Distance: 145.7 Miles
Climbing: 3,350ft
Ride Time: 9:21
Temp: 57-97
Today was a tough day. We had cross winds and some head winds all day. One of our team members had a minor medical episode a couple of hours into the ride and had to stop riding and call for a pickup. In addition, another team member had two flat tires after riding a segment on the interstate. So, my team fell well behind all other tour riders and tried to play catch-up the rest of the day with quick turns at Sag stops & lunch, along with pushing the pace to the extent we could. We ultimately caught the tail end of other riders close to the finish. It was surprising that we were able to make up the time.
The rider with the medical episode later decided that it would be in his best interest not to continue with the transcontinental ride. So we have lost 2 of the 5 original team members this week. Some other riders have joined our group, which is a big help, but we really hated to see 2 good riders that we had a lot of fun with leave the trip.
All of us were completely wiped out after today's ride.
The landscape in eastern South Dakota slowly change from hills and plains to primarily open farm field with some rolling hills. Since it looked so much like my home turf I did not take any usable pictures today.
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