Duck says there are about 2700 riders and today they all rode in red. She says they look fabulous. Her morning yoga class went well with a taped knee. She's continuing to do the other stretches too. On the bike she felt fine and then suddenly a sharp pain when she got to rest stop one.

The medical staff thought that raising the saddle would help. I'm not sure if by that they mean raising the seat or the angle? Duck had her bike expertly fit by Chris Robinson owner of Robinson Wheelworks before the ride (thanks Chris). I rode behind her on the Cinderella and the fit looks great.

Whatever they did it worked and she was back in the saddle.Duck caught up with UK at rest stop 2 who was considering taking a ride in. UK decided at Duck's speed she could ride on.

Duck, are you going to take this? Sounds to me like your daughter's calling you slow ;-)

They made it to lunch at Solvang, 43 miles, 1,300 feet of climbing (Duck that sounds a little low for Day 5, less they changed the route) and ... ice cream! (hey, they never served ice cream on Day 5 when I rode!)

They took the SAG wagon from there but I must say the ride extended the distance of Day 5 this year so any other year they'd have ridden in to camp.

Did I mention that my sister has no lower intestine? She's doing ALC and has very severe colitis. That's not stopping her, the knee is.

If I could get her to stretch or maybe yoga she'll be unstoppable.

Did I mention I am very proud of my sister (and my niece As UK said to me when I had a tough time on ALC 6 "you've ridden every mile before and ... you were younger then "