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308.3 miles down!

Finished up day 3 of riding here in Champaign this afternoon. I think I may be speaking for Stacy too when I say that mustering up the motivation to get on the bike this morning was more than a challenge after being forced to cut yesterday’s ride short due to “unfavorable” conditions. Just to recap–yesterday we only got in 77 of the 114 miles due to 30+mph headwinds, driving rain, and temperatures dipping into the low 40s. Veteran cyclist Frank Brummer, at whose house we stayed at called the day “the most miserable he’s ever experienced riding”. Well, I guess it will work. The pro-life students at the Newman Center at EIU put together a great lunch of spaghetti for us–thank you to them. We experienced some nasty headwinds again this morning until lunch which made relatively slow-going–about 15 or 16 mph for the first 40 miles. The head wind turned into a moderate cross wind in the afternoon which allowed us to ride around 19-21 mph for most of the afternoon back up here to Champaign. Special thanks to our driver John Paul for blocking the wind for us in his car.

Highlights to mention from day 3: great breakfast by Cathy Brummer in Teutopolis/T-Town, sunny day, below freezing temps for first couple hours of riding, great lunch at EIU, nice weather and good riding speed from EIU to Champaign, supper with donors Hank and Tess Wilkinson, a few positive signs of encouragement from passing drivers, and a few negative ones along with that.

Tomorrow, we’re riding to Bradley University in Peoria. Stacy’s brother will be joining us for the last two days. 40 Days for Life ends at the end of this week so keep that in your prayers as well!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!