A really nice ride today. I left early to beat the heat and headwinds. Right out of town we had a long, steep hill but I did it no sweat. Went down the other side and right back up another long, steep hill. I felt pretty good and the next 15 miles were fairly easy although the following two signs were a little intimidating.
I never could find a sign on the other side to see how steep it was that we climbed.
After 20 miles of nice riding, a head wind came up that really taxed my knees. About 35 miles out, my knee started sending out some really excruciating pains. This is the knee that has a total knee replacement. It just about brought tears to my eyes. I geared way down but every so often, a pain would shoot through that scared me. I’ve never had that happen before.
So I rode almost 65km (or 38 miles) and called the sag wagon. I kept on riding and the last big hill I did with one leg pushing down and pulling up. My bad knee just went along for the ride. Boy was that tough. Wasn’t sure I could do it but I did. I wasn’t sitting by the side of the road waiting to be picked up so kept persevering.
Only had 27 km left to go so I was really bummed. Passed this little guy on the way into town.
Once in town, I went to the pharmacy and got an ace bandage. Will try that tomorrow. It better work cause I’m not quitting.
41.1 miles today. 2832.2 total
BikerAl Across America 2018 