Mud, Miles, and Milestones: Gravel Racing Adventures at Rough Road 100 and Barry Roubaix
Mud, Miles, and Milestones: Gravel Racing Adventures at Rough Road 100 and Barry Roubaix Rough Road 100: A Muddy Adventure in Morris On April 5, I traveled down to Morris, IL, for the Rough Road 100-a flat and increasingly popular gravel race. Over 800 riders braved a chilly morning start in historic Morris, a nice […]
Dirty South Roubaix: First Race of the Heart and Gravel Comeback Tour—Lessons, Grit, and an Orange Tutu
The first race of the Heart and Gravel Comeback Tour is in the books. I finished the Dirty South Roubaix in Alto Pass, Illinois, a 100km gravel race that happened on March 1. I had no heart issues. I wore the orange tutu and orange antenna to celebrate the fundraising milestone. (We’ve raised $1,000 already […]
From Heart Surgery to Gravel Racing: My Comeback at the Dirty South Roubaix
Two years ago, I wondered if I’d ever race a bike again. This weekend, I’m back at the starting line for the Dirty South Roubaix in southern Illinois, my first gravel race since heart surgery-and the first of the Heart and Gravel Comeback Tour. I’ll do the 100k race, which I did three years ago […]
From Heart Scare to Comeback: The Journey Behind the Heart and Gravel Tour
The summer of 2023 started off well for training and racing my bike I was holding my own in the challenging group rides with guys half my age on Saturday mornings. When I started to have some irregular heartbeats, sometimes on rides, I thought they were just spasms and ignored them. Even when I was […]
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