Day 36 Oberlin OH to Burton OH 82 miles 3376 feet



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I left around 8am. Breakfast wasn’t served till 7 and then it was order from the menu and of course 14 trying to order at once overwhelmed the kitchen.  It was 46 degrees and overcast when I took off. I had my cold weather gear on but the jacket and glove, and the long pants came off at the first stop.  The first 10 miles were on a busy highway but after that about 10-15 miles of back roads including a friendly gravel bike path for about 5 miles.  After that back to a really busy road with tons of traffic and no shoulder--  a little tense at times.  Back again to back roads but a lot of up and downs till lunch at 50 miles. There I wanted to take about a 5 mile lift in the van which turned out to be about 17, basically because the roads were so narrow that Michael couldn’t find a turn off.  Finished the last 12 miles to the motel but the kicker was the last mile of grueling hills. Oh well all in a days work and at least I had a 17 mile rest.  We are in Burton Ohio, an Amish Community.  Blake drove me to the laundry mat -- so a cyclists work is never done!

Early morning shot

Town of Oberlin Ohio and Oberlin University

This is not an old car -- its only a 1955 Buick

Crops

Be outstanding in  your field 



The Trek Travel Peleton -- I left about 45 minutes before them
They passed me when I was taking another picture -- So
I had the opportunity to get them all in one shot
Did I mention we were in Amish Country?

Blake, the guide, decided to really take a rest so he
put his bike by the stop sign




The straight line is the time in the van! I only meant to take 6 miles but the roads were so narrow the van couldn't
pull over  until the 16 mile past lunch






































Departed:Sep 23, '18, 08:10AM
Starts in:Oberlin, OH, US
Distance:62.2 mi
Elevation:+ 2817 / - 2311 ft
Max Grade
8.6 %
Avg. Grade
0.1 %
VAM267 Vm/h
Ascent time03:12:56
Descent time01:56:41
Total Duration:06:54:55
Moving Time:05:09:37
Stopped Time:01:45:18
Calories:1773
Avg. Watts:95
Max Speed:30.8 mph
Avg. Speed:12.0 mph
Pace:00:06:40
Moving Pace:00:04:59

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 23, 2018 at 6:32 PM

    Too much gravel in Ohio, tell them to pave more roads

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownSeptember 23, 2018 at 7:08 PM

    Be outstanding in your field...looks like a motivational poster lol

    ReplyDelete

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