The photos and video in this make me even more excited to do the ride. However, all the extracurricular activities is silly – when you get back after a hard day of riding, all you really care about is eating and getting sleep!
Archives for April 2015
What It’s Like Riding At 45 MPH Down a Mountain Road
In training for Ride the Rockies, I try to make it out to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park every week. It is essentially 21 miles straight up, and then 21 miles back down. To give it a visual, here is a 3D profile of the route I often take: Anyway, on April 11,…
How Getting My Inbox to Zero Changed My Life
Since the dawn of e-mail, my inbox has largely ruled my work days, often displacing the important for the seemingly urgent. And since the advent of mobile devices, e-mail went beyond ruling my work days to largely ruling my life. As a result, I was in permanent and perpetual reaction mode. I jumped from the hottest fire…