Jul 20 2009

Ragbrai words of the day: Rain & Hills
Posted by teejtc in Ragbrai, Religious
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Yep, it rained today. It was chilly and overcast until about 10am and then it took of and started spritzing. No complaints really – I think I’d rather a cool-ish day with spritzes as opposed to a 100 degree day with humidity. It only got miserable during the last 6 miles (and last 3 big hills) when it moved from a reasonably pleasant spritz to an outright rain and got cold.

That said, it was a long a hilly day (72 miles; about a mile worth of climb). Tomorrow is a bit longer (77 miles) but less climb – about one big hill less.

Rumor has it that thunderstorms are threatened for tomorrow. We’ll have to see – I’ve learned to believe about 10% of what I hear as rumors on the route!

High lights of the day?

  • We have an awesome camping spot (nice job Matt and Tom!).
  • I stopped at the Peanut Butter Jam again — My favorite booth. It’s really just peanut butter sandwiches, but they’re deluxe and I like the people who run the booth.
  • I talked to a lot of people — this is my favorite part about Ragbrai. You meet people from everywhere.
  • Still managed to keep my goal of not walking up any hills although the goal was threatened a bit when I had to get off my bike and walk a bit at one of the through towns…It was a hill, but I’m calling it a non-walk since the crowds were just to heavy and I couldn’t actually keep biking.
  • I got my first peace of pie (Rhubarb) and it was AWESOME, and I got my first sweet corn on the cob of the week – it was great too, and only $1, so I got a second. :-)

    Low Point of the Day?

  • That’s an easy one – My chain slipped off and got all jammed up about a half a mile from the end. Go figure. I managed to pry it out and everything’s fine but it was a bit discouraging after those last 6 miles of downpour!

    • Things are going well. I’m having a good time. If you want to follow a few comments during the day, you can follow my twitter feed (username: teejtc) or my facebook status updates (the two are the same).

    Grace and Peace,
    `tim

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