Rob Lea

Ultimate World Triathlon

Day 15: Wolf Point, MT to Glendive, MT

Distance103.74 mi
Time6h 25m 24s
Elevation Gain3,320 ft

After waking up to fog in Wolf Point, Montana, I had to resort to two breakfast hot pockets to get the day going 😬. not a whole lot to eat in Wolf Point.

Pretty much as soon as I started pedaling, I knew it was going to be a long day. The previous day I had a tail wind and when I looked at the weather last night, the winds seemed to be my favor. But as soon as I started pedaling, I knew I had a headwind. It was also going to be uphill for the first 60 miles. When I say uphill, it is a slight uphill with rolling hills here in the plains, but the combination of elevation gain and headwind was hard to work against.

Yesterday I was often cruising at around 20 miles an hour. Today I was often peddling and working harder and going about 12 miles an hour. Even for what looked like little hills, I was in my granny gear… The same gear that got me over the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Crazy!

I did see a big buck deer and lots of farms… But it was mostly long and straight rolling roads.

I met my mom, Cindy, in Circle, Montana. We had lunch at a place called Lunchbox and by that time I was just over 50 miles into the ride at that point, I was out of water and pretty worked already. It was good to refuel with some lunch but also lots of liquids.

Thus far, I had been traveling mostly south until Circle, MT. I turned to a more south east direction after lunch. This turned out to be huge. I definitely had a bit of a crosswind, but it was more at my back and so generally I had the aid of the wind in the second half the ride today.

Great news… I got two trains to honk their horns at me! I feel like a little kid, but accomplishing this has turned into a serious goal of mine each day 😂.

We are in a MUCH nicer hotel than we were last night and I have ordered Chinese food to the room this evening. Time to rest and recover.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.

Rob Lea Ride Across America.