Spearville to Ellinwood
83 miles
6:55am-2:40pm
10.7mph Average

Didn’t wake up until 5:30am today, and for BAK that’s pretty late. The reason? Moldex Softies 6600 ear plugs rock! I highly recommend them. Speaking of things that are good, I didn’t mention it in my entry yesterday, but the people of Spearville really treated us well. Great little town.

Today was the longest we’ve ever ridden. We had an awesome tailwind, but 83 miles is a long way no matter how you slice it. The tailwind really helped though, I was able to get my bike up to around 22mph (on flat land, even) and sustain that pace for hours on end, which was exhilarating! Only bad part was the last 10 miles. We had about a mile of straight into the wind followed by 8ish miles of crosswind turning against us. It was really bad because we were already tired and the heat of the day was in full swing (~95 degrees, and not a dry heat either). But we made it through.

Tomorrow is only 63 miles, so I’m not too worried about it. Amazing that I can think 63 miles isn’t too bad…

Day 3 in pictures.