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Distance: 96.27 mi
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Ride Time: about 9 hours
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Elevation Gain: 294.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 112.1 bpm
If I had to rank today in respect to the rest of the trip. I might go so far as to say this was the worst day yet. The giddy excitement of leaving Yosemite and the beauty of late day coast down from Groveland was replaced with suffocating heat,...
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Distance: 100.16 mi
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Ride Time: about 9 hours
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Elevation Gain: 2481.9 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 118.8 bpm
This morning we woke early with the knowledge that we would be once again competing with cars for our share of the road. Owing to the poor experience we had entering the park we decided that it would be best to beat the sleepy vacationers to th...
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You know the way you wake up on the morning of an exam, or a flight, or any other time-critical event in your life? It's a panicked start. On normal days, your body initiates its startup functionality and your cognitive processes come online wi...
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Distance: 79.34 mi
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Ride Time: about 8 hours
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Elevation Gain: 2177.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 126.2 bpm
Rising late from the “campground” at Mono Lake Basin, we departed quickly, eager not to give Gloria anymore money. There were several options for breakfast up the road and we set out for Lee Vining where we would be able to change into fresh cl...
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Distance: 70.67 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 629.5 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 123.4 bpm
This morning we left Brad and Stacey’s with the goal of reaching Gardnerville. This would leave us strategically positioned for an assault on the three passes preceding Mono Lake Basin and Tioga Pass. After a breakfast with Tom, Luke, Ollie and...
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Distance: 114.52 mi
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Ride Time: about 9 hours
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Elevation Gain: 719.5 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 134.3 bpm
Day 68 featured another early morning start to avoid storms and heat. We woke at 4AM to get on our bikes by 5 and started our push towards Fallon. This stretch would be over 110 miles to a Warm Showers host, but there were several intermedi...
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Distance: 40.63 mi
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Ride Time: about 3 hours
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Elevation Gain: 794.4 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 126.0 bpm
Yesterday’s failure to reach Eureka taught us an important lesson in weather consideration and planning. We had assumed Nevada’s greatest challenge would be extreme temperature and carrying water. In fact the lack of services proved more challe...
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Distance: 38.55 mi
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Ride Time: about 3 hours
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Elevation Gain: 567.8 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 119.0 bpm
The problem with no services is that sometimes you need services. We woke up today at 6:30 to get breakfast. Jonathan, still recovering from his monumental catch up session, groggily rose from bed. After a filling meal of deep fried french toas...
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Distance: 64.89 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 1421.9 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 132.7 bpm
At 2:30 last night we awoke to the sound of someone rummaging through camp. Realizing that it must be Jonathan we called out to the headlamped figure.
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Distance: 83.05 mi
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Ride Time: about 9 hours
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Elevation Gain: 1745.7 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 115.7 bpm
Today we left Brian's with the plan to reach Lake Powell. This push from Monticello to Hite would be one of our longest stretches on the trip without services. From Blanding, Utah to the northern tip of Lake Powell we would travel 74 miles with...
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Distance: 89.02 mi
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Ride Time: about 7 hours
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Elevation Gain: 521.0 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 129.2 bpm
Today was an awesome day. One of the best in the trip.
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Distance: 84.55 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 592.6 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 131.5 bpm
This morning we started late, owing to a busy night with plenty of packing and planning. After coffee with John, we each took a quick shower and loaded our bikes up with packs. Bidding a fond farewell to John and Anne and getting some nice depa...
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When I was 5 years old, my father left his consulting job in the DC metro area to join GE Engines based out of Evendale, Ohio. Katie was 3 and Karl James was only 1 at this point; John wasn't even on the horizon. We relocated to the Cincinnati ...
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Distance: 112.81 mi
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Ride Time: about 8 hours
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Elevation Gain: 406.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 130.9 bpm
We woke at Dan and Sandra's and enjoyed a short breakfast of frosted mini-wheats and coffee before checking the forecast for the day. We had a clear window until 2PM with flash flood warnings persisting to the north and the south. It seemed our...
