today was a true test: 95 miles in 6 and a half hours (what, what we left at 6:30am and arrived at 2:45pm). it was a roller coaster of emotions and lots of highs and lows. there were times today i thought i would not make it (multiple times....) but i continue to amaze myself- my body is so much stronger than what i thought it could do
we got 2 lunches at 33 and 66 miles and we entered arkansas today!! our 5th state yayaya!
i rode with sarah today and it was a true test of my riding abilities... the headwinds were incredible and trying to paceline with the boys was nice but very difficult (lizzy, sarah, and i tried it yesterday and we were able to survive a 38 mile ride on one road pretty smoothly) being pulled is nice but pacelining when you are have delierous requires wayy too much concentration and focus all of which were very low at the end
highk our host arranged a pool swim right when we got to the site, exhaustion + pool in chamois = one happy cooled-down rider
low: o yeah sarah and i almost got run over twice today (first on the long bridge with no shoulder and no escort and then by a truck that didn't see us resting under the only tree for miles- and we were a good couple feet away from the road)
tommorrow we get to little rock and ahh yes we have a day off on thursday... so tired and sore but our host was kind enough to give us tickets to karate kid (cheesy i have to admit but funny... most of the time from what i can recall when i was awake)
cheers to the 53 miles and day off!
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