Challenges: " I am more determined than ever" 1500 miles into the ride, 8th state Vermont
We are 1500 miles in, the 8th state, and concluding a really hard week. If the ride is not challenging enough, Scott had a number of extra challenges this last week. Multiple flat tires, heat advisories, pouring rain, route challenges, Garmin bike computer fail, a fall due to construction equipment pulling into the the road on a steep hill, poor cell and GPS coverage, etc., all added up to what felt like a walloping on top of the usual mileage. It was tough! But Scott is tough. Plus, he expected all these types of challenges, just not all in one week! It made for some soul searching moments out on the bike. Scott handled the heat advisories no problem. He handled the fall no problem (to quote Scott "I am a football player”.) He changed the flat tires (until he ran out of tubes with him.) He switched from the garmin edge to google maps bike on his phone. The rain was tougher. Pouring buckets of rain killed visibility and made the road slick. ...