Ultra Rider: In Search of the Ultimate Long Ride RSS

Biking is one thing. Bicycling 100 miles is entirely another. But what about the bicycle ride that last all day and all night? At some point, you cross a line and at that point, cycling, becomes ultracycling.

This blog chronicles the story of a guy, his bike and a strange obsession with finding the outside edge of his personal limits.

In this chapter, having broken the UMCA record, recovered from a bone-crushing crash and achieving a top 15 finish at the inimitable Furnace Creek 508 we find our hero grappling with the realities of completing a 100km foot race.

For the complete story, follow this link, and read from the back to the front. The story won't make anymore sense when you've finished, but at least you'll know as much as the rest of us.

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Day in the snow…

I had a great weekend of fitness. Kicked the weekend with a hard Friday night at the gym, did a great 90 minute bootcamp with the Lapdogs on Saturday morning. Mike scrubbed our dryland workout on Saturday afternoon, which was okay as I had more than made up for it the night before. Sunday I spent the morning on the spin bike and then Amanda, Rob, Jess and I headed out with the dogs (the real ones, not the cycling club :) for an afternoon on snowshoes in High Park. I wore my weight-vest fully loaded, so even though we weren’t pushing the pace I got a great workout. Almost 3 hours trudging through the snow.

I started the week this morning with a 60 minute spin at Fitness Institute and I’ll close the day off with another 2 hours or so at RPM.

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