Day 14

Abdullah is now under 600 miles from Yorktown, and is steadily maintaining his gap of roughly 400 miles ahead of his closest pursuers. When viewed on the Race Flow, you can clearly see a 1,000+ mile period where his lead never drops. Not even overnight. Potentially just two days from finishing, he could enjoy a full night’s rest and a day of sightseeing before second place even gets close to being filled.

Here’s third place rider Omar Di Felice with his view from the road just two hours ago – setting off from Farmington in Missouri into a dark wet morning.

And today’s update from Damian van Loon gets deep – pondering the decline of America’s countryside, his own ailments, and the thoughtful memorial to John Egbers in Kansas: