With the weather the last few days and with my current amount of free time, I’ve been left with little to do but search for the end of internet. I have yet to find it, but I did stumble onto something that has sparked a LARGE (huge, festering, almost burning) interest.
When I was in New Mexico (Silver City) a few months back I heard stories of people riding from Canada into Mexico along what’s known as the Great Divide – well, trail. It’s far from a collection of nicely paved roads – more like a few paved spots, together with a lot more dirt/single track. Actually, it’s probably close to the equivalent of the Appalachian trail come pedal-power; consecutive days without anything other than wildlife and mom-nature, sounds awesome. ACA provides maps of the route, much like they do the Southern Tier, Pacific/Eastern Coast, etc.
But,
Even better than any collection of maps is the race along said route from Canada to Mexico – schedule this year for June 18, 2010. Nothing formal in terms of prizes, tv coverage or whatever, just normal, ego-exploding bragging rights.
It’s a bit too early to confirm my plans concretely, but it is my new, New Year’s resolution – or my first, since I didn’t really create one before. Truthfully, I’m going to make this the agenda for the next several months. Also, too, there are a few souls who’ve taken the time to ride the race single speed – one such person holds the record at about 17 days and ever-how-many hours; nothing like trying to break a world record!
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The ride along the beltline is still scheduled for Sunday morning-ish, and will surely wrap up before the “Big Game…” Should be a blast.
j
When I was in New Mexico (Silver City) a few months back I heard stories of people riding from Canada into Mexico along what’s known as the Great Divide – well, trail. It’s far from a collection of nicely paved roads – more like a few paved spots, together with a lot more dirt/single track. Actually, it’s probably close to the equivalent of the Appalachian trail come pedal-power; consecutive days without anything other than wildlife and mom-nature, sounds awesome. ACA provides maps of the route, much like they do the Southern Tier, Pacific/Eastern Coast, etc.
But,
Even better than any collection of maps is the race along said route from Canada to Mexico – schedule this year for June 18, 2010. Nothing formal in terms of prizes, tv coverage or whatever, just normal, ego-exploding bragging rights.
It’s a bit too early to confirm my plans concretely, but it is my new, New Year’s resolution – or my first, since I didn’t really create one before. Truthfully, I’m going to make this the agenda for the next several months. Also, too, there are a few souls who’ve taken the time to ride the race single speed – one such person holds the record at about 17 days and ever-how-many hours; nothing like trying to break a world record!
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The ride along the beltline is still scheduled for Sunday morning-ish, and will surely wrap up before the “Big Game…” Should be a blast.
j
