Europe
Alps 2024 (Harald)
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…
Ben
Alps 2024 (Harald)
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…
Ben
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
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 6 – North Holland
Today’s route has us dropping down along the Markermeer into eastern Amsterdam and then heading back north east up the coast into some very tourist-heavy regions of the…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 5 – The Morning After
Ferwert to Lelystad, 170km or 106 miles. I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread Bilbo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring You…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 4 – Friesland, Abbreviated (is FR)
The day wasn’t abbreviated. In fact, it was quite long. Just the post will be abbreviated. Our WiFi is a bit lackluster so uploading many pictures isn’t working…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 3 – Hellendoorn to Anderen
Things are starting to happen to us. We are (well, I am!) making more mistakes. Blowing past turns and doing a few hundred extra meters. As a result,…
Ben & Liz
Race Around the Netherlands 2024
RatN – Day 2 – Take the Wind
One way to get a good start on the day in an event like this is to get an early start. It’s light at 6am and the wind…
Ben & Liz