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Many days and many changes. The traveling carnival continues. A week in review. Egyptian riders left at Aswan After pulling the peloton along much of the time, the Egyptian riders headed back to Alexandria when we reached Aswan. Egyptian riders road with us from Cairo to Aswan Crossed Aswan Dam to the sound of Robert playing harmonica [...] Follow along as I negotiate the traffic in Egypt. Kind of like Chicago but without the concern for lanes. No closed course for TDA. From Jon at http://more-erratic-wanderings.com who has some great pics of the tour so far. First 4 days of Tour d’Afrique are over and its been more about becoming accustomed to the daily routine than anything else. I have already gained a great appreciation for toilets and showers. Cleaning up with baby wipes isn’t too bad. Washing up in the red sea was a bit chilly(before the military arrived telling [...] I’m a few hours from landing in Cairo for the what I hope will be one of my greatest adventures. Nervous would be an understatement. Ive biked far and long, probably further than most anybody you’ve met. Ive biked further than most people have driven a car in one stretch. I’m not nervous about biking [...] Tour d’Afrique Route – 7281 miles, 10 Countries, 120 days “Chicago Ultra Endurance Athlete to Conquer Two Continents and Ten Thousand Miles. And Cal’s Bar.” Bryce Walsh, a Chicago-based endurance athlete and coach, is set to [...] I’ve doing a series of posts with Litespeed on their blog documenting my experiences with the Litespeed C1R this year for ultra racing. Read The First Entry at the Litespeed Blog. This post originally appeared on John Foote’s excellent ultraracenews.wordpress.com.
Bryce Walsh – 2011 Calvin's Challenge ©UltraRacePics I’ll start by saying I hate this race. Its really well organized. The people are very friendly. I even like where I stay(though its a secret, since I don’t want it to get booked up each year). No I [...] I have now raced the 24 Hours of Sebring 3 times. I use it as a motivational tool to keep myself in shape over the winter months. I never have great endurance at it, since its just too damn cold in IL to get meaningful long rides that early in the year and my sanity [...] I entered my 3rd Stair Climb. The Fight For Air Climb at Presidential Towers. This one was a bit different. 4 towers, sprint between the towers, but elevator time is not included in you race time. Each tower was 47 stories, so it was an all out effort on each followed by trying to recover [...] 7.6 miles with a record time of just under 50 minutes. Sign me up. I’m a sucker for the excessive race. Long distance, extreme conditions, long duration, or in this case extreme grades. I usually fare pretty well on climbs, considering I’m a mid-westerner. I need some improvement descending as I learned a couple [...] |
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