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Braking the Cycle: Day 3 (The End)

Day 3 turned out to be my strongest day on the ride. I cranked out around 69 miles today (I got swept for approximately 14 miles, more on that shortly). The first 44.5 miles of the day were shockingly strong. When I woke up at 5 this morning, I was incredibly stiff...

Braking the Cycle: Day 2

This is not easy. Not easy at all. It was said during dinner last night, by Eric, the guy who is the event director, that the ride isn’t meant to be easy. The hills are in there for a reason–small and big. He said to think about it like this: the hills...

Braking the Cycle: Day 1

What a day! We got into Boston Thursday at around 6pm, which was later than expected because of traffic delays. After taking care of getting the bikes checked, last minute registration stuff, safety presentation, eating and hotel check-in  I ended up not getting to...

Road Lessons

This time next week I’ll be on a Boston-bound bus headed for the starting point for the Braking the Cycle ride. It’s been months of preparation and fund raising that brings me to this place where I’m kind of excited and kind of nervous (well, maybe a...

Braking the Cycle Fund Raising – GOAL!

This past weekend, with the help of the people who played in my Braking the Cycle hockey scrimmage, I managed to pass my minimum fund raising goal of $3,500! Thanks to my donors who made this happen! Adam S., Adam K., Allison H., Andrey S., Ben W. Bill G., Brian K.,...