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Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 4: Filisur, Switzerland to Stazzona, Italy
Today’s update will be brief (Ed: I guess I lied); as I’m starting to write. it’s 11:15 and we’ve got an early start planned tomorrow. Leaving from Filisur…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Day 3: Buchs to Filisur
Today the forecast was for wet and cold and my knee was still questionable, so we altered the route to avoid some of the first pass and lots…
Alps 2024 — Day 2: Singen, Germany to Buchs, Switzerland
This morning we woke up pretty late because we’d had such a long day yesterday. We had several things to do in the AM before we could head…
Alps 2024 — Day 1: Welzheim to Singen (192km)
I woke up at 4:45 as per schedule and tried and failed to do some mobile video editing. Eventually I gave up and decided to pack up. We…
Alps 2024 — The Arrival
Long flight, not much sleep, but that’s a distant memory. We were on our way to Welzheim by 10am after breezing through customs and baggage claim. Like Madison.…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — In Transit
Today’s my big travel day. I splurged and found a great flight to Stuttgart out of Madison through Atlanta. This, in lieu of our typical bus trip to…
Alps 2024
Alps 2024 — Ben and Harald’s Alpine Adventure Begins
An adventure long-in-the-planning is finally here! Ben and Harald are headed to Germany where they’ll start their cycling tour through the Alps! On Sunday (July 7, 2024), Harald…
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – A Look Back
In Toto Now that we are a bit removed by space and time from our Race around the Netherlands adventure, perhaps we can look back with rose-colored glasses.…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 8 – Schoorl to Wassenaar
Here’s something for you to consider: did we bring a bike lock (or two?) on our trip? The answer? Not really. We brought a very lightweight (something as…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 7 – Will the Real Netherlands Please Stand Up?
Liz has a Zwift racing buddy from the Netherlands (shout-out to Manon!) who can’t believe the run of good weather we’ve had for this race, particularly given how…
Ben & Liz