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September 25, 2009

Back to back centuries make me sleepy.

Bluff

Waking up in Mexican Hat, I felt lethargic and had trouble getting my head in the game. I just rode 125 miles the day before and now I need to bang out another 100 on our way to Cortez, CO? I asked myself yet again what I had signed up for.

I skipped the sit-down breakfast and got an early start on the road, courtesy of a peanut butter and banana sandwich. The first half of the day was through some of the most striking landscape on the planet with rock monuments looming in all directions and a cool, gentle breeze hinting at good weather ahead.

Colorado

But, miles are miles. And, cranking out over 100 of them can take its toll. The wind picked up just as the real climbing began and the landscape was predictably barren and offered no relief. You just had to tuck forward and keep 'em spinnin'.

That night, I slipped out of dinner a bit early and crept back up to my room, crawling into bed before most old people on the east coast had even considered catching some shuteye. I was beat and needed to get up bright and early.

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