Today Tammy and I, along with John Murphy from my office rode the Jesse James Century ride. This is part of Northfield’s Defeat of Jesse James Days celebration. This is the 3rd year that I’ve done this ride, the 2nd year that John and I have ridden it together and the first time …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Jesse James Century RideLabor day is such a bittersweet holiday. It is always a fun time, but for those of us in the Northern climates it signals the end of the summer and the coming of fall. This year it comes with even more bitterness since we have had such a sad excuse for a summer this year. It …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Labor Day!Many of you know that I’m a gear junkie. I record my heart rate on all my rides and runs. Why? Because I can, not because I need to. Polar just put up a webpage with heart rate data from a few riders in this years Tour de France. It’s really interesting. It’s also amazing to me …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Heart Rate Data from the PelotonMost people that know me know that I used to weigh quite a lot. Then I weighed a lot less. Now I weigh a little bit more, but by no means quite a lot. I went through a bit of a learning experience later in life. I’ve often thought that if I were a good enough writer (something …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Heft On WheelsThe thing that I liked most about coming to see the Tour de France in person were the sights and sounds that you never get to see on TV. The energy of the people on the roadside. The caravan coming through. The thrill of the peloton. Running the Tour de France is an amazing job. …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Fin de Course or Intermission, Act IIToday we saw what we came here to see, history being made. Lance crossed the finish line on the Champs Elysees this afternoon to become the first person in the history of cycling to win six tour victories. We really wanted to make the Tour de France trip this year on the chance …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Tour de France 2004 Stage 20 - Montereau to Paris (Champs Elysees)Today was the best ride of the trip. Tammy and I figured that while we had suffered up some mountain climbs we hadn’t really gotten any distance in. We decided that since today’s ride would be “flatter” (this is a relative term) we would do the 115km option. We left on our bikes …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Tour de France 2004 Stage 19 - Besancon to BesanconToday we left Grenoble and departed for Beaune where we will spend the next 2 nights. We rode on the bus to the stage about an hour from Beaune and got our bikes to ride the last big climb of the stage. There was a category 4 climb at the end and we planned to ride from the stage …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Tour de France 2004 Stage 18 - Annemasse to Lons-le-SaunierToday was the dreaded day of the tour climbing two Hors (beyond) category climbs. Tammy took a sick day today and stayed in the hotel to accelerate her recovery (I’m glad to say I think it helped a lot). I took the shuttle to the stage. The plan was to ride about 40k to the base …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Tour de France 2004 Stage 17 - Bourg d'Oisans to Le Grand-BornandToday was the most hyped stage of the 2004 Tour de France. When the tour route was announced last fall they had placed all the mountains and the individual time trials at the last half of the race. This would leave the race very open until the end. As it turns out, Lance was able …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Tour de France 2004 Stage 16 - Bourg d'Oisans to L'Alpe d'Huez