Thursday, 18 June 2009, 19h 43 min (race time, eastern time)
Hello! Nice to see you around. Today has been a long day for all of us. After catching up with Patrick yesterday afternoon, Jerome and I saw that he had been having a hard time at the beginning of the race. Patrick had not been cycling for the last 3 weeks, reason why this start line was a little effortful.
At time station 2 Jerome and I waited for the follow van to arrived, we had feed Patrick and changed crew, although Rob came with us for the night following. Patrick cycled all night long with a pretty good speed up hill. In one moment he did not felt very good at all but that helped him to wake up a little bit more and regain strength to continue.
Today has been a hot day and in general we have all been a little sleep deprived. Patrick has tried to sleep, but for what I am concerned he has had little success with this. At 9:30 a.m. we changed crews again but this time Jerome stayed with Aude and Greg in the follow van.
Patrick has been tired today, it is normal when cycling in the dessert and in a very hot climate.
Rob and I have had an intense day of groceries and driving on mountains and now we are at a motel trying to get some sleep because tonight we are on the night crew again. Sylvie and Anne-Cecile arrive tonight so we will be more and merrier.
Sorry for this short newsletter but if I do not keep it short I am not going to be able to send it (we only get 30 min. internet at this motel).
Thank you very much for your time and I hope you are as excited as we all to see how this is going to end. Have a good one!!!
Maite
Ps: you can follow Patrick's progress on his website www.patrickautissier.org
2 comments:
Patrick - you are doing a great job! Jane and I will be channeling our energy to you when we do the little BBS 400 on Saturday.
Be strong, ride safe, mon frere francais!
John
Thank you guys for keeping us updated!
Hope Patrick is feeling better now and manage to have a safe ride at night.
Good luck. Patrick!!
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