Distance: 100.28 mi Elevation: 4,741 ft Dedication: Sharon Thurston and Kerry Ride group: Jake, Glenn, Tori, and James Host: First Baptist Church of Greensburg Greetings from Indiana, a whole 100 miles from where we started this morning! Our team absolutely crushed our first century today, including many first-time century riders. We woke up at 4:30Continue reading “Day 13: Dayton, OH to Greensburg, IN”
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Days 9 & 10: New Philadelphia, PA to Dresden, OH to Columbus, OH
Day 9 Distance: 27.0 mi (team did 53.26) Elevation: 1,808 ft (team did 3,236) Dedication: Jamie Roberts Ride group: Jack, Richa, and Chase Host: United Methodist Church Yesterday we arrived in the small town of Dresden, home of the Longaberger basket company. It would have been a great host situation regardless, but I was especiallyContinue reading “Days 9 & 10: New Philadelphia, PA to Dresden, OH to Columbus, OH”
Days 4 & 5: Bedford, PA to Confluence, PA
Distance: 64.20 mi Elevation: 4,452 ft Dedication: My great-aunt, Carol Krush Ride group: Eli, Maggie, MJay, and Julia Host: United Community Church After a rough day getting in to Bedford, we were ready to seize a new day on our way to Confluence. It took us way too long to get on the road, butContinue reading “Days 4 & 5: Bedford, PA to Confluence, PA”
Day 3: Shippensburg, PA to Bedford, PA
Distance: 38.11 mi (shuttled ~30 miles) Elevation: 4,360 ft Dedication: My great aunt, Carol Krush Ride group: Jake, Bethany, Rose, and Collin Host: Bedford Presbyterian Church After how bad I felt on the climbs yesterday I was really dreading the ride today, given this elevation profile: But, it ended up being a pretty awesome day!Continue reading “Day 3: Shippensburg, PA to Bedford, PA”
Week 20: End of pre-4K life
Alright y’all, this is it. My next update will hopefully be this upcoming Saturday, after my two days of 4K orientation and the night before send-off, which means that this is my last post before I really get into the 4K experience. I’m feeling lots of emotions right now (excitement, panic, nervousness, gratitude, etc.) asContinue reading “Week 20: End of pre-4K life”
Weeks 14-16: Wrapping up
It’s hard to believe but we’ve already reached my final week in Lexington! The past few weeks involved more of the same from my last update– lots of work, not much training, and crappy weather– but I did finally finish my thesis!!!!! Well, not fully, but I have a complete draft and now just needContinue reading “Weeks 14-16: Wrapping up”
Weeks 12 & 13: Reality checks
I took a break from blogging last week to devote more time to my thesis and it kind of paid off I guess? I was hoping to be done with data analysis by now but it’s taking longer than I expected and I definitely need to consult some of my professors before actually writing theContinue reading “Weeks 12 & 13: Reality checks”
Week 4: Getting my 4K bike!
This week was a bit of a choose-your-own-adventure situation because there was an error with the provided training plan– no scheduled rides! It ended up being the perfect week for that error though because my motivation to ride and prepare for this summer was super high after getting my 4K bike on Tuesday!!! Here’s theContinue reading “Week 4: Getting my 4K bike!”
