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 [...]