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Day 3: The Crawl Before You Walk Day

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May 18, 2010

RIDE FACTS From: Glendale, VATo: Ashland, VADistance: 38.80 milesTime: 3:49:19View Garmin Data >
Sleeping in a church is like sleeping anywhere else. Except with really high ceilings. And with lots of windows. And pulpits. And pews. And hymn books.
I woke up a couple of times during the night sweating like…


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Transamerica

Day 2, The Pulpit Day

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May 18, 2010

RIDE FACTS From: Williamsburg, VATo: Glendale, VADistance: 54.11 milesTime: 4:47:24View Garmin Data >
It rained. And then it rained some more. And just for good luck, it rained a boatload more. For five hours. On me.
It alternated between pouring, deluge, cats and dogs, and “where’s the ark?” For the first…


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Transamerica

Day 1: The Tattoo Day

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May 17, 2010

RIDE FACTS From: Yorktown, VATo: Williamsburg, VADistance: 16.86 milesTime: 1:46:24View Garmin Data >
I know, I know. I didn’t get very far. But the start is the start is the start and you only start once. And I started. Though it feels like I’m starting twice because I’d stayed in…

Smokey


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Fully Loaded Test Ride

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May 3, 2010

50% FAILURE. 100% OVERALL SUCCESS

Welcome to the hinky math ride report, alternate title “A comedy of awesome errors”.

This past weekend, I decided to do a fully-loaded trial run out to Beaver Pond Campsite near Lake Welch. I chose this location for two reasons.

1. To get to it, I would…


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100 Miles of Nowhere

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March 22, 2010

Or 100 Miles of somewhere?
I had to think long and hard before deciding that I wouldn’t be entering the 100 Miles of Nowhere this year. Very long. Very hard. (That’s what she said. What?) Two things made me disqualify myself. It is with shameful regret that I will now…


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Transamerica

Guns & Blammo – TransAmerica Update

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February 25, 2010

Will you be taking a gun?
This is the one question I’ve had about my trip across the USA that’s taken me a little by surprise. It’s not that I haven’t thought about my personal safety – believe me, I think about it a lot and get lectured regularly…

Janeen McCrae
Santa Cruz, CA

Writer. Rider. This is where I collect the fruits of those two things.

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