Tag: epic
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TD 2022 – Days 7-8 – June 17-18th, 2022 – Idaho Park, ID to Pinedale, WY via a “Falute” Eddington 250
The day started out cold but with a beautiful sunrise over many flooded fields of flowers leaving Idaho as pictured above (39 degF and I had to hike/ride through that water in my sandals), traversed many flat miles of powerline ATV trails, merged with the Great Western Trail (rails-to-trail) for only a few miles, and…
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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…
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TD 2022 – Day 5 – June 15th, 2022 – Butte, MT to a cave outside Lima
Note that the “cave” was really just a deep recession in a cliff, but it was enough to get me out of the steady wind that made the 30 degF temps feel that much colder. Also, note that I fell asleep in less than a minute after getting settled and even with a down blanket…
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TD 2022 – Day 2 – June 12th, 2022 – Eureka, Montana to a Montana Hilton in the Flathead National Forest via miles of beautiful winter scenes in SUMMER
Yes, I know that summer technically doesn’t start until June 20th. Sure, sure, but our summer starts by the beginning of May way down in Alabama. So for me, June 12th feels like the middle of summer. If you go far enough north and high enough into the mountains, though, you start to appreciate that…
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TD 2022 – Day 1 – Fernie, British Columbia, Canada to Eureka, Montana, USA
“Hi Brian, all I need is to see your passport,” said the US border patrol agent as I rolled up ahead of Theo. I dug in my backpack not registering that he already knew my name until I showed it to him and he wished me “good luck”. As I pulled away, I realized he…
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Tour Divide 2022 plus home via Uvalde and Santa Fe
Let’s start out with a quick TLDR – my adventure totaled 4,077 miles with 2,715 miles of that being my 11th place finish (see pic above) in the 2022 Tour Divide southbound grand depart taking 18 days and 11 hours to complete over 16 rides. The remaining 1,362 miles included a 1,044 mile crossing of…
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Ride4Gabe 5.0 – Hoover, AL to Durango, CO
Photos! I have a ton of them from the trip. You can quickly scroll through the thumbnails and see some of my captions on my pickuta website by clicking on the link below: https://pickuta.com/album/226 BACKGROUND – RIDE 4 GABE v1, v2, v3, and v4 I met Gabe Griffin and his family back in 2014 during…
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Skyway Epic 2021
I ended up writing up about the skyway epic just on Strava, so here is a belated copy and paste of the race report … plus a pic of my favorite view in Alabama below. Enjoy! Where to even begin … this was such a great race as always. Super honored to race against the…
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We ride at midnight, Delta Epic, part “un” and “deux”
Part 1 – There… I love a good ride starting at midnight. Guess what time the Delta Epic starts … midnight! Here’s my not-so-quick-ish recap of the race before getting ready for class this morning… I drove over to the start from Birmingham on Friday after teaching in the morning. Quick, easy drive, and I…
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Adventure in the Bayou
Rouge Roubaix My first ride in the bayous of Louisiana was this amazing race in 2010. Before the race, I had dreams of winning. By the end of the race, I was happy just to have finished. My best shot at winning the race came in 2012 where I won the $100 KOM (you physically…