It’s been five weeks since Braking the Cycle and this week there was a reunion party to allow everyone a chance to get together, hear updates about the fundraising for 2011, get some previews on 2012 and see the video Black Watch Productions put together for this year’s ride. The most exciting announcement was that, [...]
29Oct11
Braking the Cycle 2011 Video
17Sep11
Braking the Cycle 2011 – Day 2
I am exhausted. And I probably should be since I rode the complete 105 miles today. No vans what so ever. I only got chased from one Oasis right at the end. I was on the course from about 6:30 to 6:30. What i do have at hand right now is the time it took [...]
16Sep11
Braking the Cycle 2011 – Day 1
What a day today was! I hardly know where to begin. I guess the biggest news from Day 1 is the annoucement of the team awards. Team Eagle took the prize for most amount earned by a team. They rocked it again with some $120,000. That’s an incredible amount of cash. It’s great they were [...]
Yesterday morning I did the final training ride ahead of this year’s Braking the Cycle. It was a fairly easy 40 miles, 30 of which were done in Central Park.The ride was the culmination of a few months of training that I’ve done with Joey and Kip to get better prepared for the ride. The [...]
30Jul11
Week in the Life, Day 5
Friday, July 29 (waking hours from 5am to 1:30am) Favorite moment of the day: A few weeks ago, Barefoot Contessa made a roasted sausage and grapes dish which made my mouth water. I’m a sucker for a sausage recipe and I couldn’t quite wrap my head around what this combo could taste like. Will, who [...]
The journey towards September’s Braking the Cycle ride continues. I’ve been on the bike more and more since the weather has been more spring-like during the past month. Yesterday was the second official training ride and, as with the first one, I exceeded my expectations. The 30 mile ride started at Chelsea Piers, went north [...]
What a tremendous difference a year can make. This past Saturday was the first Braking the Cycle training ride. Last year, this same ride was difficult and scary for me (you can read about that here). This time it was nothing but fun. It was good to see that I maintained some good strength over [...]
