Little Indy 500

Today is the Indianapolis 500 car race. A little story related to that is the Little Indy 500. One of my favorite movies growing up was "Breaking Away". In the movie, there is a bike race called the Little Indy 500. I was talking with Fred who is biking from LA to Indianapolis with us and I mentioned that race to him. I expected him to tell me it was only a movie plot, but much to my surprise it is a real race.

Before we left, Jim (one of our strongest riders along with Peter and Fred) introduced me to his son who is presently doing some movie work in New Mexico.

Today was some moderate uphill climbs and downhills. Al joined our group today.

We rode along the Santa Fe Trail which seems to run parallel to I-25.

We biked on I-25 for about 5 miles and it was not bad compared to the other interstates.

At about the 22 mile mark we stopped at a store. The note below was posted outside:

After we left the store it proceeded to get very cold. I put on my rain gear and rode the next 5 miles in it. After that I took it off as the sun came out and I took it off again.

We again were on route 66, so a picture of Karen in front of a stone sign

We then pedaled into the historic city of Las Vegas, New Mexico and ate lunch at the Landmark Grille located in the Historic Plaza hotel.

In an homage to Al and his blog:

Number of times that Ira passed Al on an uphill 17

Number of times Al passed Ira on a downhill 17

Average Speed - The same

Santa Fe, NM - Las Vegas, NM

Miles 73.440

Ave Speed 14.8

Actual bike time 4:58:36

Left Hotel: 7:40

Arrive hotel 3:00