Wichita, KS

July 15th

Today was the first day that my pace-line didn’t meet rack point. Rack points are assigned during the day to make sure that we can make our scheduled events on time. We biked 75 of the 82 miles today. It was kind of frustrating having to rack but it is a good reminder of what the trip is really about. It isn’t about the bike; it is about the countless people that we impact across the country. The ride was very difficult because we had a constant 15 mph head wind during the entire day. I had a pretty funny fall today as well! When we roll into a crew stop we are supposed to roll a couple feet off the road so that if you tip over you will be away from the road. Well of course I follow all directions and I rolled off the road a couple feet and to my surprise it was right into some mud. Conveniently, my tire stopped immediately and I didn’t have time to clip out. It was a nice slow motion tip to the right and I felt like it took about 30 seconds to hit the ground. It was really funny!
We had lunch today with Arrowhead United at the Home Town Buffet. After eating with the clients we went to the YMCA to play some adaptive games with them! We had corn hole, washers, bowling, and basketball to play with the clients. Dinner was sponsored at the Alley which is very similar to the Dave and Busters. We had a ton of pizza and then went bowling. It was a nice change of pace for all of the guys to hang out as a team!