Breakfast at the hotel of average quality at 6-30am heralded another day. It dawned with heavy fog, supposedly 97% humidity and the Kansas head wind!
Pushing into the fog and head / cross wind after leaving at 6-48am, I took about 2hrs 20m to reach sag at 36 miles!
After a photo at Kinsley, mid point USA and snacks, I pushed the HR to 130-140 and covered the 25 miles to sag 2, still with a cross / head wind, in about 1hr 15m. From there, the last 24 miles were more of the same – wind, wheat and corn fields.
I arrived at the hotel just after 12pm and beat a heavy shower and a substantial thunderstorm, complete with heavy rain. The streets ran like rivers and trucks sprayed 3 or 4m of water!
Cycling for the day was 86.2 miles in 4hrs 52m with a max of 26.1 mph.
Dinner was standard pasta etc at the restaurant across the carpark. Service was about average!
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