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.
“Ryder capped off his winter training season on Maui with a motivational attempt at breaking the speed record up the Haleakala Crater, set in 1993 by Jonathan Vaughters.”
Click through for a real kick-ass climb in Hawaii.
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