The first 25 miles of today's ride covered the stretch of the parkway that Perry and I rode together, and the following 20 miles were ones Katie and I rode with Perry and Amanda the weekend before we found out that Katie was pregnant. It was pretty cool to remember that ride and how it marked the beginning of something new!
I pointed out to Henrik the place where I rode alongside a deer for a few hundred meters before he ran off into the field. That was a memory I won't soon forget.
It was pretty foggy early this morning and at the top of the first significant climb it was completely socked in, and looked like we could have been in Scotland with the dense fog and rolling meadows all around us.
The last 1.5 hours my right knee started hurting pretty badly, I'm not sure, but I think it was because it got a little cold, and I haven't ridden much in the cold this year... Anyway, it's not a problem that will keep me from continuing, especially not now.
At one point on a 35mph descent, a car passed me just as I noticed a rather large dead squirrel in the middle of the road. The car ran over the squirrel carcass right as I was passing it too. I was a little worried that I was going to be splattered with squirrel entrails, but it just made a very gross noise, with no adverse effects.
It was a great feeling to have this day behind us. We still have a pretty tough day ahead of us tomorrow, with multiple climbs that are many miles long, but with the end in sight, we could make it on will power alone.
My stats:
108.1 miles
8620 ft. climbing
6h 37m pedaling time
126 avg heart rate
///Mitch
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