Day 25 Kadoka-Chamberlain

Miles:  115.32       
Terrain: Flat farm land with rollers
Depart:   7:02 AM (MDT)      Arrive:  4:08 PM (CDT)
Riding time: 7:03:21
Average Riding Speed:16.3

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Today's Ride

Today was a long ride (115 miles), but this will be a short report.  The scenery was basic Midwest farm territory.  I don’t know how many rolls of hay we saw in the fields.

Twenty miles into the ride we reached the halfway point of this tour—this was the 25^th day of a 50 day trip.  This was also the last day that we got to ride the shoulder of the Interstate.  We did nine miles on the I-90 shoulder before we crossed the Missouri River and arrived in Chamberlain, SD.  We are told that we will not experience the interstates again.

Although this was such a long ride, there were only two sag stops—basically one every 40 miles.  While some people were unhappy about the distance between sag stops, today’s ride worked out well for me.  I had a bit faster ride than normal to the first sag.  I decided that since I was really feeling good for the first time since I caught bronchitis, I was going to try and see if I could ride a bit faster than I have lately.  I took advantage of the rolling hills to do the next 10 miles at 20 mph, and averaged 16.3 for the day.  It was a great day on the bike for me.  We’ll  see if I have anything left in the tank for tomorrow.

We have two more days until our next rest day.  Tom  Both days have minimal climbing.  Sunday seems like such a long time since our last rest day in Casper.  On Sunday my blog post will reflect some of my thoughts after having completed the first half of this coast-to-coast adventure. 

Tomorrow is a 73 mile day to Mitchell, SD, and then Saturday is 75 miles to Sioux Falls.