Category Archives: Cycling

Another 100 miles, Delta Century Ride Report

(This would have been posted earlier this week but I’ve had no end of problems trying to get iframes in Wordpress-MU working.)
I wrapped up my second century this year over in Lodi, CA this past Sunday doing the Delta Century. Total ride time came in at 6:29.

Ride had a number of firsts for […]

Butterfield Double Century

198.77 miles, ~10,000 ft of climbing, three counties, at least four area codes and 14,000 kcalories. Total time 17:29 with a moving time of around 14:30.

After failing to complete a single century last year, I set my sights on the daunting task of completing a double instead! The Butterfield Double follows an […]

Ride Around the Bear

This ride was hard. 100 miles, 9,000+ feet of elevation gain. Many hours on my bike.

What’s a Buff?

Some of you have asked what a Buff is. Well now you know.

Hindsight

I’ve been thinking a lot about Saturday’s race and what I could have done differently. Two things come to my mind most immediately.

At the top of Jack Rabbit trail, I should have just taken off my shoes and socks and ran through the big mud “lake”. I would have saved at least 10-15 […]

Breathless

I came. I saw. I got my butt kicked.
74.32 miles in 6:55:41 with 9,237 feet of elevation gain. That works out to an average speed of 10.7 mph. Yeah, I know - not a century. I missed the checkin time by 30 minutes at Pass 3 and wasn’t allowed (”strongly […]