Dr Josh Burns’ Tour Duchenne Blog - Day 9
Posted on the 17 Mar 2009 06:23pm
Dear donors, colleagues, friends and family,
The day we will never forget.
The most difficult day of cycling for each and everyone of us. Even the ladies said it was worse than child birth!
From Yarram to Phillip Island looked challenging but nothing like yesterday. We rolled out under dark clouds and a very stiff head wind at 7am. The head wind strengthened to 50-60km/hour and stayed with us for 7 hours (some for 9 hours) to cover the 155km. Rain started at 40km and pierced our faces as we battled to stay upright along the Bass Straight coastline. Everyone was hurting, everyone was getting flat tyres and everyone was freezing.
But who’s complaining…we’re almost home.
Day 9 Statistics:
Temperature: 16, gusting winds and rain and hail
Falls: 6 (minor)
Flat tyres: 14
Distance: 155km
Average: 22 km/h
Road kill: 10 (4 kangaroo, 1 koala, 5 other……)
Player comfort (0 awful to 10 delightful): 0.1
Saddle sore index: Unfairly high
Dr Joshua Burns Institute for Neuromuscular Research The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Donate: www.tourduchenne.com Photos: Day 9