We are doing it! One of my "life list" items for a number of years has been to ride in RAGBRAI and 2007 is the year.
For those of you who do not know about RAGBRAI, it is truly an event! There are 8500 bikers traveling 500 miles across Iowa in a week's time. And we have chosen to join them this year for the big challenge. You can check it out at:
http://www.ragbrai.org/
This is the 35th annual ride, and as a native Iowan, I can remember when and how it started. This year's route starts in Rock Rapids, 30 minutes from my mom in Sioux Center, so I'm visiting her for a couple of days first. RR is actually one of my early homes--lost from my toddler memory bank.
The training log stand at 875 miles on the tandem since May, so that means we have been conditioning both our legs and our backsides for the big event. Countdown till the 21st of July...12 days.
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3 comments:
Wow! I've done 250-300 miles in 3 or 4 days twice in high school, but nothing quite like this! Good luck with the backside- after each ride I swore I would never sit on a bike again.
and what beautiful backsides they are...
Thanks for writing, ladies. I'm leaving very soon for the big event, so I hope you will watch our progress through the blog.
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