RAAM 2010 Day 5: Camdenton Missouri to Hermann, Missouri
Usually this is the hardest day, both mentally and physically. Our shift was from 1AM to 6AM local time. Missouri is known for endless rolling hills, today would be no different.
Ed picked our hotel location perfectly. We literally exhanged with Brad and Tyner a block from our room. This did mean that they were stuck with the 400ft climb out of Lake of the Ozarks into Camdenton.
We got rolling in pretty good weather, probably about 60deg and no wind. We did encounter lots of fog as we made our way through Missouri.
After passing through the capitol of Jefferson about halfway through our shift, the terrain flattened out for 25 miles or so as we followed the Missouri river. There was one section which had hundreds of baby frogs that were trying to cross (I guess). Some were getting smashed, and one even leaped right into my leg as I rode by.
The last 20 miles or so of our shift consisted of nasty steep rolling hills, with a max of about 12% grade and 400 - 500 feet, over and over...Still they were actually a nice break from the fast TT bike work we had done all night.
We got news in the morning that Tobias had been suffering from severe dehydration, and actually had to go to ER in the night, He apparently got 2 liters of electrolyte pumped into his system. Somehow he is still able to ride. We've been hearing great things about Ryan's form in the past couple days, so he's offsetting the bad luck Tobias is having.
Now we're headed to Bloomington Indiana to get some sleep. We ride at 9PM tonight.
Time Station data:
Andrew and Jeremy Average this shift: 23.96mph
Team Type 1 Average this shift: 23.31mph
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