Today I biked 112 miles from Ash Fork to Kingman, another stop along historic Route 66. 112 miles would mark the cycling leg of an Ironman, and also happens to be the most I've ever biked in a day. In many ways, today was the reverse of our day into Pietown in that we spent most of the day descending, as we finally came off of the Colorado Plateau, but very similar in that it featured a very strong headwind that made you doubt our 2,000 foot elevation loss for the day. The elevation loss was definatley echoed by the increase in temperatures, as today got hotter as the day wore on and as we lost elevation, reaching 95 by second lunch.
After arriving at our host location, Kyle and I sought some donation magic, and secured ourselves some free pizza at Pizza Hut after stocking up with some last minute stuff at the local bike shop, we were able to make it back to our host right before both a lightning storm and a dust storm hit Kingman.
For those planning on visiting me in Santa Barbara, I also found out that our big group dinner will occur on our arrival into SB on the 14th, meaning that I will be free on the 15th for any family that might show up.
Tomorrow we are biking another century into Vegas...
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Have fun in Vegas - we are thinking about you. We're so glad we were able to follow along your ride with the blog - we were able to imagine your adventure without the shvitz from the exercise! Hope to see you soon. Love, Elyse, Larry, David and Ross
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