🐘 nikres 🐘

ALT Ok, time for some wrap up thoughts and stats: Mileage: Day 1: 71.4 / 87.6 - Day 2: 84.4 / 95.3 Day 3: 41.4 / 96.5 - Day 4: 71.5 / 71.0 Total Mileage 268.7 / 350.4 - 76.7% Moving Time: Day 1-6:31:20 / Day 2- 7:26:10 Day 3-3:43:22 / Day 4- 6:21:14 Total Moving Time 24:02:06 Elevation Gain: Day 1: 1878 / Day 2: 1940 Day 3: 746 / Day 4: 1434 Total Elevation Gain: 5998 feet (equivalent to 17 professional soccer fields lengthwise - or 30 professional hockey rink playing surfaces, for Bord)

ALT Weather: Was very hot Thurs, but pretty good otherwise. Fri seemed nice but was actually sneakily hot, almost sidelining me late in the day. Sat and Sun mornings were actually cold, but Sat did get pretty warm, and Sun ended up really nice. No rain while I was on the bike, which was a plus! It did storm Thurs night, sprinkled a little Sat afternoon, and is raining on the way home on the bus, but that's fine and I'll take it.

ALT The ride itself: I have mixed feelings. My goal three years ago when I initially signed up was to participate for one year and ride (as much as I could) from Cleveland to Cincinnati and to raise some money doing so. Unfortunately that was 2020 and the ride became virtual, so I did my normal riding in my area, until I broke my shoulder that is and finished on an exercise bike. That years registration fee was pushed to 2021, so I was riding a second year. But unfortunately it still wasn't the cross state ride, but rather "cloverleaf" style starting and ending each day at the same location. As I started that year I added a secondary goal: completing an entire day of the ride without ending early or skipping segments. It almost happened on the fourth day that year, but a flat tire forced me to skip ahead some, and that goal also remained unrealized.