Rising at 5am for a 5.30am breakfast it was still pitch black as it was 4-30am due to the time change! It was a bare minimum breakfast served up by an 81 year old woman – cereal, toast and pastries.
I waited till 6-20am, when it was barely light, before setting out into a fog with barely a touch of wind.
The fog was patchy and lasted an hour or so. The road rolled gently and also quite harshly in places with some steep climbs – 3,800 feet vertical climbing for the day. Scenery was tree lined roads, corn fields and soy bean crops. It was warm – 86°F.
It took me 109.1 miles in 5hrs 57m with a max of 38.4mph to complete the 105 mile day! HR reached 176 while grinding up one of the many hills in the 53: 24 / 21 / 19 gears. Any wind was a slight cross / tailwind.
Dinner was at the hotel and consisted of b-b-q chicken plus the usual buffet with cookies and lemonade. O.k. overall.
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