Blog Epilogue

Top of the morning to ya! Check out some of the photos from the weekend!

The starting line for Day 1 at Raymore Peculiar High School. Brian Busby was the emcee, and they played some tunes to pump us up. As you can see, it was chilly and overcast. Our duck instincts told us to migrate South, so we headed to Sedalia. (kind of South East)

160 miles to go. Justin's face says it all. I think he was just startled Matt was taking a picture, but it's still pretty funny.

This was our favorite rest stop on Day 1. Reasons: Girl Scouts yelling 2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate? MS RIDERS!, Clown with watergun, and shots of pickle juice, which were delicious. Pickle juice actually has tons of electrolytes.

Justin ate 4 powerbars the first day, and 5 the second day. He also fueled up with various "sports drinks" throughout. Once we caught him dumping suspicous powders into his water bottle. He claims this was a Clif product. We're not sure if we believe him, because he flew up some hills shortly thereafter. Also strange - his calves tripled in size over the weekend.

Day 1 mileage - 80.8. Ignore the computer's temperature reading. It was cold!

Day 2 started at 4:30AM. We had to be ready for our bus to the start line at 4:45. Ouch.

The Chris Cakes more than made up for having to be up so early.

Starting Line! Woot Woot!

My helmet was crooked the entire time. Matt gauged my energy level by how crooked it was. He tells me this after the ride!?

First team pic on day 2, sporting our jerseys. Look how sweet they are! One of the volunteers told us we looked awesome riding in our flying V formation.

Matt took these photos while riding his bike! Pretty nice I think.

Favorite rest stop on Day 2. KC Ski Club sponsored this one. We loved the huge bubble wrap snowman, Christmas tunes blasting, and volunteers sporting holiday vests. They even gave us snowman stickers. If you tried to leave without one, one of the volunteers would catch you on the backside. So there were a few cyclists with stickers on their spandex.

6 miles to go. Duck Dales final push!

The finish! Family and friends joined us.

Medals and cake!

We have some video footage left to upload, and some stories to share with you if you're interested. We're really excited to have completed the ride, and thankful for all the help from our friends and family along the way. We couldn't have done it without a ton of encouragement and support from all of you!