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Welcome to Dyersville…

Posted by teejtc on July 27th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

We made it to Dyersville today (the home of the field of dreams, although I didn’t take the shuttle out to see it). The road was hilly and, when the sun peaked out from the clouds, very hot. Otherwise, it as pretty nice.
Slow and steady… For the third time slow and […]

Been a few days…

Posted by teejtc on July 27th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Well, it’s been a few days, but I finally got a spot at the internet truck and thought I’d check in. Here’s what’s happened…

Wednesday was a GREAT day. It went well. Spent the night in Cedar Falls and attended a Blues Traveler concert in the UniDome. The concert wasn’t good […]

In Hampton

Posted by teejtc on July 24th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Well, we made it to Hampton! Actually, I got her earlier today than I have the past couple of days — It was a much better ride than it has been. A little shorter (only a couple of miles) but there weren’t the headwinds we’ve been going against for the past couple of […]

Humbolt

Posted by teejtc on July 23rd, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Well, I made it to Humbolt. It was about another 80 miles. Although today went better than yesterday (I ate more… I think that was part of my problem yesterday. Stopped in several places along the way, talked to lots of people.
Today’s words?

Headwinds (again!)
Sun (again!)
Roasted corn on the cob.. yumm!

The biggest […]

pooped

Posted by teejtc on July 22nd, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

It’s entirely possible to describe today’s ragbrai ride in the following words: headwinds, hot, sun (yes, JJ, I did wear sunscreen - I did get a little dark though), TONS of people, sweat and grime. That’s pretty much it.
We rode a little over 75 miles today starting in Rock Rapids and ending […]

We made it!

Posted by teejtc on July 21st, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Thanks to Iowa Telcom — Free internet!
We made it to Rock Rapids; our tents our set up at the high school and we rode our bikes down town for dinner (Propel H20, Chips and a boneless rib sandwich) — yummy!
It’s HOT and there’s a TON of people around here, but we’re excited. Tomorrow we’re […]

Still Awake

Posted by teejtc on July 20th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Why am I still awake at 12:30? Not because I got my days mixed up and thought Harry Potter was coming out tonight - no, not that at all. I know that’s tomorrow night and (hrumph!) JJ gets the book first this time. (She’d better not tell me what happens!!!)
No, […]

Just a few days left…

Posted by teejtc on July 18th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

Well, I didn’t get nearly the training in I was hoping for… but… oh well, Ragbrai is just a few days off. One more sermon to write (and preach on Thursday evening)… then away we go. We’re off to eastern Iowa on Friday (spending the night at my sister-in-law’s place), then Rock Rapids […]

Check out Verge Sport.com

Posted by teejtc on July 18th, 2007 filed in Biking (with pedals!), Ragbrai

I have a very basic policy on customer service: If someone’s great, tell everyone; is someone’s awful, tell everyone. I think it’s fair. So, in light of that, I’m telling everyone how AWESOME VergeSport.com is. We ordered our jersey’s from there for Ragbrai. Prices beat everyone else on the web. […]