Bike in shape? Check. Panniers packed? Check. Routes all mapped? Check. Aikido test in a 95-degree gymnasium last night? Done. Looks like all systems go for the start of the "500 at 50" bike ride bright and early this morning. If all goes well, I will end the day in Alma, then Cadillac Wednesday, arriving …
Category: “500 at 50” Bike Trip
Posts about my 6-day, 600-mile bike trip from Ann Arbor to our campground near Glen Arbor and back.
Countdown to the “500 at 50” trip – T minus 6 days
BRIGHT AND EARLY next Tuesday morning, I push off from home on the first leg of my long-planned 500 mile trip to our campground and back. I feel oddly calm about something I've planned and trained for since 2007, when I first thought about doing this trip. Much of that is likely due to my …
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