Daily Archives: Monday, May 29, 2006

But at least I finished. In my previous 100 km on May 18th, I finished in 4 hours and 55 minutes, averaging 20.6 KPH. I wanted to beat that today but I could not even match it. I finished in 5 hours and 38 minutes averaging 17.87 KPH. I left home and headed south down HWY 60 to HWY 39 (a 30 km stretch) feeling good and making good time until I started heading west on HWY 39. As soon as you turn west, it is a 20 km stretch of road straight as an arrow to my turn around point. Unfortunately, the wind began blowing very hard out of the west. I tried to keep my speed above 25 KPH, but it was all I could do to keep it at 18 KPH. With only 15 km left to go before I hit the 50 km turn around point, … Continue reading →