I know that I’ve finally turned a page regarding actually wanting to get on my bike again (see my post a couple of weeks ago on that) and I’m not at all unfamiliar with the cyclical ritual (no pun intended) of dragging myself back into riding shape again (I’ve probably done it at least 10 [...]

Remember the kids from Team Marlene back in 2004? Those special-needs kids that pulled together and created their own charity ride, with some of them borrowing bikes, having never ridden even 5 miles before? I just got friended on Facebook by one of the girls, who is in high school now. I had especially connected [...]

I’ll actually say this in public — I got on a bike today for the first time in over a year. Yes, that’s right, I haven’t sat on a bicycle seat since the summer before last and even then, it was a bit of an effort. And then a couple of months after that, I [...]

(*Abandonment, or something like that) Despite what people think, I don’t actually get everything right (although I’d certainly like to wish ;-) ) or achieve everything I set out to. And finishing Paris-Brest-Paris was one of them. Someone once asked how you end up doing ultra-long distance events (although I think the same could be [...]

(Read Part 1 and Part 2) I was so whipped the next day that I didn’t even consider getting on my bike. Besides, the seal on the van was broken – now it wasn’t so hard to climb in! Good thing – I slept on the back seat of the van until lunch, got out, [...]

(Read Part 1) Let’s just say that riding with PAC Tour and riding those kinds of distances day after day after day is an ENTIRELY different animal from a weekend, or even weeklong trip. And when it says “average” miles of 135 a day, that means that there are days longer and shorter, and Day [...]

Four years ago, I rode my bicycle across the US. In 26 days. That meant an average of 135 miles a day, no rest days. When I think back on it now, it seems like the craziest thing I’ve ever done, and it damn well might be. How did I end up on a trip [...]

As I was training to ride across the country, I spent lots of time researching how to eat properly for ultra-long distance riding. THAT was a complete waste of time! I had NO IDEA that the majority of long-distance cyclists were typically eating every type of cookie you have ever seen, more chips than I [...]