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2500 Miles: Follow the Journey, Give Hope, Experience the Wonder

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE CHARITY RIDE

JUNE 17 TO JULY 17

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125 miles on a beautiful day.

Really nice day today. Rode 125 miles. Burned 4200 calories. I felt good all of the way until I was 12 miles out and ran out of water. I had to slow down to keep from dehydrating too much. The training for the Continental Divide ride is going very well. I can feel myself getting steadily stronger. All of the arrangements have been made for the trip. We will start the ride on June 17. We are almost done with setting up the charities we hope you support because of our rid

63 miles, 11:00am in McKittrick Missouri

It is a really nice day. Things are going well. I am planning on 125 miles today. Should have a nice tailwind on the way back. Not much of note happened so far today. #continentaldivide #KatyTrail #McKittrick #Missouri #cycling #bicycle #bikepacking #training

35 miles in Dutzow Missouri 8:30am

Perfect day today. Cool with a nice breeze and sunny. I don't know how many miles I will do today, but I feel strong. #continentaldivide #KatyTrail #cycling #bicycle #Dutzow #Missouri

The Vino Fondo, 104 miles 5,495 feet of climbing on an absolutely beautiful day.

It was great to be out riding today. Wonderful weather. The Vino Fondo is a timed cycling event put on by Big Shark Bicycling Company around the Augusta area. Two 100+ mile rides in three days. I did not feel very tired at all during or after the ride today. The training for the trip is coming along nicely. Continuous gradual increases in effort yields great results over time. So I rode 103 miles on the Katy Trail on Thursday. That ride was 103 miles long and had 732 feet

68 miles into ride 11:45am in Dutzow Missouri

About 2/3 of the way through today's ride. A lot of interesting things as a result of the flooding. The river was really high in places. A lot of really rough sections on the Katy Trail. I killed a squirrel today. You wonder how that can happen with a bike? When it is crossing the trail and decides at the last minute to double back. Thump...thump. #KatyTrail #continentaldivide #dutzowMissouri #flooding #bicycle #cycling #training

20 miles of training on "The Day the Floods Came"

As normal, today's training was in cold, rainy, windy weather except I had to cut it short because the Missouri River was over the Katy Trail. There was water over the trail at a couple of spots until I was almost at the Boone Bridge. Then the trail was completely flooded as far as I could see. I took a picture of it along with several others including a big fallen tree, a flooded Cadillac, a flooded house and Greens Bottom road completely covered. Things did not go well f

104 Miles Training 4/28/17 on Katy Trail on the "Day of Fallen Timbers"

Training went well yesterday. As I said in my previous post the morning was cold, windy and wet. The wind was very cold. I was on the Outlook in Klondike Park and had to leave because the wind was so strong and cold that I was freezing. As usually happens, the wind was in my face all the way out, and I was looking forward to a nice tailwind on the way back. No luck. The sun broke through which was nice and the weather cleared up and wind died. No tailwind. There were fo

53 miles, back again in Treloar, Missouri 12:30pm

Sun is starting to break through but it is still cold and windy. A lot of bikers today on the Katy Trail. Summer is on its way. A lot of fallen trees today on the trail. It was windier than I thought the last few days. #Treloar #continentaldivide #bicycle #training #KatyTrail

27 miles into ride at Overlook in Klondike Park 9:20am

Beautiful view from here. Steep climb to the overlook. Overcast, cold(42 degrees), windy, and rainy day. I am getting in plenty of training in this kind of weather. #Klondikepark #continentaldivide #bicycle #training #KatyTrail

102 miles of training on 'The Day of the Reptile" 4-20-17

I saw three snakes, a tortoise and a lizard today. The snakes were a copperhead, a black snake(which I road over by accident) and a bright green colored one. The ride overall went well. The Goal Zero solar panel works as it supposed to and having it attached to the back of the backpack worked as well. This is the first time on a long ride with the large backpack. That worked good as well. Got a flat with on the new puncture resistant tire. It happens. I will need to do m

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