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Disclaimer: This 37-Mile Gravel Loop from The Plains to St. Louis recap contains affiliate links… A Little History Before Starting Our Ride I had planned to sleep in, but FOMO won out and I agreed to join Bill and our friend Ed for a gravel ride on a course Bill had raved about for […]
Disclaimer: This recap of Deb’s 63-Mile LoCo Birthday Tour contains affiliate links… I’m Barely Older Than a Metric Century Back in the fall after I completed my first metric century, it dawned on me that if I could ride 62.13 miles, I could certainly ride my age on my birthday, a mere .87-mile farther. […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 27 Miles of Loudoun County Gravel Perfection ride contains affiliate links… 265 Miles of Historic Gravel Bill and I had several group options for our Saturday ride, but ended up doing our own thing. After a relaxing morning while giving the temps a chance to move out of the […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile Greater Ashburn Bike Tour contains affiliate links… Choosing Pavement over Gravel As the weekend approached, my husband Bill and I began discussing our cycling options. He was organizing a 44-mile gravel ride and even though it wasn’t all gravel, it was a little too much for this girl […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile Tour de Ashburn contains affiliate links… A Little Backstory: Forming a Cycling Club While out on a solo early morning ride in late July I mentally went through my list of friends who I could have cajoled into riding with me. Betsy, my regular weekday riding friend, wasn’t […]
Disclaimer: This recap of our 30-Mile LoCo Gravel Grinder contains affiliate links… Back on Some Gravel After enjoying riding my new road bike for a few weeks, I left it behind as I pulled out my Salsa to join Bill and two other friends for some gravel grinding on the less traveled roads of […]
On Saturday, eleven Cruisers will be running in Destination Races’ Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon. The course runs through the beautiful countryside of Loudoun County and we couldn’t resist giving it a try in 2011, the first year it was produced. We even put together a team, and despite thinking we wouldn’t be particularly competitive, we […]
