As I posted before, I spent the last couple of months training for a 12-hour adventure race. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a team event of 2 or 4 people, and it has the “standard” events of trekking in the woods orienteering (you can’t use a GPS, only a compass), mountain biking, [...]

(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 [...]

I had patients yesterday who, every time they come in, things are always “bad”. It’s not their health –physically, they have very little wrong with them. They see me because I make a difference for their stress and anxiety. But it’s always interesting to me how they answer my question “How are things going?” because [...]

Ever heard of the Hassle Factor? Probably not, but you know what I’m talking about. This is the debate that goes on in your head when you have a choice: Do I pay the extra $7.00 plus the cost of the tank to the rental car company so that I can return it empty? Or… [...]

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 [...]

Our other motorcycle got stolen and while instantly that created logistical problems because now we only had one vehicle, I wasn’t so upset because the bike had dumped me a few months before (notice how it’s the bike’s fault ;-)  )  The bike was a little too tall for me, and they’re heavy things, and [...]