2013 Tour De Rook – Legs 8, 9, & 10!

~ Guy Hall

To the stats!

Leg 8; Thursday, June 27th, 2013

  1. Miles: 10.50Tour_Rook
  2. Time: 41.57
  3. Max Speed: 26.4 mph
  4. Average Speed: 14.9 mph
  5. iPod: Matchbox 20 – Exile On Mainstream
  6. Temperature: 68° F
  7. Wind: S 3 mph
  8. Humidity: 88%

Leg 9: Saturday, June 29th, 2013

  1. Miles: 11.15
  2. Time: 46.42
  3. Max Speed: 22.3 mph
  4. Average Speed: 14.2 mph
  5. iPod: Moby – Play
  6. Temperature: 72° F
  7. Wind: N 9 mph
  8. Humidity: 73%

Leg 10: Thursday, July 4th, 2013

  1. Miles: 25.62
  2. Time: 1.49.09
  3. Max Speed: 25.6 mph
  4. Average Speed: 14.0 mph
  5. iPod:
    1. Beatles – Abby Road
    2. Rolling Stones – Tattoo You
    3. Toad The Wet Sprocket – Dulcinea
  6. Temperature: 84° F
  7. Wind: S 10 mph with gusts up to 18 mph
  8. Humidity: 48%

Real quick about leg 10; it was a beautiful day for a nice, long bike ride. I thought about going all the way to Hinkley and back, but decided just about 5 miles shy of there to instead head east into Sandstone, then take the bike trail to Banning State Park, and finally head back west on Minnesota 23 where I turned north on Minnesota 18/Pine County 61/Old US 61 back home to Rutledge.

The other 2 legs were once again completed in the morning before work. Both were wonderful mornings, with little wind and nice temperatures.

Over all I am maintaining a pattern of riding. However, I would really like to ride every other day, not this 2 to 3 days apart crap I am managing currently. Part of the problem…… well most of the problem is my health. On Friday of last week I left work 20 minutes after getting there, I felt like complete crap. A head cold. I somehow managed a window Saturday morning where I felt good, hence the bike ride. However, I really otherwise felt crappy all weekend as well, and even into Monday. Now I think I have managed to get past whatever bug was kicking my ass, because I felt pretty damn good today.