Sharing the joy of triking
(Editor’s note: I have NO idea why the title is showing twice. So strange!) It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since we last did this epic ride. Yes, Leah, John, and I decided to participate in RAGBRAI again this year, the 50th anniversary of the bike tour. How could we resist…
Last September, Leah and I “competed” in another triathlon, the Soggy Seals Sprint Triathlon organized by the Southeast Huntsville YMCA. This tri included a 3-mile (5K) run, 8-mile bike ride, and 300-yard indoor pool swim. The events were completed in run-bike-swim order, completely opposite from the Huntsville Sprint Tri (swim-bike-run). Soggy Seals is a much…
We did it! We actually did it! We completed the 460+ mile trike ride across Iowa from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. The last leg of our journey was from West Union to Lansing. We triked 64 miles with almost 3000 ft of climb. We heard along the way that there were two…
[NOTE: This post was written Friday night. However, the internet was non-existent in West Union and I haven’t been able to post until now. Also, I haven’t written the post for today (spoiler alert — we did finish) but will do so as soon as I can. I may not be able to post until…
Today’s ride from Mason City to Charles City was supposed to be relatively easy, at least that was what we naively thought. It was only 48ish miles with an average amount of climb; how hard could it be?! For most of the ride, it was ok. We were definitely sore from yesterday, but after a…
We did it! We completed the 105-mile route from Emmetsburg to Mason City. We left at 5:00 this morning (an hour earlier than usual) just to make sure that we completed the distance before 7:00 this evening. We did even better than expected arriving in Mason City around 3:00. While riding today, our average speed…
Today was a nice ride from Pocahontas to Emmetsburg. The 58 mile ride was relatively short with flat terrain and mild temperatures. They gave us an easy day today because tomorrow’s ride is 105 miles. Ugh! The day didn’t start nicely, though. Leah and Todd were filling her tires with air before we left this…
After a great night’s rest, we were ready for the second day of this adventure. This morning, after leaving our trikes under the big tree overnight, I realized that my helmet had bird poop on it. Ugh! I decided that it was better on top of my helmet than on my trike seat. The ride…
Yesterday, we went to the expo, ate supper, bought our t-shirts, and then called it a night. We knew we’d be starting early today. And we did! We were on the road at 6:00 AM on the dot. Today was brutal. Mileage-wise it wasn’t that bad with only 53.38 miles (our campground for the night…
We’ve arrived at Sergeant Bluff, IA, the first home town for RAGBRAI 2022. We have our campsite set up and are ready for the Expo where we will learn how to be a RAGBRAI newby and get information the support crew (for the guys). But most importantly, the Expo is where we can buy RAGBRAI…