Lafayette, IN
Total Distance: 90.25 milesRide Time: 6 hours 16 min
Avg. Speed: 15.15 mph
Max Speed: 32.7 mph
Bike: Today was a 90 miler, very, very hard. It was flat but no matter how you look at it 90 miles is quite a hall. Mentally knowing how far it was, was the hardest part. The worst part was when we rolled up on mile 22 and there was a bunch of people huddling around one girl. Neighbors were directing traffic and I busted out my first aid kit. Someone in front of Alyssa had crashed and she crashed into his bike. She flew over her bike and hit the road, hard. There was blood everywhere. When I got there it was mostly cleaned up. I tried to help by putting a clean gauze on a laceration that was above her left eye. Then I cleaned a little cut on her knee, applying a band-aid. The police came and then an ambulance. She ended up with a broken scafoid bone in her hand and a cut above her eye. She is fine and tomorrow she is going to an orthopedic doc to have another look. Alyssa is the strongest girl I know, she wasn't scared the whole time. The only reason she was upset was because she wasn't able to ride and had to go to the hospital. Very strong. The rest of the day went pretty well. We went the Lafayette Habitat directors house for gathered and watermelon. From there we headed 17 miles to the church. A few of us including me road around the parking lot in circles to get to 90 miles. Dinner, showers, sleep, in that order. Build day tomorrow, night.
Thanks everyone for the mail drops, they are really exciting to get and help take the edge of a hard day! Keep up the good work. If you want to send something there is a link in my link section.
Build: Lafayette Habitat has built 120 houses so far!!
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posted by Todd Johnson @ 9:12 PM
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