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Tag: Thousand Miler

  • Keeping Goals

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    I completed the Adventure Cycling TransAm from Yorktown, VA to Portland, OR this summer. I had two cycling goals for the ride. First, try to ride as close to 100 miles per day as possible, given that towns are so far apart, I averaged 98.6 mpd.  I like how I chased this goal as I…

  • TransAm Thousand Mile Club: A Trip Inside Myself

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    Inspired by the California Triple Crown I have crystallized one of my secret goals into an actual goal for the adventure which is the TransAm.  I was reading on their blog about “The Rollercoaster” which is the whole emotional up and down that comes along with riding long distances.  I didn’t know it existed as…