One is none, two is one.

Bike ride went well. I have a feel for the course and its quite a good course.

Holy Moly! Puncture central! I was in a bike shop a few days ago and the guy said Ill get a lot of punctures. I translated that to Ill get a puncture. So off I went on 22 mile circuits of the course. Mile 22 - puncture. Mile 44 - puncture. Mile 79 puncture. All around the same area! People were very helpful. Puncture number 2 I just started walking, I didn't look round as I had nothing to fix it with. However a nice lady stopped and gave me an inner tube and CO2 cartridge. So off I went again and decided to keep going and risk another puncture.

Everything was going well, by mile 66 I was exhausted but pushed on and decided to get in 80 miles not the 88 I could have done. I got into cruising mode and was enjoying it; Lauren, Ray and Sierra drove back and gave me a cheer at mile 77. Very cool. So I can see the car and Boom another puncture! Now here is the cool part. I texted Lauren and Ray to come back and get me but in the mean time I started walking. A car going passed stopped and seen if I was OK and were willing to help, they were AZ bikers. While Ray and Lauren were getting the car the Police drove past and I thought they were stopping but instead they took off, you can roll down your window and make sure I'm OK!

Lots of cyclist stopped whenever I got a puncture which was great so I would have to say AZ cyclists are awesome. ADOT and the police (Arizona Department of transport) 0/10, the road was awful. I think the only time the road is clean is once a year by the Ironman and they probably pay the costs!