Cycling for Fitness
While cycling is a fantastic way to stay in shape, many people find that despite logging plenty of miles, they’re not seeing the fitness results they expected.
RAMROD Cycling Event
The biggest one-day ultra-marathon cycling event in the Pacific Northwest is RAMROD [Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day]. It combines the breathtaking beauty of Mount Rainier National Park with a strenuous 152-mile course that climbs 10,000 feet. John Dixon organized the first RAMROD competition in 1984, which had 45 finishers in total. The gathering…
Tour de Peaks – Bike Ride
Charmed Life Sometimes you have to believe you lead a charmed life…Ann, Mark and I went for a great bike ride today. “Tour de Peaks” is an organized ride that travels through the neighborhoods of North Bend and Snoqualmie. The scenery was outstanding, the roads for the most part were good, but what made this…
RAMROD Part One
First off, let me say that this is a “do as I say and not as I do” lesson….as a fitness trainer, I would never advise anyone I know to do what we did. With that being said, I can go on to say that I am totally AMAZED that we finished this ride and…
RAMROD Part Two
I haven’t mentioned the weather We were all really lucky. The majority of the morning was overcast with a little fog hanging in the valley when we started. Perfect riding temperature. The fog started to burn off by the time we got into Mt. Rainier National Park (high 70s?) but was not unbearable. So I…