http://www.seattletoportland.com Last year, when I tried to ride non-stop from Seattle to Portland, I only made it 150 miles before dehydrating. That story can be found here: 2004 Seattle to Kelso This year, everything went fine. In some ways, the trip actually started Friday afternoon, when I drove…
http://www.seattletoportland.com Yesterday, July 17, 2004, I set out to ride my bicycle the 206 miles from Seattle to Portland in a single day. I had done the trip twice before, both times in 2 days. Both times, the second day seemed far more grueling than the first. From…
http://www.seattletoportland.com The "STP" is a highly organized bicycle ride that goes (obviously) from Seattle to Portland, covering 200 miles in the process. This year, it was over the weekend of July 13 and 14. This was my first time riding in the STP, and the longest I've ever…
Hickory, NC September 18, 1994 Early this morning, I woke up knowing I had to eat a large breakfast, but was really not that hungry. It's hard to eat at 6:00am. So I just had a plate of spaghetti, a banana, a bowl of ice cream and a…