Calais to Glisy

Today the team rode from Calais, France into a small town called Glisy. The ride was once again cut short due to the hills and head wind we have encountered every single day since the beginning of the trip in Glasgow. At this point, the team has joked, we should pray for a headwind for the remainder of the trip so that we can see we had at least an 8 MPH headwind every day for two straight weeks. We've also joked by saying that we have basically climbed a mountain every day with all of the hill climbs! In all seriousness, though, the fact that our rides have been cut short on nearly a daily basis has been very frustrating. As the founder and project manager, as well as cyclist, I tend to get very frustrated whenever the day doesn't go exactly as planned. Lucky for me, I have the support of my teammates to remind me that even though we may not complete every mile, we are riding as hard and as far as we can given our time limits. We also make sure that our priority is arriving to our friendship visits on time and spending the most amount of our limited time with those groups. Even though we aren't 100% on our mileage count, we are 100% on effort, and I am very proud to be riding along with the rest of the team. I am even more honored to work with them at friendship visits. Tomorrow we have 11 hours to complete 75 miles, and the team is heading to bed early to ensure we complete every last inch of that ride. Wish us luck, and thanks for the support thus far as we head further into Europe and just past the half way point of Awareness Europe Presented by Asia Broadcast Satellite.
-Hunter