The headwind is very frustrating as well, and it seems we have to work harder to go shorter distances every day. At the end of the day we saw a sign to Caroline that we thought said 4 km and decided to press on, but when it actually said 8 km that was game, and the wind bent our wills back to the hotel. Tomorrow is the beginning of sub 100 days for a while, and we will be joined by several other riders hailing from Cremona, then to Jeff and Ing's for night before our final approach into Calgary. On a side note, Rod and Michael tried to poison me with nuts today, but I was one step ahead. I'll have to keep an eye on those guys. No riding photos today, but the scenery is getting epic. We caught our first glimpse of the Rockies as we stopped for lunch, unsure whether it was snow or cloud, but now we are definitely in Southern Alberta, and the western horizon is reassuringly jagged. This is what I feel like after a day of wind and hills.
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