135 miles (6400 ft climbing), 10:25 hours 15.5 mph
The day started off great with all three of us on the road again after Bob’s missed the last couple of days due to sickness. It was straight into a beast of a climb up Teton Pass on a protected old road bikeway. Great climb through the trees at 8-12% for the best part of an hour.
Then there was a long downhill and a chance to ride for most of the morning beside the Teton mountain range enjoying the views. We battled some side and head winds for a couple hours but then turned out of them for most of the rest of the day.
My day went south from about midday as a nasty head cold that has been doing the rounds started to settle in and drained me of all energy. Bob and Greg dragged me along for the afternoon and we got to West Yellowstone at a reasonable time (~5:25) for me to stock up on Dayquil to hopefully get me through tomorrow. It’s daunting as if I felt this bad at home I’d be spending the day in bed. Instead I’m facing 159 hilly miles of riding.
