Thursday, July 19, 2007

Wednesday, July 18, 2007, Mankato, MN to Rochester, MN, 100.8 miles, 10 hrs, 15 min., 8 1/2 hrs on the bike, Ave. speed: 11.8 mph, Climb: 3700 ft.

Humidity is NOT my friend! This was a long, miserable day. The temperature was only 82 degrees, but the humidity was off the charts! This was a 100 mile day with the 5 "H's" - heat, humidity, hills, headwinds and hundred. It was just long and hot. Towards the end I was so cranky I was cussing at the birds - there seemed to be no end to the roller hills as we came in to Rochester. I was soooo glad to come down the last big hill into the city. Even the 4:00pm shift change at the Mayo Clinic and rush hour traffic didn't dampen my enthusiasm to be finally ending this ride!

Not much else to say about today. I'm just tired. Tomorrow we leave MN and enter WI - it should be better - "only" 89 miles.....

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