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Queen Bee and ‘It’s All Downhill’ made me wake up at 4:30 this morning so I’d have a fighting chance at making it to Pie Town tonight. They were troopers, though, and woke up with me. Queen Bee even chased me down for almost two miles to deliver my rain pants, which I had left in the room. I put on those rain pants a few miles later as it started raining.

Fortunately, I managed to slip between most of the rain today and was only subjected to minor, intermittent ‘sprinkles.’ The road surface was decent for most of today’s ride, with no huge elevation changes. Still, my legs screamed. It seems every day now is harder than the previous. It feels like my body is slowly shutting down.