Category Archives: Ride

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2006 Gateway MS-150 Day 2

I was sleeping by 8 PM Saturday night, but with Day 1’s ride still burning my legs, I periodically woke despite exhausting myself with my fastest ride of the year. At 4 AM I was debating on just getting up to start the morning since the alarm was sent for 5, but the hotel [...]

2006 Gateway MS-150 Day 1

So, Day 1 of the 2006 Gateway MS-150 is over. Well, they have festivities and food and such, that continues much later but I was done riding at about 2:30. If you’re thinking “that’s all it takes for 100 miles?!,” consider we finished earlier than usual, but we were also much faster this [...]

Berry Bicycle Ride & Strawberry Festival

This morning Kelly and I got out of bed for an early drive to Trailnet’s bike ride and strawberry festival in St. Jacob, IL, with the promise of fresh strawberries and strawberry shortcake the side of your head. They certainly delivered, but not after we punished ourselves on the bikes first.
Lessons learned:
50 miles [...]