Update-----Riders have landed in London, Ohio as of 8:30 p.m. 6/27

Gene Reflects on ride of Monday, June 26th:
Another bad day at the office, just did not feel good today. Donnie was first in the saddle as we went from Illinois to Indiana. Jason and I set out for supplies and stuff for the days riding.
Then we got lost for about an hour. Not good. We finally caught up with Donnie and got him refueled him and then rode ahead for my stage.
The way we generally run the days is Donnie or I set out first on the bike and Jason and the Support Vehicle ride ahead 25 to 50 miles and drop the next rider and then we repeat the process with only a lunch break and the rest of the eating is done on the bike and sometimes lunch on the bike if time is short. This is how we cover the miles needed during the day rather than riding through the night. So if anyone was wondering, thats how we have been operating. Today for me was a lite recovery day as Glenn would call it. I just kept spinning and the miles kept comming off but not as fast as I would have liked. It worked in the long run for the day ended pretty good. There was not much to look at in this state and we are looking forward to Ohio and Pennsylvania where we will be back to climbing. Jason is a key player in thes ride without his efforts i dont think this would be possible. Sometimes he takes a lot of abuse from us. He especially got it when we were battling the throught he horrific Kansas Tornado like winds.
After taken a beating from the Kansas winds we moved onto Missouri and dealt with 2 to 300 ft. rollers, one right after the other. Are legs were screaming at the end of those rollers. It makes it a little harder to get going each day after a good solid day of lactic acid build up in the legs, but we are moving forward all the time. We are looking so forward to getting home but we forge ahead because we know our mission or better yet REASON... Please remember those who have lost to SUDC and tell someone else about SUDC.
Rolling into Indianna now. We stopped for photos at Indiana University, Donnies graduate school, and then we set out for Ballyhoo. This was one of Donnies favorite places to hang back in the day. We sat down for a good dinner there which meant a lot to Donnie and in all we had a great time.
In other news I had an awesome conversation with my son Dakoda, age 6 this evening. He was asking me all kinds of questions. I really miss him. Hayden even showed that he is never at a loss for words either, even at 2 1/2. XXOO to both of you. Tracey I miss you. They are Hanging with my friends Brian and Carra Carney (thanks to you both for all the inspirational calls I can't tell you how much the mean) Carissa, thank you for the great hug. I took that to San Diego and it will carry me back to NJ. Brando, Dakodas best buddy and Kyla I miss you all. To Maryann, Carly and Katy I miss you guys too and we will be home soon. Don't worry Jason and I are taking care of your Daddy but you already knew that...he is a strong man!
I'd like to give everyone a big THANK YOU for all your thoughts and comments on the Guest Book part of the website. Your words are nothing short of truly inspirational the way you communicate to us. We read it every day so keep sending those messages. John Cimmonds we are inspired and can't wait to ride with from Hackensack to Ringwood on Saturday. Thanks again for a great job as MC at comedy night.
Finally, Miss you Mom And Dad and we look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.
GENE