Day 5 Lamar PA to Brookville PA

26 July Tuesday Week 1
We have made contact.  Team Eliminator is up and on the road.  Distinct in the background was the sound of the wind already blowing at 8:30 AM.  Team Eliminator reported Tuesday was another tough day in the saddle.

The Pennsylvania hills are living up to their reputation.  Hill after hill with one notable climb that was over an hour.  Good exercise.  Difficult to do on twigs and berries..After a few hours with twigs and berries as fuel the gage starts dropping to 0.  Then Boink..Good food on the road is always a challenge.  Even in a car it is tough and at 8:30 PM in the evening in the middle of rural PA on a bicycle the choices narrow quickly.  The team was stuck with a Burger King last night.  Always A last choice.

Good temperatures on Tuesday, 75-85 but the treat was the WIND!!  I suspect it (the WIND) will be a recurring topic of discussion as the days and weeks go by.  Team has had almost everything now:

heat and rain and now the wind.  We can add the last weather variable, snow to the list later in the ride..

All in all it was another day in PA.

Body contact spots are tender for all.  To be expected on day 5.

8146 climbing

109 miles

75-85 temperature and the road was climbing all day.  No downhill, what an odd road :-)