Roll Kaiser Roll!

Kevin just rode about 300 miles in 19.5 hours! He looked awesome on all the short rolling climbs and is staying in the big ring. The thing that blows me away is the food and fluids he is putting down. We thought some of you may be interested in a crew members view of what goes on and what Kevin is taking in to fuel himself across the USA. Our goal is to keep his motor running and we haven't changed a whole lot across the country.

 

He loves big meals from McDonald's, especially the Deluxe Breakfast, cheeseburgers, Oreo blast, and strawberry milkshakes. He also has cravings for pizza after he gets off the bike for rest or during crew transitions. While on the bike he usually drinks Ensure at night and loves grape soda on ice in his water bottles. We supplement those calories with oreos, pop tarts, oranges, bananas, and whatever else he craves. He's been taking endurolytes and eating dill pickles to keep cramping down, keep some electrolytes in his body. Heck, this may be a sponsorship opportunity from Mickey D's or Crush grape soda!

 

Another thing that is keeping the pedals moving are your comments. Kevin made us continue reading them all day today. We were just trying to read a couple each hour but he asked me to continue reading as he continued hammering through Indiana. You all are part of this equation and don't realize how much better he rides when your comments are read. When he has a low moment we can easily pick him back up with your generous comments. Keep them coming! Now that we are in the east it ismuch easier finding internet access and we have our shifts fine tuned to allow us to give more updates. We are on the home stretch with only 660 miles to Annapolis!

 

We are keeping him going with some good tunes as well. In the later hours or early morning when he is struggling we pump up the hard rock including AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Guns n' Roses, etc. We cranked up Cake "Going the Distance" for him up the 21 mile climb in Colorado where he reached the highest point of RAAM @ 10,250ft. He smiled back and told us that song must be about him. He also loves "Superman" by R.E.M. and requested a lot of The Replacements after we told him the Georgia Theatre burned down. He said he saw them there back in the day when he was at UGA. We played "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain as we crossed the Mississippi River yesterday.

 

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