The day started with another ribbon-cutting in Overlook Park in St. Paul, part of the Mississippi National River & Recreation Area. Chris Coleman, Mayor of St. Paul, among others, spoke briefly.
Then a climb up, up to the edge of St. Paul (some folks did this on 3-speed Nice Ride bikes!)
and Indian Mounds Regional Park (a place to which I think it's worth the hills to return to).
And we kept climbing and climbing. This is the first hill of the trip it was obvious I would walk up. No shame. None at all.
Once the pack led us out of the city, I took my own pace through the hot and windy fields to Hastings.
But apparently I still didn't take care of myself well enough. At the lunch stop at the LeDuc Historic Estate, it became clear that my electrolytes were seriously out of balance and I ended up riding in the sag vehicle for the afternoon. I downed all the forms of electrolytes I had, but in the end I credit salty Cheetos for curing me. Yea! The best excuse I've yet conjured to eat Cheetos!
Stats for the day:
32.99 miles
2:57:56 saddle time
11.12 mph avg
27.89 max speed
Missed the most awesome downhill experience yet. Also missed 10 miles into a blaring headwind, all slightly uphill. Good day to be sick.
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