HOTCHKISS, COLORADO Pain is relative and this was a painful day. In 2007 I rented a bike in Idaho Springs and slogged up the 28 miles to the summit of Mt. Evans. By my calculation that gained 6600′ over 28 miles or 4.5%. Today’s ride gained 5800′ over 20 miles or 5.5%. It was hot, […]
Day 1 of RTR, we would do a loop ride through Colorado National Monument
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO That was a long day. Alarm went off at 3:45 and I proudly resisted the urge to ask for 10 more. At 4:15 a.m. I met Dave Fitzgerald who agreed to drive me to the airport. The flight left DCA at 5:50 and arrived DFW at 8:20 which was the boarding time […]
BERLIN, PENNSYLVANIA I was visiting my parents and hoping to get in a nice ride but the weather was anything but nice. So instead of starting in Somerset I set out from Berlin, instead. It was 50 degrees (10 C) and raining. A good day to try out my new Pearl Izumi rain jacket. I […]
GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA It was listed as a “CC” ride out of Gainesville. I had hoped that Terry Moran would go and I would shepherd him through the 39 or 49 mile ride. But he was injured so I thought I would go myself, even though the pace was slower than what I normally ride. Although […]
MARSHALL, VIRGINIA Four hours later and my legs are like Jell-O. Or feel like crap. Take your pick. The last time they felt this way after a ride was 11 months ago on the climb to San Pellegrino (Italy). And this was no San Pellegrino. Looking back, which I’m good at doing, the signs were […]
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND In October I organized a Tribute Ride for Jamie Roberts. Then I found that Rockville had an annual Ride of Silence. I wrote to the ride’s contact, David Merkin, and proposed that they dedicate this year’s ride to Jamie. They did. It was a record turnout for the Rockville Ride of Silence. The […]
CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA It has been a long time since I have ridden in this area. Rather than spend all day in the pool, I thought I would do a version of the three-state ramble which I have done in the past. This one would be clockwise. I left Bethany’s place and headed out […]
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