Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Riders on the Storm

Despite the previously mentioned technical setbacks, today started out fairly nice. (Okay, it was smoking hot, and muggier than a sauna, but still... it was sunny, clear, and gorgeous all morning for Tobias and Andrew. Like I've said before, you can't win 'em all!!!) However, it wasn't destined to stay that way. More than partial cloud cover set in early afternoon, but provided little to no relief for our mid-day riders Larry and Ryan, with temperatures still hovering in the extremely humid mid-90s. It was later in the afternoon that things got interesting for Greg and Ralph. After watching lightening in the distance for over an hour, the clouds opened up and...
it POURED. Seriously poured down rain for a solid 30+ minutes as our riders and crew frantically navigated the wet and windy roads of Illinois. Luckily, the rain let up before sunset, and let Musser and Lambert get in a few more miles before the shift change with Ken and Jeremy at sunset. Speaking of...
A absolutely gorgeous way to end such a muggy dreary day, and hopefully a sign of the amazing things still to come.

Until tomorrow,

-V

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