Prescott, AZ to Phoenix, AZ

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Today's Stats
Miles: 107.73
Riding Time: 6:31:56
Avg. Speed: 16.4
Max Speed: 40.3
Elevation Gain: 2579

Another century today. That makes three for the trip. Very cool temperatures in Prescott when we left at 5:00 am. Arm warmers and jackets for the first hour. If we could only bottle that coolness up and use it later in the day...

The ride started with a 6 mile climb out of Prescott followed by about 15 miles of rollers. A short decent into a nice broad valley followed by another climb into Yarnell. From Yarnell it was a screaming decent where we lost most of our elevation.

Fairly flat, breezy and hot was the description of the rest of the ride. We stopped every 12 to 15 miles to get cold drinks and dunk out jerseys and headbands in ice cold water. The wet clothes were dry within two miles but it felt good while it lasted.

The temperature got noticeably hotter when we entered the Phoenix metropolitan area. The concrete and asphalt just soaks up the sun. Finally, we reached our destination and are ready to head home tomorrow.

I'm sure the long drive back to Denver will be filled with the retelling of different parts of the ride. Check back in a few days to read our final thoughts after we let them all soak in.