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You Can’t Live the American Dream in Europe
Greetings from Guangzhou, China! A few weeks ago, I traveled to Europe with friends. We did a weekend in Amsterdam, spent Sunday night in Belgium, hung in Interlaken, Switzerland during the week, and then finally the boys and girls split and we guys headed to Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest (the girls opted for somewhat-less-exciting Paris). It was an utterly epic trip.
Throughout these travels, I met an incredible amount of European men and women, and … Read the rest →
Cheers to My Personal Hero, C. Reeve
Those of you who followed me during the MS150 know how I excited I was on “the hunt”. Immediately after I finished the ride, I pulled my cell phone out of my bag and messaged Eric to see if he finished yet.
In the process, my ID and the $23 wrapped around it must have slipped out, because it was gone after that. I realized this later, and had to get to the airport … Read the rest →
173.29 Miles Later…
Yall know I love Austin, but never has it felt so good to get back in!
I made it in at 2PM on the nose after traveling through tons of farm country, the Austin outskirts, and then into downtown and through UT.
Results from the hunt? Success! The lion has caught the gazelle and will be eating well tonight!… Read the rest →
Lunch and the Hunt
Eric, Steve, Jessica, and Kristen are 8 miles ahead of me. There are 32 or so miles to Austin.
The hunt is ON. … Read the rest →
Cold Morning!
La Grange was cool, but by 4am it got way too cold in Texas last night.
So I cacooned up in the sleeping bag and didn’t wake up until the last minute. I’m a bit behind the early birds!
Now I’m at a rest stop, I took the challenge route but took a wrong turn and ended up with the slackers. Probably for the better!
So now its time to catch up and cookem out … Read the rest →
100 Miles, 90 Against Wind
We’re in La Grange!
The ride ended up great, after lunch I tore it up on the third quarter, but really struggled the next 15 miles.
My bike says I averaged 15mph and it took 6.5 hours.
I didn’t mention this, but we faced 10-15 mph winds nearly the entire time. This was nothing new for me, but it really wore on us as the day went on.
I did a lot of riding with … Read the rest →