Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 7:49PM

Total Time: About 3 hours
Miles: About 43 miles
Avg Speed:
Max Speed:
4 days without a flat tire
11 flat tires in
Status: Completed

Today was one of the shorter, easier rides. Its a crazy feeling to see how much better and stronger we have become as cyclists. Bruce Rogers and his son were riding so the team wanted to make sure everyone rode hard. The changes after cycling for a long time were truly drastic. For the shorter rides, most of the cyclists did not even stop at the crew vans. Looking back it is an amazing feeling.

The ride was not perfect though. I had some hiccups. On one occasion my sensor on my odometer kept hitting my spokes. I tried to fix it and accidentally hit my bike in one of the members on the pace line. Thank god nobody got hurt. I also surged on a hill when I was pulling and that was pretty stupid because I lost all my energy and felt pains in my lower back. It took me a very long time to completely recover. I need to ride smart.

After 3 hours of cycling, we all were happy and the pm gave everyone free time. That never happens on this trip. Some of the people took long naps, ate, do errands, relaxed on the steamboat rivers, ate food. I had some food at a local restaurant and relaxed on the rivers for a little bit. Afterwords I took a nap before a friendship visit. Ironically, I met the guy who we were going to eventually hang out with during the friendship visit. He told me about some of the interesting things about Steamboat Springs. He was a really nice guy and even rode some of the team members to the city. The friendship visit was fun. Played some corn hole with people, danced, and one of the dj???s had a really great playlist. Bruce Rogers and his family also shied up. He later had the team go to a candy store and everybody got ice cream and a bag of candy.

The day pretty much ended and we got another century ride to Breckenridge. I am a little nervous because the net climb is 8000 ft.

Posted by Reggie Quaye
Categories: Journey of Hope, Philanthropy