Norfolk to Clay Center

Friday April 10th at 11:30 am I left home in Norfolk and rode the 136.64 miles to my parents in Clay Center. Why seems to be the predominate question so I'll answer that first...because I'd always wanted to. I've ridden bike now for 5 years and had just never done it...now I have. So, how did it go? Well let's see, I started out WAY too fast averaging almost 23 for the first 80 miles...they were the easy ones, really not much effort, or so I thought. Then at about mile 100 (avg of 21.7) I really started feeling it, then the hammer hit. WOW! Mile 105 to 136.68 was nothing short of torturous. Really no other way to explain it. Johnathan came out and met me 17 miles from the finish and I can honestly tell you that I'd never been so glad to see him before. Rolled into the parents driveway in 6:38. Average speed ended up at 20.56. Not too bad if you ask me. Here is a link to the route.