I may be older and slower, but I'm still getting out there for great adventures!
I may be older and slower, but I'm still getting out there for great adventures!
RAGBRAI: Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, the world’s oldest, largest, and longest recreational bike ride, with 20,000 bikers riding 400-500 miles across Iowa on a different route every year
RAGBRAI LII, Day 7Sat, July 26, 2025, Olwein to Guttenburg, Iowa (64 miles, 2028 ft. climb) Today is our LAST DAY of RAGBRAI LII. This would be a relatively challenging day — usually the last day is shorter than 63 miles,…
Fri, July 25, 2025, Cedar Falls to Olwein, Iowa (42 miles, 938 ft. climb) Day 6 was another great day on RAGBRAI! Unlike yesterday, we did have a bit of a headwind, but not enough to make a big difference.…
RAGBRAI LII, Day 5 Thurs, July 24, 2025, Iowa Falls to Cedar Falls, Iowa (56 miles, 1225 ft. climb) Day 5 was MAGNIFICENT! As our host family relayed a comment from another rider, it was a “Ten out of ten”!…
RAGBRAI LII, Day 4 Wed, July 23, 2025, Forest City to Iowa Falls, Iowa (71 miles, 1124 ft. climb) I had mixed feelings about Day 4. On one hand, many veterans consider it one of the hardest days in recent…
RAGBRAI LII, Day 3 Tues, July 22, 2025, Estherville to Forest City, Iowa (74 miles, 874 ft. climb) Today was the longest day of this year’s RAGBRAI! It was another very windy day, peaking at 16 mph, but it was…
RAGBRAI LII, Day 2 Mon, July 21, 2025 (43 miles, 835 ft. climb) We got some great tailwind today! But only for the first 16 miles, as we headed north. But it sure was fun to go 18 mph after…
RAGBRAI LII, Day 1 Sun, July 20, 2025 (73.33 miles, 1185 feet of elevation gain) Day 1 was tough — maybe my toughest day of RAGBRAI ever. It was only an average length, at 73 miles. But the wind was…
(Fri-Sat, July 18-19, 2025) “Day 0” for RAGBRAI is the day everyone arrives to the Bike Expo at the starting town. This year the starting town is Orange City, Iowa, a beautifully manicured town of 6000 dutch settlers. Four of…