Lindsborg to Chapman
71 miles
7:15am-2:20pm
10.0mph Average

Hills. Hills?! Since when does Kansas have lots of hills? It is not flatter than a pancake. I know, I had four delicious pancakes for breakfast from the Lindsborg Kiwanis Club and they would have been much easier to ride over than the roads I was on. Even though I live here, I really had not realized what kinds of hills Kansas has out east. Coasting down after you get to the top is nice, though. Can’t do much coasting when it’s mostly flat. Supposedly there will be even more hills tomorrow, and tomorrow is also the longest distance of the trip: 88 miles. Hope it’s good weather…

Pain. Ibuprofen rocks! For the first two days (three if you count Day 0), I had my seat adjusted incorrectly and was overextending my leg. So, that’s ~160 miles of attempted knee murder. My knee pain was really starting to become an issue, but luckily we talked to several people who were able to tell us how to get the seat properly adjusted, and suggested taking ibuprofen. It’s made a world of difference.

Time. Title of a really great Pink Floyd song. Speaking of Pink Floyd, there’s a guy on the trip that has a Dark Side of The Moon bike jersey. So cool! Wish I would have seen it first… But, what this paragraph is actually about is how long BAK is. I hadn’t really thought about it beforehand, but 8 consecutive days consisting almost entirely of biking, sleeping, and eating is a long time. I’m still enjoying the trip, but wow, it’s a lot of biking.

Day 5 in pictures.