Coulee Challenge 1200k Grand Randonnee: The Midwest Hill Repeat Jubilee 2018
2018 Inaugural Coulee Challenge Grand Randonnee Midwest Hill Repeat Jubilee in Midwest, USA 1204km/753 miles of Driftless Heaven August 13-16th, 2018 Apple Valley, MN USA ENDLESS BLUFFS MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER […]
TRUE GRIT. LOOSE GRAVEL. Where the road ends, gravel begins. Pacific Atlantic Cycling (PAC) Tour Inaugural Gravel Camp 2018
Upon completing Paris-Brest-Paris in 2015, I joined the Ultramarathon Cycling Association (UMCA). My goal was to learn about additional cycling opportunities that would push my boundaries. In 2016 and 2017, […]
5 Myths about Randonneuring: The “Melting Pot” of Cycling
Are you looking for a new cycling goal or adventure? Have you ever finished a 100 mile ride and wondered how much further you could have gone? If you are fit, able to […]
The Yellow Brick Road is Made of Gravel: Dirty Kanza 2016
GRIT. GRAVEL. GRIND. FIND YOUR LIMIT. “We’re off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz We hear he is a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz […]
Fat Bike Birkie 2016: the “Big Fat” 47km race
What a difference a year makes! My numbers speak my truth. Last year in my first Fat Bike event and my first Fat Bike Birkie 47K Race: My finish time was 4:05:50.15 […]
REFLECTING ON PARIS-BREST-PARIS 2015.
Je suis un randoneeur. Je suis un ancienne. WITH GRATITUDE Six months after I finished the ride, I received my Paris-Brest-Paris medal, brevet card and official PBP video. As I opened the brevet […]
The finish of Paris-Brest-Paris 2015. I AM AN ANCIENNE!
THE FINISH “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor […]
Dreux: At the last control at Paris-Brest-Paris 2015. Becoming an Ancienne.
DREUX, FRANCE From the previous control in Mortagne-au-Perche to Dreux, I had covered 48 miles in the final stretch of Paris-Brest-Paris 2015. These miles were interesting, very slow and extremely challenging. Hallucinations were common as I […]
From Mortagne-au-Perche to Dreux at Paris-Brest-Paris 2015. Becoming an Ancienne.
Pedal. Smile. Repeat. Pedal. Smile. Repeat. Pedal….Pedal…Pedal… IRREPRESSIBLE It is amazing how our bodies work and how far we can push ourselves to the point of extreme exhaustion. I was existing on 4 […]
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