This morning we had cloudy weather for the first and even a bit of mist - just enough to fog up glasses. Just after noon we crossed into PA. Our mileage for the day was 81 miles, 6:22 minutes of biking time, averaging 12.6 with almost 5000 feet of climbing. We had quite a few miles of somewhat uncomfortably heavy traffic with not much of a shoulder. The most work was between miles 65 and 75. It started with a precipitous descent into a river valley that warmed up my brakes like never before which of course inevitably led to a long climb interspersed with short twisting descents.
I haven't suffered at all from the total exhaustion I get when doing the Pumpkinvine century. Part of it might be that I'm kept to a more even pace and part of it may be the constant eating. We had 4 meals today starting with a big continental breakfast at 6:00 at the Best Western then on to a stop at McDonalds, a meal at a Subway and a full meal at a Lone Star Steakhouse here next to our Super 8.
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