Bah!

I am worthless and weak.

Last night while perusing my maps I noticed Hutchinson wasn't too far away from the TransAm route. It was also 35 more miles of biking.

It's a bigger town than Newton, it has a better movie theater, it has bike shops, it would save me a day getting into Pueblo, it would help out the average, and I would have my century.

But nope, I stopped in Newton after 74 miles. I suck.

Let the excuses roll. I was tired. It was getting late. The heat index was over 100. There was a 20-30 mph crosswind all day long (that might have been going slightly east). David was having a slow day (he's 53 and keeping up with me has been tough on him) so I was out there for longer than expected.

My Aug 1 target is barely going to move when I recalculate :(. The worst part is that I KNOW I could have made it. I just would have been absolutely miserable.

I'm in an econo lodge in Newton, KS.

Side note: I passed the 2000 mile mark and the halfway point!

Side note 2: when David pees, he just stops his bike, stays on it, leans a bit to the right, and pees. It looks like he's checking his maps or something. I left David behind at mile 50 to try to do my century (we were going too slow for me to make it) and so I tried his method a little down the road... I peed a little on my right shoe. Gross.

Side note 3: David shaves his legs. Says it's way more comfortable in terms of cycling/sweat. Odd. I won't be doing this as I value my leg hair too much.