I got to take part in the Project Rwanda 50 Mile Ride for the first time. This purpose of this event is to raise funds to purchase new “Coffee Bikes” for folks in Rwanda. This was the 3rd year that this event took place. The previous two years had always been scheduled right [...]
I had first heard about the Vision Quest a few years ago. At that time, I thought it was only crazy elite mountain bikers who could pull something like that off - 55 miles on dirt with ~11,000 feet of elevation gain.
Well, 5 years later, 35 pounds lighter, and a couple of unhealthy habits gone, [...]
A pretty much status quo month for me. Got Vision Quest this upcoming weekend. I can’t wait to get that over with. I’ll have a few weeks for “fun” rides. Then it’s back to training for the 12 hour in June.
February 2009
Total Distance - 282.97 miles
Total Time - 30:08:12 hours
Total Ascent - 33,549 [...]
I spent a good portion of my weekend playing in snow.
Friday at Snowbird, Utah.
Saturday a little short of Modjeska Peak in the Santa Ana Mountains of CA.
Busy start to 2009.
January 2009
Total Distance - 293.97 miles
Total Time - 33:25:29 hours
Total Ascent - 36,591 feet
Total Calories Burned - 22,104
Also put together a new bike to play with - the new Chumba VF2. I’m loving it with the Fox 36 up front.
I spent the weekend racing out at Vail Lake for the first 12 Hours of Temecula race for 2009. The forecast the entire week was predicting some rain, so I had brought along my singlespeed as a backup bike just in case.
We actually did get some rain Friday night and Saturday morning as [...]