Big Ride Pacific Coast Blog

Another Epic Journey Crossed Off My List

2007-09-25T04:54:08Z

It's official - I finished the Big Ride Pacific Coast on Saturday in San Francisco with no knee injuries, only a couple of scrapes from falling off my bike at a standstill (thanks Susan), no major mechanical problems, no broken spokes and only fiv...

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A Lot of Distance Covered in Six Days

2007-09-19T23:13:32Z

It's Wednesday and we're decompressing in Fort Bragg, CA for a much needed rest day after riding for six days straight. At this point, I really don't know the total amount of miles we've covered in those six days but the minimum mileage was 70 mi...

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from Saturday, September 16

2007-09-18T23:38:54Z

(apologies from Emily for not getting this out sooner....) Today we rode from Bandon, OR (really spectacular) to Griffin, OR . It was a total of 86 miles. One of the hilliest days we've had but we had spectacular scenery of the sea stacks (?...

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Day 6

2007-09-14T04:08:02Z

from Devil's Lake SP, Lincoln City to Honeyman SP, Florence (Hi All. Friend Emily here, transcribing (as best as I can) a vmail from Mark.) "I have no exact idea which day or which day of the month it is. We don't really have any sense what da...

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Rest Day

2007-09-12T20:24:29Z

I am currently on a rest day in Lincoln City, Oregon. It was great to be able to sleep in for a change, especially after a really long day yesterday that included three long climbs and 93 miles of riding. Granted, if I did not get lost or back tra...

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In Oregon Now after one Knarly Bridge Crossing

2007-09-10T18:25:05Z

It's day three of the Big Ride Pacific Coast and after today is done, we will have logged over 200 miles. It's been great riding. The first day I had two flats, though I suspect the first flat occurred before we started riding. The second one I m...

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In Seattle, 14 hours to go

2007-09-08T00:06:21Z

Wow, I have 14 hours to go before I have to meet the gear truck on Pier 62 in downtown Seattle. I picked up my bike yesterday from the bike shop near Pike's Place and rode it back to my sister's house in NW Seattle. I was supposed to go around Qu...

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What I ate today . . .

2007-09-05T05:09:29Z

This is what I had to eat in San Jose today: Lunch: Super Burrito at Super Taqueria. This was quite tasty. Lots of protein. Drink: Strawberries Wild smoothie at Jamba Juice. Hit the right mark for a warm afternoon. Dinner: King Arthur's Supreme p...

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Safe and Sound in San Jose

2007-09-04T17:22:24Z

I arrived early in San Jose last night. Thankfully, all my flights were on time and the flight to SJC was not jam packed to the gils. Both my bags arrived safely and it appears that nothing was broken. Slept almost until noon . . . east coast time...

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Last Day on the East Coast

2007-09-02T23:25:44Z

I am off to California tomorrow. Still have plenty of packing to do and a ton of things to do. This is a photo I took on Orr's Island on Saturday. It was nice and calm on the eastern side of the island but very windy and wavy on the west side, wh...

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