August 3, 2017 Start: Austin, Nevada End: Fallon, Nevada Mileage: 110 . . week nine//day sixty-one . those couple days off the bike didn’t help my glycogen stores the way i hoped. i was up last night doing one of the things i hate most: exhausted, so weak i can barely move, surrounded by sleeping [...]
August 2, 2017 Start: Eureka, NV End: Austin, NV Mileage: 69.8 . . week nine//day sixty . team nevada world tour reunites for 70 hot but mellow miles. @wall_e_vision has become our de-facto lead on climbs since he has the bluetooth speaker hooked to his camelback. i sing along to @jimmyeatworldwhen i can and my [...]
August 1, 2017 Start: Ely, Nevada End: Eureka, Nevada Mileage: 79.5 . . week nine//day fifty-nine . i call in a van day to let my legs recover. i was thankful not to ride yesterday, but van days are not rest days. we all meet for breakfast in a basement Dennys at the local casino. [...]
July 31, 2017 Start: Baker, Nevada End: Ely, Nevada Mileage: 67.8 . . week nine//day fifty-eight . @swainy48 and i are on trailer van duty && my legs are thankful for it. we take our off-bike crew for breakfast at @kerouacsnevada where i meet Rosie the hairless cat. i explain my theory on hairless cats: [...]
July 30, 2017 Start: Milford, Utah End: Baker, Nevada Mileage: 89.4 . . week nine//day fifty-seven . today would have been her 91st birthday. pedaling out my emotions is the only way i'll get through this heartache. thank god for @jmoneyflip switching van days with me before I could even finish the ask . we [...]
July 29, 2017 Start: Antimony, Utah End: Milford, Utah Mileage: 104.2 . . week eight//day fifty-six . i’m taking the good energy from last night’s team meeting into today. i say good morning and give hugs to every teammate i pass before @perriwinkle33 @silvimichelle @swainy48 @wall_e_vision and i take off. the climbs are mellow as [...]
July 28, 2017 Start: Fruita, Utah End: Antimony, Utah Mileage: 77.4 . . i feel better, but there's a heaviness on me i can't shake. my tire is flat before @wall_e_vision and i even leave the campsite. we try to cycle out of @capitolreefnps but my BGs still won't go above 60 mg/dL, i have [...]
July 27, 2017 Start: Green River, UT End: Fruita, UT Mileage: 92.7 . . week eight//day fifty-four . team meeting take away: be at the van at 5am or else you get left behind. no bike, no ride, stranded. the anarchist in me wants to say ***YOU, sleep in, hang with some locals && hitchhike, [...]
July 26, 2017 Start: Moab, UT End: Green River, UT Mileage: 47.8 . . week eight//day fifty-three . @elliotgatt @ryanmichaeldunn and i wait for the team meeting at breakfast and it doesn't happen...or no one tells us...it's back to weird team dynamics, greeeat. we decide NOPENAH NOT DOING IT and set our sights on having [...]
July 25, 2017 Start: Moab, UT End: Moab, UT Mileage: our leggies get a rest . . week eight//day fifty-two . the plan to shoot headshots with @thebetes @johnshotme @joshrauls was scraped because of today’s storm && i couldn’t be happier. @richardbiven parents treat us all to breakfast at Eklecticafe && then @perriwinkle33 @wall_e_vision and [...]
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