Continental Divide

We crossed over the continental divide this morning. All last night as we entered the Rockies we had lightening all around us but other than a few drops of rain the weather was good. Just a bit cold at 48 degrees.

Rob rode great last night, there were 3 big climbs but his speed is up and he seems to have his legs back.

We stayed in Alamosa, CO today, there is a wicked sand storm outside, winds sustained at about 40 mph, ROb is riding through it right now and should be coming through here soon. He facing a hell of a cross/head wind and it's slowing him down a lot. He's leaning over and forward as he rides, I'm sure he'll be beat tonight.

So tonight we'll be heading down into Trinidad, CO which is the "Gateway to the Plains" so the riding should get much easier for a couple days. Looks like we'll be sleeping in Kansas tomorrow.

I was starting to get pretty exhausted but I got a great sleep today. Yesterday was hell cause we got relieved an hour late and then there was an hour time change so we had to relieve the day crew an hour early, plus it was a long drive to get to a hotel. Much better today though.

M

Just came off our first night shift, a good 12 hrs on and been up over 24 hours, exhausted but feeling good. Robs riding strong in 4th place.

Glad to be moving East, miss you Courtney, can't wait to get back home

We're off! Rob looked great, the guy that left right before him crashed almost right away but got back up and kept going.

Ready, Set, Go!

Alright, the day is finally here. I got woken up early by a real estate phone call and could go back to sleep, too excited!

Everything is ready to go, the game plan is to get to Flagstaff, AZ and decide from there if Rob should sleep or do another 130 miles downhill to the next Time Station. Flagstaff is something like 560 miles from the start. It will probably take about 40 hours to get there.

The night crew is going to have a long night because of the new time trial start. Rob won't actually be on his way until 12:48 Pacific Time so we'll probably have to transition in to the van earlier than usual and then with him not sleeping the first night we'll be driving straight through until the morning transition.

Wish us luck, talk to you soon.

M

End of 1st Day

I've been awake almost 24 hours and I'm exhausted. Tomorrow is final prep on the vans, inspections and a meeting. Busy day but not crazy, looks like another great crew.

Also tonight we ate at a Macaroni Grill. Finding one of them when traveling could be my next hobby. Hopefully we go back tomorrow night too!

Landed in San Diego! Weather is awesome and my brother is already in Oceanside, gonna be a good time.