Thursday, September 2, 2010

Day 20 ~ Decatur, IL to Yorkville, IL

This morning started out with more torrential downpours, but Brent soldiered on. He rode 30 miles in the pouring rain, he is determined to get to Milwaukee!
He said he felt pretty good all day. Even after he got all the looks from the construction workers in the cafe this morning checking him out in his head to toe spandex and flip flops. High point of the day: a guy walking by asked Brent for a cigarette... really!?!?!
Low point: eating a pizza while on the bike, and getting encouragement from his crew to do so.
Wise words from the crew chiefs: We would truly like to thank IL for all the wonderful sight seeing opportunities while traveling from Decatur to Morris... All we have to say is get a combine


and one last bit from Brent - I have never seen such huge tractors!
Miles Ridden today: 143
Total to Date: 2168

2 comments:

  1. No actually he enjoyed that pizza. After eating it and catching up to us at next check point he past by us standing on the seat and shouted out to us...."Hey guys...look....no hands". This was the high point of his entire trip. Reaching the finish line will trump that?

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  2. Did you tell the guy that you had a cigarette but no MATCHES so you couldn't help him?

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