Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

The View from Top of Vail Ski Resort The last time I attempted to ride back to back centuries (meaning 2 100+ rides in 2 consecutive days) it did not end up so good for me ( see here why ). It took me a few years to dare and attempt back to back centuries. This time, however, I did it in a much bigger way. After all I do always say "go big or go home". By bigger I mean more mileage, more elevation gain and higher altitude. I wrote about this ride in BikePanel ( here is the link to the article ) and this is the English version of my article (as always with a some changes). Special thanks to the extremely talented photographer Linda Guerette that met up with us for a photo shoot on the climb to Vail Pass the day before the ride and then again on the second day of the ride. Linda, the photos you took of us are absolutely stunning.   On the climb to Vail Pass - Max elevation 10,662' (Photo by Linda Guerrette) In the spirit of my recent years' tradition of pickin...

Lately I have been doing a lot of work travel. Almost every other week I am traveling somewhere in the US or overseas. Work travel is hard. It usually means that I will be working long hours with some social work related obligations in the evening, my nutrition will get all messed up and I will spend long hours sitting down in a conference room at this or that law firm or some other office or work location. It also disrupts my training. Swimming? I can usually forget about that. It is not easy to find a pool to swim in and if I am lucky enough to find one, making the swim time work is difficult and stressful. Cycling? hmmm, not really. Carrying my bike with me is not very practical so riding is out of the question during work travel too. I cannot always count on the hotel gym for workouts as not all hotels have one and if they do, it is usually the size of my closet and it feels very claustrophobic. Morning run at Laguna Beach, CA   Running, on the other hand is easy to do ev...