I’m ready, thorns come and get me now if you dare!

Undra hur det kommer bli med min ambition att gå ner från 83 kg till 79 kg tills jag tävlar i Kalmar.

Jag måste nog campa ute i vildmarken oftare, så att jag håller mig till gröt och annat fint till frukost istf det här giftet.

I disgust myself.

There is no ”I’ll do it later” when it comes to taking care of equipment. It’s easier preventing bad stuff from happening than recovering ever they’ve happened.

Write that up.

Time: 4:40

Terrain: Flat

Roads: I-10 highway all day long. Perfect surface.

Scenery: As soon as I descended from the mountain I camped out at it was as if I didn’t move the whole day. It looked the same in every direction. Hardly any hills and only far away in the horisont could I see the mountains.

This day started like a pain in the ass (literally and metaphorically) with three flats in just minutes after starting. The motivation was…suffering badly. After changing all the tubes I stuffed a b

unch of cereal bars, coke, fruit and nuts down my face and decided the day was going to start NOW.

Approximately 45 after this point I ran in to these two guys. They had been wishing their car could run on fumes for hours, but that clearly wasn’t the case. So what now?

I had about 1 liter of gasoline that I use for cooking that would be enough to get them to the gas station 1 km ahead. As it happened, they had been to a bicycle race and had a spare tube and patch to give me in exchange. I was down to one spare, so the timing could not have been any better.

Five minutes later it stop at a diner and this man asked me a few questions about where I’m from and where I’m heading. We decided to share a table and talked for 30 min. When I asked the waitress for my check he took it from her and refused to let me pay.

How is it possible Americans have such bad reputation when all of this is happening to me? In such a short period of time I’ve met kind and generous people that have asked for nothing in return. I’m blown away by this phenomenon.

After riding through open landscape I finally arrived in Deming. Since the day had turned into such a success I chose to sleep fancy at the Executive Inn for $39. Like a boss.

Unfortunately the trailer didn’t fit through the door. I had to remove some part and a wheel before I could squeeze it in.

All and all, interesting day. My foot hurts from an old injury, my quad hurt from riding, my ass is a mess but the spirit is high!

Falling asleep is no longer an issue.

I think these ”needles” are from all the exploded truck tyres that lay all over the roads that I run over every now and again. A good idea is to avoid doing that from now on.

Two flats in 29 min. New record!

Time: 6:04

Terrain: Flat 75 % Hilly 25 %

Roads: I-10 highway all day long. Not too bad though.

Scenery: When I passed the mountains not too far from Benson the were some really nice rocks/boulders, but I was waiting for the next one that was going to be even more spectacular for too long. It was all over before I even took one picture. Google it!

The day will go down as the day where the weather gods wanted me to get far. The tail wind was amazing most of the day, for long stretches I was keeping 40 km/h without any major effort. I’m guessing this will never happen again.

Oooon the other hand I had two flats and found a thorn in the same tyre I repaired last just five minutes before I stopped for the day. It might be time to upgrade the tyres of my trailer, they just aren’t made for this type of usage.