CYCLING AT A HIGHER LEVEL

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Well, I can cross “ride my bicycle across America” off my bucket list. After dipping our tires in the Atlantic this morning, (still can’t believe I just typed that), we traveled back to the hotel, had a pizza party for lunch, and shared some final stories/laughs/hugs with our…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 48 – Brattleboro, VT, to Burlington, MA, 90.2 miles, 4,530 ft of elevation gain. Not the best start to my day: just as we were rolling out from the hotel this morning, I discovered that I had not downloaded the day’s route into my Garmin bike computer.…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 47 – Troy, NY, to Brattleboro, VT, 73.7 miles (scheduled), 90.09 (actual), 5,289 ft of elevation gain (scheduled), 6,010 ft of elevation gain (actual). Once again the weather played mind games with us; we were not sure if we needed rain gear or not, and the temperature…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 46 – Utica, NY, to Troy, NY, 100.0 miles, 2,511 ft of elevation gain. Once again, a 50/50 chance of rain in the forecast, and cool temps. As it turned out, we had an overcast day, and it rained lightly a few times. Other times we rode…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 44 – Victor, NY, to Syracuse, NY, 86.1 miles, 2,581 ft of elevation gain. Another chilly morning as we departed Victor at 7:30 a.m. The route took us to the northern end of Seneca Lake, one of the huge finger lakes of upstate New York, which was…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 43 – Buffalo, NY, to Victor, NY, 79.1 miles, 2,901 ft elevation gain. It was quite chilly as we assembled just outside the door of the hotel this morning, a mere 59 degrees. And it only warmed up to 64 by the end of our ride –…

Relive link Strava link Satellite link Day 42 – Erie, PA, to Buffalo, NY, 92.6 miles, 2,681 elevation gain. Having a rest day yesterday, we assembled this morning outside the hotel with a refreshed sense of purpose – and refreshed legs. With Boston just a mere 7 days away, I think we’re all wanting to…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 40 – Niles, OH, to Erie, PA, 90.9 miles. Another overnight with rain (man, we’ve been so lucky with rain so far!), so leaving the hotel was on wet streets and full puddles, but no precipitation. It was a good ride although as the day unfolded it…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 39 – Wooster, OH, to Niles, OH, 93 miles. Overnight we had a big storm come through, complete with strong winds and lightning. It had just left us when we assembled outside the hotel for our start. So wet streets, limbs and debris littering the streets, stop…

Relive link Strava link Satellite tracking link Day 38 – Marysville, OH, to Wooster, OH, 99 miles. Once again rain was forecasted, but the day turned out partly cloudy. A bit humid and steamy but not to bad (well, not bad compared to Atlanta standards!) We knew going in that we had five formidable climbs…