Today was a long day. I did 86 miles. Either today or tomorrow necessarily had to be long and I decided today was the day. The terrain was better than tomorrow's and I had mostly tail winds (NE winds and I was mostly going south with some west). Also I ate a TON yesterday.
Started with a 30 minute rain delay. The radar maps showed it would be over quick and be the only rain, so I just waited. There were two big climbs (several hundred feet over a mile or two) followed by very hilly 30 mile declines.
Other than that I figured out that I really shouldn't sit during my breaks. Muscles get tight and I don't want to get up.
Made it to Kentucky! They have a nasty habbit of putting rumble strips in their shoulders :/
I'm in Brandenburg, KY.
I just ate sooooo much at the local all you can eat Chinese buffet... FYI.
Congrats on passing 1,000 miles a few days earlier. How is the Chinese food in Kentucky?
ReplyDeleteWe need more Pantantastic generalizations and oversimplifications RE the people and places your are seeing/meeting. I don't care about your muscles, I demand entertainment from this blog.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese food here is the exact same that you would find anywhere in America outside Chinatowns (not really Chinese but oh so delicious).
ReplyDeleteOne thing I've noticed about KY is that everyone here has funny accents that can be hard to understand. Sometimes it's so hard that I have to delay a few seconds before answering so I can reprocess what they've said in my head and actually understand it (while i stare blankly ahead).
Also everyone here drives pickup trucks... seriously.
Also, most crappy motels seem to be owned and operated by foreigners (mainly Indians it seems). When I find this out I usually wish them luck in my head on moving to a new country and starting their own business and trying to succeed (what America was founded on and all that). Also I'm impressed because they're probably one of the only foreign families in town in what might not be the most friendly of environments.
ReplyDeleteThis one time though, the owner's teenage son helped me out and he was overweight and I'm like "Gah! Not you too!" (in my head).
On a related note: almost everone I see is overweight.