Day #2 - Getting It Done

Ah yes, day #2 put to rest. It was another scorcher out on the course today. We hung in there and managed to complete the stage in just under 5hrs. I can't remember the last time that it would have taken that amount of time to ride 65km. There are sections you move fast on and others where you put your head down and settle into a climb that never ends. Couple that with no shade, 43C temps and no where to hide from Mr. Sunshine, makes for quite the slow pace. We've realized that its all about heat management. Yesterday, I was death on a bike and today, I was well hydrated nuun rider! In fact, I was taking my nuun tablets orally and I got Brandyn on the boat to do it as well. We had several mechanicals once again, me with no rear shifting available and Brandyn with no front brake. She rode like a rockstar just the same.

We are maintaining our 1st place position and put another 20mins or so on the girls from Vancouver. Today we were supposed to ride with the white polka dot jerseys on as the leaders for our category but we chose to stick to our other ones due to ventilation. I think we will cut the sleeves tonight and rock the dots tomorrow.

Start time tomorrow is 7am and it's looking like a nasty 80km day.

Adventure onwards.......there is work to do!