WBR500
On December 30th I’m planning to ride 500 km (311 miles) on the Tempus Fugit route on Zwift to raise funds and awareness for World […]
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Jay’s Fatass 2020 edition
In the photo I am wearing a face mask holding my two trophies (Male Overall and Male 50-60 winner). I was one of only about […]
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Pumpkin Hop Cross
On Saturday, October 12, Neil and I carpooled to the first Heart of Illinois Cyclocross Series (HICX) race of the year, Pumpkin Hop Cross, in […]
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Ironman World Championship 2019
IM Hawai’i is my Iron race #22. A nice round number, and my wistful goodbye to ordinary Iron distance triathlon. The siren of tougher races […]
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Ironman Boulder 2019
I was visiting Boulder to meet an alumnus of the Illinois Chemistry Department, but he unfortunately had an accident and could not meet, so the […]
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Puff the Magic Dragon 600 km Brevet
Randonneur comes from the French and describes someone who goes on a long trip or ramble, usually on foot or by bicycle, along a fixed […]
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2019 Illinois State Time Trial Championships
Click on the flyer for full details. Registration is at http://www.bikereg.com/il-state-tt-2019
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Eldridge 300k brevet – with Jay!
Martin’s report: Rikki, Ryan and I are qualified for an early Paris-Brest-Paris sign-up next year. This convinced Jay that he also needed to do a […]
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Eldridge 400k brevet
Report from Martin, Ryan and Rikki. On Saturday May 19, we ‘raced’ the 400k (249 mile) Quad Cities Randonneurs brevet in Eldgridge, Iowa, and came […]
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Ironman Texas 2018
I was in Texas for a few days for business, and signed up for the North American Championship for fun. No swim or bike training […]
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