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| She’s only smiling because we haven’t started yet |
100 miles
7hr 6min of actual riding
14mph
University of Washington, Seattle, WA to Centralia College, Centralia, WA
Late start to the day after being unable to fill my tires. Not much sleep bc I insisted on going out the night before. Not much sleep the night before that bc of travel. I needed breakfast so I got a sandwich at midnight from a 24hr grocery store.
We managed to get out around 730 and went pretty smoothly until mile 22 when Fran got a pinch flat. We tried a new tube but there was still a leak so she caught a ride to the rest stop where I met her. Got everything fixed up and we were good mechanically for the rest of the day. Since we got a late start and had the flat, I wanted to make up time so Frances was a good sport and humored me for awhile as I tried to push her at 18ish mph. We encountered some hills which Fran was scared of (silly flat Midwest) but she got up them without cursing me to my face.
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| A few miles in and the sun isn’t out yet |
After the 54mile rest stop, Fran started to struggle a bit so we hung in and stopped for a quick break around 70miles. Life was much better after that and Fran was content to allow me to sprint the hills and just wait for her at the top.
We made it to the finish line just in time for dinner. Fran is still alive and is still speaking to me. We’ll see if that changes tomorrow 🙂
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| Fran just keeps pedaling away |
