Yep — it’s time again for the 50 mile Rosarito – Ensenada bike ride on Saturday, in MEXICO!!!
This will be my third time participating in the ride (over the last four years, I skipped 2006).  I’ve been training for it, slowly, over the summer.  I hit 50 miles this past Saturday and felt pretty good [...]

Yep — it’s time again for the 50 mile Rosarito – Ensenada bike ride on Saturday, in MEXICO!!!
This will be my third time participating in the ride (over the last four years, I skipped 2006).  I’ve been training for it, slowly, over the summer.  I hit 50 miles this past Saturday and felt pretty good [...]

I got home Monday night from the September 2007 Rosarito-Ensenada 50-mile bike ride.  It was a great adventure and though it wasn’t as physically or mentally grueling as it was the first time I did the ride (two years ago), it was still very satisfying.
Here were the outcomes of my first ride

Time to complete course, [...]

So the big bike ride is upon us.  As I have been training and preparing, I have ridden as far as 52 miles now in one ride, and I feel ready and excited!
This has been a great training both mentally and physically.  It feels great to be working up to an event that pushes you [...]

I know it’s been too long since I posted an update about my training for the Rosarito-Ensenada bike ride.  Well, after my last posting July and corresponding ride (42 miles), I was hit with a very busy schedule, some vacation travel, had my bike in the shop for a tune-up, and Chicago had A LOT of rain.  With [...]

On September 29, I am riding in a 50-mile organized bicycle ride in Mexico with a good friend.  The route is from Rosarito Beach to Ensenada, through the hills and valleys and along the oceanside.  My wife and I participated (and finished it) two years ago, and I am training for it again.
 
I rode [...]