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  • What Does it Take to Ride Across America?

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    Speaking about riding a bicycle as I will be doing in 2026 as a fundraiser for the City of Hope, cancer awareness, treatment, research, and education/support for those family members and friends impacted by this deadly disease. See more on my Why page as well as the Four Horsemen post. This won’t be an easy…

  • Follow-up to Calories Consumed 

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    Image below is a typical cruising day’s ride fuel. At least for rides of 50 miles or less and neither too much climbing or planned intensity. Hence why I call them a cruise.  On these rides I am working on bicycle efficiency. Trying to maximize my speed while keeping my heart rate in upper Zone…

  • Training for Tailwinds, Yes You Do!

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    Okay so that is hard to believe. Why one earth are you telling us we need to ‘train’ for tailwinds? Clearly you don’t know Jack. (I’ve been wanting to find a way to incorporate that somewhere. 😀) Seriously, there are aspects of tailwinds especially when considered in the context of either a long day of…

  • Why Ride Across America?

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    There are so many reasons why at this stage in my life journey and bicycle riding / racing / fitness period I plan to take on this epic adventure. The main ones, at least that I will cover today are to honor my family members, friends, sports and industry acquaintances who we have lost to…

  • Back to Work – Really?

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    Well that’s a heck of a deal. You would think after screwing up the clocks we would get a national day off to adapt to this ‘adjustment’. An hour less sleep. Let me see does that mean I am now drinking my coffee earlier on my body clock? Can I have my second now an…

  • The Whole Champion Foundation – Amazing

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    Wow, an incredible fortuitous chain of events led to me enjoying a small group dinner just outside of Santa Barbara, CA with Barbara Edelston Peterson, life-long athlete, innovator, and wonderful human being who happens to be the founder of Whole Champion Foundation.  How did this happen? Well I was on may way today to attend…

  • RAAM2CC Basic Budget

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    What is this ride going to cost, at least in the way of financing. I will address Energy / Food and Sport Drinks in another post. Staggering number of calories.  Tour: $18,000 = 20,000 with tip all paid by me. This is the ride I have wanted to do for years. I have selected the…

  • Winding Down Towards Retirement

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    Ok, so let’s be clear, once I do retire from the workaday career world my life will more likely be busier than it ever was before. Except now I am calling the shots on what I do, where and how I go, when, and what I will be doing along the way and when I…

  • What Do You Think About When Riding?

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    Great question and to a large degree it depends upon the day, what sort of training plan I have that day, am I riding solo or a group, and of course the weather and wind. Note: all bicycle rides are uphill and into the wind both ways! Most rides have plenty of time to let…

  • The New Logo is here

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    Well I tried to incorporate the RAAM2CC(C) logo on the homepage with the initial release. Didn’t work out as planned. So here it is! At least the first pass. It may get modified slightly once we put it to use on the RAAM2CC cycling kit. That process to be launched as sponsors come onboard. More…