RIDE FACTS Date: August 19, 2010From: Sebree, KYTo: Cave in Rock, ILDistance: 55.94 milesTime: 5:34:56View Garmin Data >

Rules of the Road

Shade will always be on the opposite side of the road to you.
If you don’t see cars for miles, when you’re about to reach the crest of a steep…

RIDE FACTS Date: August 18, 2010From: Falls of Rough, KYTo: Sebree, KYDistance: 74.85 milesTime: 7:01:09View Garmin Data >

The heat is jumping up to punch me in my face. It rolls and pushes, jabs and uppercuts. Every part of me is bruised by the violence of it. I dream of…

RIDE FACTS Date: August 17, 2010From: Bardstown, KYTo: Falls of Rough, KYDistance: 97.19 milesTime: 9:03:06View Garmin Data >

Four thirty is a great time of day. If it’s in the afternoon.
The light from my phone alarm beamed down on me from on high, piercing my woolly-headed dreams and slapping my…

RIDE FACTS Date: August 16, 2010From: Harrodsburg, KYTo: Bardstown, KYDistance: 45.06 milesTime: 4:23:33View Garmin Data >

When I opened my eyes, I felt a little lost. Foreign. Not myself. It was still dark in the room. Shapes and unfamiliar noises. And me, snuggled in my sleeping bag on top of…

RIDE FACTS Date: August 15, 2010From: Berea, KYTo: Harrodsburg, KYDistance: 52.88 milesTime: 5:24:08View Garmin Data >

Snickering like a madwoman, I am flying down a hill and can’t quite believe it. What all signs are pointing to. I feel like I’ve gotten away with the crime of the century. That…

RIDE FACTS Date: August 13, 2010From: Booneville, KYTo: Berea, KYDistance: 56.34 milesTime: 5:56:17View Garmin Data >
Jerked awake by the pitiful, alarmed cry of my phone in the living room, I stumble out of my baby bear bed and into the darkness of the B&B. Breakfasts are made, bags are…