October 2007 Training Rides

32 km. Elm Creek Nebraska 65F sunny Oct 1

26 km. Plainview Iowa 58F cloudy Oct 2

55 km. Burlington to Brantford Ontario 25C sunny and windy Oct 3

50 km. Brantford Ontario 28C sunny Oct5

25 km. Blackwell Oklahoma 55F sunny Oct 11

40 km. Van Horn Texas 82F sunny Oct 12

63 km. Albuquerque New Mexico 75F partly sunny Oct 13

60 km. Denver Colorado 55F sunny Oct15

33 km. Sawyer Michigan 58F sunny Oct17

30 km. Brantford Ontario 18C partly cloudy Oct 19

67 km. Hamilton Ontario 20C partly cloudy Oct 20

41 km. Van Horn Texas 70F sunny Oct 25

62 km. La Jara New Mexico 72 sunny Oct 26

39 km. Red Mountain Pass, Ouray Colorado 60F partly sunny (1610 ft vertical climb, 7% grade. This was my fourth attempt at this mountain, and my fourth failure to reach the summit. Made it to 8600 ft. mark--next time all the way to 11,018 ft. summit!) Oct 27

103 km. Salina and Lawrence Kansas 70F sunny and windy Oct 29 (fastest speed to date--67km/p/h--not too smart! I don't want to think about crashing at this speed!)

51 km. Chatham Ontario 12C sunny and windy Oct 31