Miles Biked as of June 10 = 2,809

Stats through Sunday, June 1

Miles biked: 2,800
Total time: 198 hours, 13 minutes, 41 seconds
Ave time/day, excluding rest: 6:10
Ave miles/day, excluding rest: 87.1
Ave miles/day, including rest: 75.3
Ave mph all miles: 14.52
Ave mph 1st 1,400 miles: 14.0
Ave mph 2nd 1,400 miles: 15.1
Max mph: 38.5
Median max mph: 31.3
Total calories burned: 181,100
Ave cal/day: 4,900
Weight change: - 5.5 lbs

13 May 2008

Day 18 (May 13) - Denison, IA

It was a rather unventful (and chilly) day. Made it to the Days Inn (which should be called the Nights Inn) in Denison, where there is a poultry processing plant across the street.

As a cyclist who, in the last 12 months, has been in contact with moving cars twice and the pavement an additional time at a high speed, I cannot summon words to explain how frightening biking in Iowa has been at times....and actually, in a lot of the midwest. I told Eric my nerves are being trained to which he responded: Uhhh. That's bad. No offense to those midwesterners out there who may be reading this, but I will be glad to see the mountains (I think).

One last tractor-trailer related video then I'll drop it!

3 comments:

mom said...

I've tried with one eye, two eyes, four eyes and still I can't see the STARE E 0 illusion picture!!
I guess when a truck goes by it is in SCARE E 0 vision!!!!

Good to talk to you and see that you are still intact and pushing fabulously forward. Not long till Nebraska I presume. Travel safely, Love, mom

Steve E. said...

Hang in there Carson, and revel in the glory of being the newest initiate of the Midwest Vortex Airhorn Club. The club has been around since at least 1992 (personal experience), but it has never had a sufficiently descriptive yet obfuscatory moniker until now. Kudos!

Look forward to seeing you in Idaho,
SDE

carson said...

Steve -
Thanks for the funniest comment to the blog yet! I'm still laughing!