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Braking the Cycle 2011 – Day 1

What a day today was! I hardly know where to begin. I guess the biggest news from Day 1 is the annoucement of the team awards. Team Eagle took the prize for most amount earned by a team. They rocked it again with some $120,000. That’s an incredible amount of...

Braking the Cycle 2011 – Preparations Complete

Yesterday morning I did the final training ride ahead of this year’s Braking the Cycle. It was a fairly easy 40 miles, 30 of which were done in Central Park.The ride was the culmination of a few months of training that I’ve done with Joey and Kip to get...

Week in the Life, Day 5

Friday, July 29 (waking hours from 5am to 1:30am) Favorite moment of the day: A few weeks ago, Barefoot Contessa made a roasted sausage and grapes dish which made my mouth water. I’m a sucker for a sausage recipe and I couldn’t quite wrap my head around...

Braking The Cycle 2011 Training Update

The journey towards September’s Braking the Cycle ride continues. I’ve been on the bike more and more since the weather has been more spring-like during the past month. Yesterday was the second official training ride and, as with the first one, I exceeded...

Braking the Cycle 2011 Training & Fundraising Begin

What a tremendous difference a year can make. This past Saturday was the first Braking the Cycle training ride. Last year, this same ride was difficult and scary for me (you can read about that here). This time it was nothing but fun. It was good to see that I...