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Distance: 42.4 mi
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Ride Time: about 4 hours
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Elevation Gain: 318.9 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 121.3 bpm
We began our day with a delicious breakfast cooked for us by Tina and Liam. Tina had made banana bread while Liam had made eggs and coffee. He offered us some of his potatoes and, though I was tempted, I channeled self-restraint knowing the pas...
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Distance: 44.95 mi
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Ride Time: about 4 hours
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Elevation Gain: 217.0 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 120.8 bpm
This morning we slept in having vowed the previous night not to waken any earlier than we pleased. For Genevieve, this meant 8AM because she is physically incapable of sitting still for any longer than is positively necessary. Thankfully, this ...
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Distance: 73.56 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 700.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 129.8 bpm
This morning we started early and it was apparent from the outset that we were due for difficulty.
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Distance: 45.84 mi
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Ride Time: about 4 hours
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Elevation Gain: 303.7 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 119.0 bpm
This morning we left the Shenks in Gaithersburg and headed towards the C&O Canal Towpath. The towpath runs all the way to Pittsburgh and is a popular route for touring cyclists. The previous night’s rain had dropped inches of precipitation onto...
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Distance: 79.16 mi
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Ride Time: about 7 hours
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Elevation Gain: 1126.7 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 129.5 bpm
Woody Allen once adapted an old Yiddish proverb saying:
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Today we took a rest day with Gen’s family in York. Our high mileage day yesterday had meant a warm shower a warm meal and a warm bed. Today we ate breakfast like civilized people and spent the early part of the day doing a lot of nothing. It w...
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Distance: 86.23 mi
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Ride Time: about 7 hours
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Elevation Gain: 1174.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 127.2 bpm
This morning we got up early trying to catch my grandmother before she headed out the door to work. In years past she was a frontier nurse on foot and horseback, and these days she continues to provide care to individuals as a home health aide...
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Distance: 69.2 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 797.4 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 139.5 bpm
We left from Dave’s parents place in Warren, NJ and headed southwest. Our original plan had been to route ourselves down through Philadelphia and eventually through Baltimore on our way to DC, but we had decided that our urban adventure the pre...
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Distance: 55.13 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 695.0 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 138.5 bpm
Out the door we went and began our day's ride happy that we only had a few miles to go in order to connect with our first bike path. After reaching the botanical gardens per GPS, we learned of our first route planning mistake of the day. The ga...
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Distance: 54.4 mi
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Ride Time: about 5 hours
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Elevation Gain: 526.5 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 144.0 bpm
This morning we set out from my parents' house with New York in our sights. The state line was only 4 miles away, and in short order we had made it to the sign and taken the obligatory picture. We continued west along the Titicus Reservoir then...
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Distance: 68.57 mi
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Ride Time: about 6 hours
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Elevation Gain: 1260.8 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 146.0 bpm
Day 3, while rolling down the beautiful Simsbury bike path, we discussed the possibilities for the following day. I steadfastly reserved my right to a rest day even if it didn’t feel like we were in shambles. My argument was that rest days sho...
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Distance: 38.37 mi
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Ride Time: about 3 hours
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Elevation Gain: 334.2 ft
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Avg Heartrate: 144.5 bpm
We slept like the dead last night and upon waking were each greeted to voluminous puddles of drool. After toweling off our faces, we broke down camp and made ourselves some breakfast-- almond butter and bagels.
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Distance: 41.31 mi
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Ride Time: about 5 hours
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Elevation Gain: 815.0 ft
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Avg Heartrate: bpm
In the morning we were greeted by the sounds of farm animals ready to be fed and to the wind chimes which had lulled us to sleep as they clanged in the still hungry winds.
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Distance: 53.16 mi
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Ride Time: about 5 hours
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Elevation Gain: 736.6 ft
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Avg Heartrate: bpm
Today began our bike trip, but it was hardly the beginning of the weekend.
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