(Long Distance) Ramblings |
I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Monday, September 23, 2002
I have earned my pain! I finished! I left at 4:40 am, did 14 miles per hour for 195 miles with 11,500 feet of elevation gain and finished at 10:pm. This was a very hard ride for me. The temperature was well over 90 degrees; I heard over 100 degrees on the longest climb of the day. The support was great! Each reststop (after the first) had ice for waterbottles and camelbacks. This really helped. And the post ride dinner was great; boneless chicken breasts and two(!) kinds of pasta! The only mechanicals I had were one of my tail lights shifting into the spokes of my real wheel. I had no flats and saw only two.
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