Great training week done! Time to taper...

Had a great training week this week. Did a bunch of miles, along with some hills along the way. I think I'm physically ready for the northbound leg of my adventure. Next week is still riding every day, but reduced mileage. I do get to climb a bunch however, so you might see me on Mt. Soledad doing some repeats to get ready for the steep stuff out of Santa Barbara....

Cruising through Elfin Forest

Talked with Rob Maslach today. Endurobites is going to sponsor us for our ride. This is awesome news since this is without doubt the best food I've ever used while training/racing. It tastes great, and is not made up of a bunch of filler, processed carbs and maltodextrin. It's easy on the stomach!

Rode my Holland Jet today to make sure everything is good to go. It sure felt awesome after riding my 30lb steel Holland from 1987 around last week. If you've never seen the Holland video of how the Exogrid is made, it's worth a look.


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$25,000 Goal Reached... Let's keep the party going!

I've always been a goal oriented person. For some reason, deadlines and goals provide the impetus to get things done. My first goal for this years Million Dollar Challenge was $20,000. With that amount in the bank,  I would ride north the extra 550 miles to join the rest of the MDC riders for the trip south. We reached that goal together with over 60 people's donations.  I bumped up the total goal amount to $25,000. Yesterday, we reached over $26,000 with almost 100 donations. Incredible. I can't thank you enough. CAF is an exceptional organization doing amazing work with all sorts of challenged athletes, and could never do their work without the support of people like us. Good job team!

Northward Journey Starts Oct 6

Last year after one of the harder days of the Million Dollar Challenge, I was joking around at dinner I asked, 'Wouldn't it be cool if we rode up from San Diego to the San Francisco start next year?' In retrospect, I might come to dread that thought. Rob Panzera and I concocted a plan that took out the most dangerous component, riding through LA, and added some mountain passes to make the ride an epic challenge. So with a course set, my financial fundraising goal set, I started to look for someone who could spend this much time away from home and work. Not so fast. Not everyone is as bike crazy as I am it appears. However, one person has raised their hand to join me. Cody Stevenson from Holland Cycles will be my co-conspirator for this big ride!

Just a whiff of waffle is in the air...

Went up and around Fallbrook today, adding Sleeping Indian. I haven't done that climb before, at least that I remember. Then went pretty hard through to get to my water stop and the church was closed. I headed down rice canyon and headed up Couser. The cows didn't care...

Later, just enjoyed a nice fall day. The wind turned on, and it made the ride back to catch the final race of the America's Cup an effort. Hopefully we'll have clear sailing so to speak on our way north from Santa Barbara. It's gonna be fascinating to see how that goes. 

The legs feel good so far! 

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CAF's 20th Anniversary

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