We made it through the gorgeous hills of West Virginia and crossed over the Ohio River. It was sad to leave such a picturesque state, but we've got lots more to go. And immediately upon crossing the river we had 20 miles of flat ground! We felt like we were flying! Just today we all kind of felt like we've fallen into a nice rhythm with our bodies and bikes. We cruise at anywhere from 15mph to 20mph. But on hills it's a whole different game. We sometimes crawl up the steep mountains, but fly down the other side.
We got an intro to pace lining in the flat lands of Ohio. I think we all had a blast. Pace lining is when 5 or 6 riders line up a tire length apart and bike fast! The first person works really hard to break all the headwind, while the other riders get to draft. When the person up front gets tired they call out that they're dropping back, and get to rest a bit. We averaged about 16mph with a headwind and some hills. I think we all felt pretty good about that one.
Build day! We had a build day with Habitat for Humanity in Portsmouth, OH. We did an amazing amount of work. Below you can see the before and after. All 32 of us worked all day to do mainly two tasks. First there was a huge ditch surrounding the foundation and along the inside. I worked with a crew that hauled dirt and filled in these huge trenches. The second crew was in charge of clearing out the inside of the foundation and then nailing in all the joists. As you can see below, the next step is to simply nail in the floorboards. It was a scorcher, and hit 90 degrees, but we worked hard and felt good about an awesome day on the build site.
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