86 miles in 8.83 hours – Max Speed 22.5mph
I was looking forward to today, because if you look back over the last week, you will notice that I have done six centuries in a row, and then two in the four days before that. So I was feeling a little bit beaten down, so I was hoping that an early start would allow me to get to Lincoln bright and early in the day. Unfortunately, the story of my trip, the headwinds, would not allow it.
I set off at around 7:30, and headed back up to the 30. The roads were newly paved, so like in Utah, I got bogged down for around an hour by all the tar and rocks that get stuck to my wheel after going through that stuff.
Thanks new tar
Eventually it all fell off and I began looking around for some breakfast. There was a little diner in the town of Eureka that was open, and I stopped and ate my usual massive breakfast there. While I was on the road I loved going to diners. For the most part every single one had a meal where you could get eggs, hash browns, sausage, and toast for like $5 and then I would order a pancake or two on the side to go with it. It kept me going for a few hours at least.
Q: How do you get ahead in the office?
A whole bunch of stuff had Nebraska Lied this and that on it. I still don't quite know what it means, but it is a good thing.
I got back on the road and chugged through some more towns, and actually ate an early lunch despite my breakfast in York, NE.
This was exciting since UFC 100 was like three days away at the time.
It was flat, much like most of the last 400 miles were until I reached the town of Seward. Then, out of nowhere, it got really hilly. I think it actually wasn’t that hilly, but it caught me so off guard that it seemed much worse than it actually was. Between the hills and the winds I absolutely crawled the last 20 miles into Lincoln, where I got to my cheap Motel 6 at around 5:30. Still not all that bad, but it was later than what I had wanted. I ended up staying awake way to late like usual at these hotels looking at maps and updating the website.
View Larger Map