Rode road bike for this one for comfort. This rally was very crowded at the beginning. It did thin out quite a bit about mid-way through. They didn't plan for such a big crowd, so the rest stops ran out of Powerade before we got there. There was also only oranges, bananas and cookies at the rest stops.

The hills weren't that bad. What goes up must also go down, so I reached a max speed of 40.6 MPH on one downhill segment. Sure glad I didn't wipe out...one person did and had to be tranported to the hospital. :(

I had a low point in my energy level from mile 35-45 for some reason. Don't know if it was the heat or the hills, but I was sucking wind for a while there. My energy picked back up and mile 45-60 felt really good. There was one steep climb at mile 50, but I felt good by that point.

This rally was 6 miles shorter than the one I did in Sulphur Springs, but it was a lot harder for me. Must have been the hills and the heat.

Ate lots of food at Germanfest and drank our 2 FREE beers! Woohoo! Then drove home to pick up kids from grandma and grandpas house.