Tag: hot

  • Tour Divide 2022 – Day 14 – June 24th, 2022 – Del Norte, CO to Cuba, NM via the highest point in the race and an endless pavement re-route

    Tour Divide 2022 – Day 14 – June 24th, 2022 – Del Norte, CO to Cuba, NM via the highest point in the race and an endless pavement re-route

    I had made sure I had 24 hour access to the storage closet because I knew I would be leaving in the middle of the night. It felt a little strange to be tip-toeing through hardwood floors of the historic hotel at 2AM while carrying my bags I had taken off the bike a few…

  • TD 2022 – Day 6 – June 16th, 2022 – Lima, MT to Idaho Park, ID via hot headwind hell

    TD 2022 – Day 6 – June 16th, 2022 – Lima, MT to Idaho Park, ID via hot headwind hell

    This was the first really hot day of the Tour. You’d think with that picture above that it would be nice, pleasant riding. But the gravel road got quite a bit rougher, and the route went past those mountains in the distance before I reached any shade at all, nearly 75 miles later riding from…

  • 2015 Rapha Festive 500

    Post-ride 12/24 back at the house to kick off the Festive 500 with a fast century before Christmas Eve service. Mid-ride ice beard today 12/28 finishing out the Festive 500 with a 79 miler on the mtb and fat bike. Today, I finished up the Rapha Festive 500 challenge to ride 500k (310 miles) between…

  • Back with an adventure

    View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brian Toone (@kartoone76) Frozen Niagra, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky Now that I’ve wrapped up just about everything for Race Across America this year – except for the poster-sized topocreator maps I’m sending out to supporters – I’m going to switch back to this blog for updates on…

  • Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

    Summary Epic. Awesome. Classic. Wow. Whatever your favorite exclamation word is — this weekend was it! The criterium Saturday night had the feel of Athens Twilight with a fast course, lots of people lining the course, and a huge field. I ended up in OK position (top 20) for the start of the last lap,…

  • 2012 Elite National Road Race

    Me and Tim Hall (Nashville Cyclist) after the finish of a long, hot race Quick summary – this was a long, hot race with a huge field of more than 175 riders. I rode really conservatively never chasing anything down or trying to get into any moves, and this worked out well as I had…

  • Out west – day 8 – Mount Lemmon

    Today was another highlight day as I had the opportunity to drive down to Tucson and climb Mt Lemmon. I knew that I had no shot at getting the KOM on the short version of the climb after riding 104.5 miles yesterday and setting a new 25 minute power record taking the South Mountain KOM…

  • Sassafras Mountain

    South Carolina mountains annotated My grandmother died on Saturday, and since we were already in South Carolina when we found out, we decided to stay here until the funeral on Wednesday. Today I went for a ride up Sassafras Mountain that brought back lots and lots of memories. The last time I did this ride…

  • Oxford Hills Road Race (Day 3 – Georgia Cycling Gran Prix)

    Clearly, the hot conditions took its toll on everyone. I had to spend quite a bit of time in the EMT tent recovering with cold towels and drinks before I could make it back to my car! Here is the temperature graph from our race: Temperature graph for the oxford hills pro/1/2 road race The…