This morning we woke up in Lamar, CO. I got on the bike and finished the last 31 miles of Colorado and crossed into Kansas. Despite what you have heard, Kansas is not all that mountainous. Oh sure, who can forget the ill-fated Duvall expedition of '73 when they attempted to summit the I-80 interchange (elevation 93 feet) at Dollup springs? Aside from the monoliths that rise above the fog, Kansas is relatively flat.
All day I fought a head/cross wind. I planned on cycling more at night thinking that the wind would die down. WRONG! I left Garden City around 8 p.m. and only went a few miles before calling it quits. I was fighting a sustained 29 mph headwind. We spent the night on a dead end road off rt. 50.
All day I fought a head/cross wind. I planned on cycling more at night thinking that the wind would die down. WRONG! I left Garden City around 8 p.m. and only went a few miles before calling it quits. I was fighting a sustained 29 mph headwind. We spent the night on a dead end road off rt. 50.
Hi Wayne!
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congratulations on your decision to do this cross country bike trip and making it to the start line! You are amazing!
I am a 3 time IMLP finisher and multiple marathons, but your endurance just amazes me!
Would you be willing to occasionally comment on your nutrition and hydration strategy?
If you don't mind, I will be checking in on you!
Lynn Cunningham
So, without the mountains to act as a break, the wind can just tunnel through these flat states. Sounds like you are between a rock and a hard place-wind or mountains. Neither one seems that great. Any trees yet?
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