The next hour and a half was close to my lowest period of the whole race, up there with the stretch to Baker City, Oregon on Day 4 where I had very serious thoughts of quitting.
Straight off the bat a wrong turn which wasted 15 minutes of effort. With the omelette and multiple coffee refills tucked away I gritted my teeth and got back into it. It was all about ticking off the milage now. The adventure seemed to be all of a sudden over. Then what am I fucking doing in a diner?! Maybe late on the 2nd at a real push but I would have to hit my straps pretty freakin’ tout suite. With 1,400 kilometres and the Appalachians still to go I had sweet bugger all chance of getting there on the 1st. Given that Yorktown is bit of a Ground Zero option for the 4th July celebrations those were the only 2 nights available. I was also feeling a little pressure too as my wife had booked accommodation for her and our 2 boys in Yorktown at a BnB directly opposite the monument for the nights of July 1 and July 2. The fatigue was still there and I was starting to feel that I was never going to get back on form. Whilst waiting for my omelette I started to feel quite down in the dumps. If the conditions continue I’m really going to need to mix it up.įrom the guest house I rolled up Western Avenue with the aim of getting breakfast and supplies from the 24hr Shell gas station but spotted a diner that was open and thought. Given how the heat and humidity had been affecting me recently I’d been keeping an eye on the weather forecast – more of the same today apparently, maybe even more humidity – north of 90%! I really needed to get more riding hours done with the sun down but given my current rhythm of getting out around dawn I’m facing a full day of the heat. Again out into a beautifully coolish clear morning that I knew wouldn’t last. Monday June 28, 2021: I exited the guest house just before 6am, trying not to disturb my hosts.
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