Another day, another state. No time change as they don’t observe daylight saving in Indiana!
Breakfast at 6am was off the menu. Service was about average with good solid food – eggs, ham and potatoes.
I left about 6-45am under a virtually clear blue sky with the odd cloud and a very gentle head / cross wind. After 2 or 3 miles, my left pedal collapsed internally and made pedalling more difficult. I then missed a turn and gained some bonus miles!
While riding through the slight and gentle rolling corn fields etc at a slow pace, I managed to contact the mechanic and had a new pedal fitted just before sag 1 at 28 miles.
To sag 2 at 56 miles, I pushed my HR to 130-140 and pulled in many riders. From there, it was more of the same before reaching town just after midday.
I had lunch at the hotel among numerous Sunday church goers all dressed up. Typical small town America I’m told!
Total cycling for the day was 82.2 miles in 4hrs 40m with a max of 29.1 mph, one broken pedal and no punctures!
For the week, I covered 833km (517.7 miles) in 28hrs 14m at an average of 29.5kmh-1 (18.3 mph) and a max of 63.2kmh-1 (39.3 mph.)
Dinner was average - salad, pasta, lasagne, mashed potatoes and sponge cake dessert.
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