In a week, I will be riding my first day of the tour. My bike has been shipped, the training has been done (although I have two more rides planned) and Toby’s boarding has been booked. Now, all I have to do is wrap things up at the office, play a few more concerts and […]
DOR -1 means Day Of Ride -1 Here I am …. a year later. Last summer, I sat on an Amtrak train, the California Zephyr, headed to Reno, NV where I’d meet the 2015 Bike the US for MS team. They’d been riding for 55 days at that point, so they knew each other really
Here I am in Yorktown, VA! After a long night of travel, I made it. Thanks to Tobias’ suggestion of ZzzQuil, I slept like a baby (for four hours). Now I’m at the hotel thinking back on an exciting day. I ubered to the Duke of York Hotel where my bike was waiting, all boxed
0900 – we dipped our tires and started riding west! Meet the 2016 Bike the US for MS Trans America team! But, I was up earlier than that, since the sun came up at 6am and enjoyed the coastline. It was a great, peaceful morning before day 1 of riding. Breakfast was delicious at the
Feeling great! Woke up in the church after not a great night of sleep but that was to be expected. 80 mile day is in store!! Boiled a pot of water for coffee and oatmeal and got the day started right. Stopped for a second breakfast at Panera around mile 20 and then two lunches
My dang Garmin messed up and would import all of my information today. It says 56 miles but doesn’t have all my elevation and stats. I hate when that happens! Today was another good day. Thunderstorms were threatening again so my group got an early start. I had the pleasure of riding with several groups
Today was the day I’ve been dreading. The day we ride into the mountains. So far the toughest day of the trip. But, now that it’s done I can say that I feel confident about my cycling skills. We had some craaaaaaaaazy climbs today and the descent was the steepest part of the entire TransAmerica
Today was crazy. My legs are still feeling the burn from yesterday but we just get on our bikes and ride. I’m feeling pretty good regardless and I’m excited for tomorrow. 45 miles to Blacksburg (our shortest day yet!) and a special stop for breakfast in the morning 🙂 Today we got up early and
