Thank you to Dawn for being my ride along. This was a familiar route for her from South Dakota to WI. Today was a long day and I was happy to cross into state #7! Yaaay! Cause it was such a long day I had a mini meltdown when we had a detour adding 4 […]
Lissa thank you for the ride along. She did a hike of 7.3 miles and 1200 feet elevation to share the mileage with me. Also she sent some really nice pictures of Lake Superior. I miss water out here in South Dakota. I can say that we seem to be approaching the Midwest. The drivers
Carolyn thank you for being my live ride along today! She was doing the door county century as I was doing my ride! Way to go Carolyn! Today was a shorter day at ‘only’ 76 miles. Our A team included Brian today so we had another person To our Pavlina through the fields. The day
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Hey y’all from Central Time!!! Wooohoo! We are entering the Midwest! Thanks to Colette for guiding me out of Kadoka, I was happy to head west even if it was a looong day of 113 miles. Team A left about 0700 and it was me, Jeffrey and Andrew for the day. The morning was peaceful
Ooooo-Acoma where the wind from the south never rests…. Read More »
Quick shout out to Amy for being my ride along today! Thank you for your support Amy!!! Another rough day in the books and my second van ride from lunch. The A team left at 0700 and kept a good pace line together all morning. The wind! The wind was a 20-30mph crosswind from the
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Thank you Carol for being my ride along yesterday! I was/am so physically and mentally fatigued my motivation to pack up, eat and get on the bike for another day was hard to do. It was momentum, memories of the 95 degree heat after 3pm and the knowing that I have people out there who
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Wow what a day. Well, last night I got to meet up with Dani who lives in Gillette and was in my IPI fellowship last year. She picked me up- I got to be in a car! We had dinner and caught up on all of her courses she is doing. Thanks for dinner Dani!
Thank you Tom Murray for being my coach AND ride along today. He had my ‘rock it like a hurricane’ and jamming to Rocky soundtracks and Dire straits . I went with the 80’s throwback and Loved the tunes! That was so fun and it helped me get through the intense heat and rolling hills
Thank you Honza for being my ride along, my home base and steady counsel. He helped me with perspective and settled me down from my anxiety about this day. I rode with an open mind and curiosity as to how this was going to go. We had a slow, gradual ascent out of Lovell and
What can I say about this day’s journey from Columbus to Lovell? Hmm, well the Super 8 motel in Columbus has amazing air conditioning and I slept so well. I kept the shade down to obstruct the view of parked semis and cooled off from the day’s heat. Our ride started with rolling terrain, a
