Running with the Stars

 Jared has been participating in the after school program "Running with the Stars" for the past several weeks.  He really works hard at this program and has done extremely well.   His first accomplishment was winning the 4th grade Turkey Trot this past November.  His prize, a 23 lb turkey that he brought home and we had for Thanksgiving dinner!  I believe that's the first time he's contributed to putting food on the table. He's been practicing a couple times a week after school.  Basically, this means he runs around the school field non-stop for one hour.  He's a little feisty and competitive with wanting...

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CASA River Century

Saturday May 20 was a perfect day with perfect weather to ride a perfectly wooded and rolling route through the hills of Shepardstown West Virginia and beyond.  From the results of this ride, I'm thinking I have a shot at riding the Mohican 100 in 2 weeks time in under 12 hours!  But this day myself and my buddy Dan Wolfe got up early and drove to Shepardstown University to join 400 other riders on the tour. This had pretty consistent rolling hills on roads that weren't too frequently traveled.  The rest stops were stocked well (except missing gatorade) and we took full advantage of each and every one.  So Dan, you haven't...

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Middleburg Mountains x 2

Middleburg Mountains x 2 Awesome weather and time to kill got me off the couch and out west to Middleburg for another training ride in preparation for the Mohican 100 mile mountain bike race on June 2.  Packed up my things and off I went.  I was a little nervous because this was to be the first time I tackled two mountains instead of just the one up Blue Ridge Mountain Road. 20 miles I reached my first nemesis in Blue Ridge Mountain Road.  This road has crushed me in the past.  It's long, steep, and just seems to keep going up up and up.  Today would be a different outcome, as I motored up it with not a significant...

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New York 5 Boro Ride

I rode the New York Five Boro Bike ride on Saturday May 7.  It's the single largest bike ride in the world (or so they say) with around 33,000 riders.  Riders come in all shapes and sizes, some on rent-a-bikes and others on Cervello's.  It's quite a mix and a little scary in tight places. I saw six crashes, one of them fairly serious.  It sounded like a car wreck with metal crunching and I looked back to see at least one guy and girl both flying through the air and crunching the pavement.  Similar to this crash from yesterday.  Well, enough with the roadkill. The ride is around 42 miles of almost all flat...

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