Getting Ready for the Big Ride Pacific Coast

It's finally spring here in Maine. It was just little more than a month ago that we received 15 inches of wet snow, which is no fun to shovel or snow blow. It was a long winter but now the leaves are coming out in full force and the grass is green and will need to be mowed soon. This past week there were a couple of summer like days with 70 degree temps and high humidity. Today it's much cooler - crazy Maine weather.

I am starting to feel the self-pressure to start training seriously for the Big Ride Pacific that I'll be participating in this coming September as a fundraiser for the American Lung Association of Washington. This bicycle trip will start in Seattle and end in San Francisco. In the course of 15 days, I'll ride 13 of those days, averaging 70 plus miles a day for a total of 1,000 miles. This is one of the bicycling treks that I have always wanted to do. When I lived in the Bay Area, I used to ride to the coast and down Highway One on an occasional basis. Even on the days when it rained or was foggy, it was always amazing to have the majestic Pacific ocean on your right hand side. I can't wait to do this all the way from Seattle to the Golden Gate bridge.

This blog will be my primary way of keeping you informed of my training and will hopefully contain daily posts while I am riding down the Pacific coast - as long as there's some sort of cell phone coverage that I can access. Check back often and if you want to get in touch with me, my email is in the "About Me" section in the left hand navbar of this blog.

Wherever you are, I hope all is well and that that spring is wonderful and glorious.

Mark