Riding Time: 4 hours 10
Total Time: 6 hours
Average Speed: 28.7 km/h
Total Distance: 393 km
Weather/Wind: Mainly sunny day, 12 in the morning warming to 18 in the afternoon, 10-15 km headwind all day.
Terrain: Gently rolling terrain with a 5 km descent and climb out of Peace River.
Today seemed about on par with yesterday effort-wise, despite being 40 km shorter. This was largely due to the headwind we were fighting all day, and in part to the 5 km hill out of Peace River, although it was a pleasant climb having level recovery sections in all the right places. The sun also plays a part I think, just being exposed to the heat all day takes it out of you little faster. Highlights of the day included seeing 3 live moose and (lowlight) one dead, and rolling into town a few hours earlier than normal due to a slightly earlier start and shorter day. Legs are starting to feel the effort, but hopefully that will just be due to the longer day yesterday. Looking forward to getting south of Edmonton where our cohorts will join us. The pictures are of us being interviewed (well) for a tiny paper, tiny us (about half way up) climbing a largish hill, and Kim's excellent shot of a miniature (tiny) moose.
Awesome press coverage dudes. I shall be following the story entry by entry. I totally miss the prairies and kind of wish I had road hundreds more km while there. My work ethic has been sagging since the summer began so maybe this will give me some motivation.
ReplyDeleteHammer down!