Today was probably the worst ride of the trip so far. We were scheduled for an 80 mile trek but we had to take a detour to avoid unsafe road conditions which turned it into a 100 mile ride. It was also about 100 degrees outside. I was pretty wiped out at the end of the ride. The younger guys seemed to do better but nobody had an excess of energy.

Chuck Howard rode along with us today. I rode with Chuck on the GUF 2004 team last year. He is an amazing guy and the one that I would pick if I had to pick someone who was closest to the ideal brother. Chuck lost 100 pounds so that he could ride last year and raised $10,500 because he inspired so many people. Chuck is just full of energy and has spent a lot of time over the past few months setting things up for our team and the Build America team who will be in St. Louis at the same time that we are there. He setup 6 sponsors apiece for each team. Like I said, he is amazing.

The team did a KOB for the Boys & Girls Club in Sedalia. Unfortunately I missed it because someone had to stay to watch the bikes because we could not secure our lodging. It was just as well because I was exhausted from the ride and needed the recovery time.

Time Freeman of the Boys and Girls Club hosted us for dinner at Golden Corral. Unfortunately this one didn’t fair much better than the last one that we visited and if you own stock you may notice a dip in the price as we did a fair amount of damage to the buffet. 16 guys who just rode 100 miles can really sock away some food.

Rob Raesemann

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