Season retrospective …

TweetAccomplishments this season … – learned how to paceline – rode over 1,800 miles – increased my speed from 13mph on average to 15.5 mph on average – really increased my hill-climbing abilities – had three low speed tip overs and a couple of nice scars on my knees but … most importantly! NO FLAT […]

The big hurrah!

Tweet27th Annual El Tour de Tucson  109 Miles … Silver Medal  We did it!   My personal fundraising goal was $4,300.  Made it! My personal riding goal was to complete the 109 mile race.  Did it!  In fact, there were hundreds of people from around the country who raised money and trained as a part of […]

80-some miles and alive to tell the tale

TweetWe rode in the Merrimack Valley again today for a grand total of 82.5 miles in 5.5 hours of actual pedalling!    Our route was 50 miles from north andover to middleton then out to ipswich and back to north andover, then we had an extra 30 mile loop through andover, boxford and georgetown, etc.  As you can […]

adding up the miles

TweetAnna and I decide to ditch the team ride for a couple of reasons 1.  the town we meet in is an hour away and not interesting/scenic 2.  we can get the ride done faster on our own    So, we mapped a route that started us at Michelle’s house in North Andover and then […]