Wednesday, 16Jun10, Salt Lake City, UT
Today started out really early … 0330 hrs.
Breakfast at 0445 hours. Loading at 0600 hrs.
Once loaded we were off on I-80 across the Salt Flats, we started out with very little wind …. a beautiful sunrise and 120 miles to go our first SAG (support and gear) was at 42.5 miles and our 2nd SAG was at 91 miles.
About 30 miles into the ride Adella’s knee started bothering her … so she decided to ride in the van so she could “ice” it and rest it for awhile.
It is a good thing that she did … because the wind really started picking up … with gusts of 25 – 45 mph.
I finished all 120 miles with a 15.8 average and I must say this was the toughest and longest ride so far on this trip.
Jen called us and let us know that we had an interview with Hikaki Loftus a reporter from Desert News at 4:30 p.m.
We went to the interview and it was done very well … it may come out on Friday …
We went to route rap and Ken showed up … he had been injured a couple of day ago … in a paceline crash and ended up with shoulder and hip problems and couldn’t ride anymore for about 2 months.
Believe it or not … he was up on a “walker” and looked really good … even with “road rash” , etc. All of us were very happy to see him and we gave him a round of enthusiastic applause. He went to dinner with us.
Adella is out enjoying her SLC friends and helping us get ready for the big day tomorrow … the Blood drive at LDS Business college (11:00 -4:00 pm)
We’ll talk to you tomorrow, when we have a radio interview on KZST 100.1 FM at 0645 hrs.