USA Coast to Coast update: Thursday 24th
Quite an uneventul day..
Long straight hot roads that took us 160 miles into Dodge City. We decided to cut it short today due to the head wind that is hampering progress. It should have been prevailing but due to the hurricaine in texas we are experiencing south easterly winds. I managed to average 20 mph which felt like a big effort and was joined by Matt for the last 40 today..(Hurray!) He did well but is still not back to his former self and is still feeling fatigued and weaker than normal; he just needs to take it steady tomorrow.
Kansas is a nightmare for stimulating scenery; it nearly made me fall asleep on my bike today! Have a look on google earth and you will see what I mean. I was a bit concerned at the start of the day as I didn’t see the rv until 50 miles in. They had missed me when I had stopped at a garage to make a few calls and replenish my bottles. The reception is so poor out here we can’t stay in touch on the road. I have been unable to phone, text or email for days and even now lying in bed on the outskirts of dodge there is nothing. I just hope that as we go through the city tomorrow I will get some coverage.
I am suffering from a bruised bum which is being masked by Dr De’s wonderful conconctions. The painkillers wear off after about 2 hrs which gives me another 2hrs of biting my lip and low level sobbing before I am allowed the next booster: that, I am afraid, is life. You just have to get on with it.
We met a guy today who is cycling from west to east but on another route. He has been cyvling for 6 weeks to date and reckons he will finish at the end of august. He is taking all his kit with him and camping overnight.. Now that is really hardcore. Pip gave him some juice and bars which he was very grateful for, we wished him well and good luck for the rest of his ride. Its nice to bump into other chain gangers enroute, you share a common bond and speak about winds, roads and weather. The sun was out today bigtime, not as bad as the desert but hot enough for continual head dowsing. I drank so much today that I was heavier at the end of the ride than at the beginning. We are burning around 13000 cals at the moment per day which means that I will be very skinny in the next few days.. Wrong!! I seem to be losing nothing which means that our food and fluid intake is spot on..
Anyway… Tired and 200+ plus day tomorrow so better get some shuteye. Night. Andy.
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