Category: Training
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Home from Virginia via the Tennessee River Watershed
My daughter has a long 600 mile drive to get to college. I like to drive up with her to help with the drive and be there if anything happens (car trouble, deer, etc…). That puts me in Virginia without a car … no problem, I have a bike! This makes my 10th time biking…
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Canadian American data adventure – Part 3: the Midwest
This blog tells the story of riding the rest of the way across Nebraska into states I hadn’t even been planning on being anywhere near when I set out from Canada over 2000 miles before this section even starts! TLDR Summary From nearly flooding my hotel bathroom in Ogallala, Nebraska through the bike friendly rails…
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Canadian American data adventure – Part 2: the American Rockies
This blog tells the Idaho, Montana and Wyoming story of my 3757 mile data adventure riding home from Edmonton, Canada to my house in Hoover, Alabama while collecting videos, speeds and lateral passing distances for nearly 15,000 cars. The image above, similar to the first post (covering Days 1-4), is not my favorite – but…
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A Canadian-American Data Adventure
Tomorrow is the big day! The featured post image above is a map of my 4,173 mile route from Edmonton, Canada to Hoover, Alabama riding in two Canadian provinces, and 14 American states. The goal is 1) adventure and 2) data … so I am calling this my Canadian-American Data Adventure. I am raising funds…
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A weather adventure commute to Virginia
Intended route – 885 miles from Hoover, AL to Staunton, VA w/ ~50k ft climbingActual route – 760 miles from Hoover to Staunton w/ 44k ft climbing At the end of September, Hurricane Helene strengthened rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and then came ashore in a rural part of the gulf coast of Florida…
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Finishing Arkansas
After 22 rides covering 4,347 miles and 173,193 feet of climbing across 130 counties in 10 different states, I have finished riding in all the counties in Arkansas! Just under 2,500 miles of those rides was within the state of Arkansas. Yes, that’s right, I did 22 rides that had at least some small part…
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Demon Copperhead, Spring Break 2024
TLDR – I rode my bike 903 miles from the mountains of Virginia down to the birthplace of flight – Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and then back across to Lee County, Virginia where the title story takes place. It rained a lot, from start to finish, with a few extended breaks that were great, but…
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A tale of weather, Sir Arthur Eddington, counties, and Pike’s Peak
TLDR Adventure 1 – Thanksgiving – I attempted a 550 mile out/back-ish (tight loop) from Birmingham to Panama City Beach and back to record my own GPS data for Washington and Bay counties in Florida. The ride was going to be split into 265 miles there and 285 miles back for back-to-back Eddington 256 rides.…
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The Road to Paris
I had intended to document my training and everything leading up to my Paris Brest Paris (PBP) adventure a bit more, but life has gotten so busy. I’m going to use this post as a “reverse order” summary of the journey leading up to PBP. TLDR Paris Brest Paris is only held once every four…
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Six State Graceland 600k++
This ride started and ended in the land of the delta blues with a lot of delta blues in the middle, too — but no pouring rain. Instead, it was beautiful dry weather with a wind blowing pretty strong behind me as I headed north. Unfortunately, the wind did not die down much during the…