Day Five of RAGBRAI. Kinda like “Hump Day” in a regular workweek … the worst is behind you, but you still gotta make it to the end. 273 miles in, 165 to go! One guy is running the entire RAGBRAI route. That means he is running at least two full marathons (back to back) every day, except Monday when he ran three full...
Today’s fourth day of RAGBRAI took Philip 54 miles from Des Moines to Knoxville, Iowa on what could only be described as a roller-coaster of a ride. Up a hill at 7 miles an hour, down a hill at 30 miles an hour, up a hill, down a hill … rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. Whew! It was extremely crowded today because a lot of Des Moines...
Day Three of RAGBRAI: after today, we are halfway done! Today’s route goes to the “big city” of Des Moines, whose marketing department has decreed itself “Des Moines: Even Better In Spandex.” A little obvious; everything is better in spandex, right? (Maybe not Chris Christie.) Today, riders were encouraged to wear a...
The longest ride day began with the same enthusiasm and get-‘er-done attitude as the day before … but the tides would be turning before the day was done! (More on that later.) As Day Two of the ride began, RAGBRAI’ers were sharing stories of the fun they had in the “Tent Cities” in Harlan the night before. Of course...