Pedaling Thoughts

Thoughts, conversations and reflections from my head while I am pedaling my bike for hours.

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Zwifting!

Zwifting!

What is Zwift? Who are Zwifter’s? Where the hell is Watopia?   Some of the questions I had...

Day 41 – Lake Ride

Day 41 – Lake Ride

Erie, PA to Hamburg, NY 80.68 miles Leaving the hotel the clouds looked ok so I left my waterproof jacket off. After half a mile I stopped to put my jacket on. In doing so I lost the group and thought I was on my own again destined to play catch up for an hour or two....

Day 40 – The Longest Day

Day 40 – The Longest Day

Rest Day – Erie, PA Today is our last rest day before Boston. As you know by now Don is in town, so we met up again this morning. He had another treat in store for me. Breakfast. We got in the car and headed a few miles out of town to a ‘real diner’, that was actually...

Dig Deep Peeps – Guest Blog by Deirdre

Dig Deep Peeps – Guest Blog by Deirdre

Hi All, Chris is inching ever closer to Boston, having arrived in Erie, Pa yesterday. Today is his last rest day on the tour. Tomorrow he leaves Erie and over the next 8 days will ride across Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and finally Massachusetts....

Day 39b – Rainy Day Surprise

Day 39b – Rainy Day Surprise

Niles, OH to Erie, PA. 90.02 miles Well after our late night out (dinner at 7:30 pm) I slept like a log. The log awoke to a spectacular view of Lake Erie at 5:30 am (routines are hard to break). Finally I had to get up and find some coffee. I really wanted to post...

Day 39 – Happy but Tired

Day 39 – Happy but Tired

As I rode into Erie, and just before I reached the hotel, I saw a guy standing on the corner of the road. I knew that stance and then recognized the golf shirt – it was my friend Dr. Don Coughlan. I cant believe he drove down from Toronto just to say hi. He did and we...

Day 38 – Dog Racing in Ohio

Day 38 – Dog Racing in Ohio

Wooster, OH to Niles, OH 92.76 miles Another ride over 90 miles again today and for the first time started with some light rain. The rain was nothing much to write home about but just enough to make you slightly damp. All of us pondered the crucial question – do I...

Day 37 – Oh ‘High’ Oh Climbing

Day 37 – Oh ‘High’ Oh Climbing

Marysville, OH to Wooster, OH 98.59 miles Another day done and dusted, and another almost one hundred mile ride in the books. According to my Garmin today’s ride ended up being 98.59 miles with 4,022 feet of climbing! Who said Ohio was flat? I was asked more than once...

Day 36 – US Open and Jack’s Home State

Day 36 – US Open and Jack’s Home State

Richmond, IN to Marysville, OH 104.7 miles   Today was our last official century ride. I know a few people have said they might ride an extra two miles tomorrow just to get another one done. If you added 7 miles on Tuesday and 10 miles on Wednesday you could have...

Day 35 – One Road to Richmond

Day 35 – One Road to Richmond

Indianapolis, IN to Richmond, IN 72.5 miles   Well there is not much I can say about todays ride apart from we got onto I 40 after 7 miles and then cycled 65 miles to the hotel. The road was fine and we did have a tailwind for a decent amount of the time.  ...

Day 34 – Indy 50 not 500

Day 34 – Indy 50 not 500

Crawfordsville, IN to Indianapolis, IN. 54.7 miles (plus a detour, plus a sightseeing trip so an extra 20-25). So today was sort of a strange day really. First it was a short day comparatively speaking of around 55 miles. Secondly we were going mainly Southeast before...