Hi everyone! Welcome to day 11. After two 90 mile days in a row, today was a comparatively short day at only 63 miles. That did not unfortunately make it feel any shorter. While we all we glad to make it to flat land again after struggling on the Pennsylvania hills, we forgot that biking in such flatness can VERY boring sometimes. The highlight of today’s ride was certainly riding for about 10 miles on a very nice shaded bike trail.
While riding on the trail, we came across a playground and of course could not NOT stop there for a few minutes.
We might be college kids, but we’re still kids :)
The rest of the day was spent in the same familiar landscape. We all know which one by now, c’mon.
The biggest attraction of the day
Rest stop number one
The last 20 miles of the ride seemed to drag out for much longer than they should have for everybody on the team, and we faced headwinds for the very first time since our training rides. The winds were certainly not a welcome guest but did spark a heated debate between the team of which is worse to bike in - hills or headwinds.
Our Perrysburg stayover - Lutheran Church of the Master - kindly provided us with a shuttle (in a school bus!) to the local recreation center for showers as well as a dinner for the whole team. We are as always incredibly thankful for these generous gestures!
Dinner time
After dinner, most of the team played an illuminating game of “Never have I ever” and then as per usual rested in preparation for the upcoming 100 mile ride O_O
-Valerie