Thank God for peletons!
Were it not for the 4-40 people who have intermittantly donated their time and energy into drafting for us, this would be one tough haul. I got the jist of reality today as i eroniously stuck my head out from the back of the pack and got pushed off the back by the westerlie. winds.
Last night was epic. We hooked up with a few fast men, zero breeze and long descending roads into Ottawa and arrived at the nations capital just before 3 am. It was a little dissapointing in that my parents came 5 hours to see me and missed me. It's tough to enjoy the convoy as we pass by so fast.
Everyone is doing a fantastic job of keeping energy and spirit high. Rider team 1, Willie, Keith and Kyle seem to be taking care o all the hills for us and Richard and myself are rocking the downhills. Lets hope that continues. as i write, we are heading towards Sault St Marie 100kms and our sleep shift (after a small shake at the local DQ)!
It's officially day 3 and we are in the range of 15 hours ahead of schedule! Awesome. This afternoon, I actually looked around the countryside of Northern Ontario. Great lakes, sunsets, cottages neatly tucked on island after island. When Richard is through his ride, we are stopping of by a lake, jumping in and bathing.... yes, bathing. things are getting stinky in here.
I will say drivers in this region are not anything like those from BC. Assholes and I am surprised we have not seen a head on collision as of yet with the stupidity.
Anyways, for 1 idiot, there have been HUNDREDS of great supporters through the streets.
Last night was epic. We hooked up with a few fast men, zero breeze and long descending roads into Ottawa and arrived at the nations capital just before 3 am. It was a little dissapointing in that my parents came 5 hours to see me and missed me. It's tough to enjoy the convoy as we pass by so fast.
Everyone is doing a fantastic job of keeping energy and spirit high. Rider team 1, Willie, Keith and Kyle seem to be taking care o all the hills for us and Richard and myself are rocking the downhills. Lets hope that continues. as i write, we are heading towards Sault St Marie 100kms and our sleep shift (after a small shake at the local DQ)!
It's officially day 3 and we are in the range of 15 hours ahead of schedule! Awesome. This afternoon, I actually looked around the countryside of Northern Ontario. Great lakes, sunsets, cottages neatly tucked on island after island. When Richard is through his ride, we are stopping of by a lake, jumping in and bathing.... yes, bathing. things are getting stinky in here.
I will say drivers in this region are not anything like those from BC. Assholes and I am surprised we have not seen a head on collision as of yet with the stupidity.
Anyways, for 1 idiot, there have been HUNDREDS of great supporters through the streets.
1 Comments:
Hey Matt, I had all intentions of driving up with Tim to hang with you guys from North Bay to Sudbury way but a crash Saturday at the season's last road race has left me a bit worse for wear. Good luck with the journey across the prairies and beyond.
Our best wishes are with you your group.
Julian Salkauskis Howitt
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