Day 13: We finally made it to Kansas earlier today and are pedaling at a consistent pace. Soreness is really starting to set in on all of us (nothing a little Advil and Ben Gay can't take of)! The land is very flat and the weather has been cooperating fairly well. A real cool incident happened today as we ran into another group of cyclists heading from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AK! They call it the Texas 4000 for cancer research. The 4000 is for the number of miles they are travelling! Talk about having legs of steel-their excursion is mostly through the Rockies (ouch). Many of their riders are UT students and alumni but there were some that hailed as far as New York. It is good to see that other people are willing to sacrifice time away from home and families to reach a goal that benefits from their labors. My hat goes off to them because they only have a couple of support vehicles to follow them as well as no place t o sleep. I spoke with one of the members and they stated they have to visit local churches to see if they will put them up for the night. Pretty much where they lay their heads is where they will sleep. Good Luck to the Texas 4000 and we know you will make it to Alaska.
We are stopping after another 100 + mile excursion in Scott City, KA for the evening and will once again continue on in the morning. Take care and we will talk to you folks tomorrow.
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hey dudes,
am very impressed @ the "hilly 130" you did on the 11th! as i said before, you're doin' us proud!! actually, i used to do the "texas 4000" just for training before triathlon season. just kidding. gar, i still think your merckx is the coolest of the bikes!keep the faith guys, we're with ya all the way! bobby m.
p.s. by the way, you guys have the hottest blogmaster i've ever seen!
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