Got an early start and left home around 8:30. Goal was to check out the trail extension and if completed ride to Evert. I made good time and stopped at Coleman for a break. Saw Jeff D. doing his workout for the Ironman competition later in the year. I went past the Subway in Clare and it appeared it was close. It was around 11 AM. So I continued on and got on the trail again at the Moose Lodge. I stopped in Farwell at the Right Aid for something frozen as I was starting to really heat up. Nothing!! I lost about ten minutes. As I was back on the trail, about a mile or so down the trail, I saw Jeff D. and his riding mate wizz by at 25+ mph. He was in his aerobar position and has his time trail pointed helmet on. I continued riding and got beyond Lake and saw that the asphalt to Evert was completed....at least one layer. So after taking a ten minute break and calling home I continued on and on and finally reached Evert. Its a fairly large town and even has a Subway and McDonalds.
I had to ride to far west edge of town but enjoyed a smoothie first and then a hamburger and coke. Then off to the trail ASAP to get off of 115. I stopped and talked to some folks floating on the Muskegon River.
Then onto Clare. I called Mary while in Farwell and met her at McDonald's in Clare.
It was a nice 93 miles in the heat. As I compared last year's record I found that Joe and I did 91 miles on last year's fourth.
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