Week 47-Seriooously behind in POSTS and handstands!

This is a mish mash of photos. I am going back to what I think is my best handstand so far and my friend Tracy's perfect handstand. Still working on perfection! And a photo of my B2B buddies just before we left Boston.

Alright, it's just no fun when I am behind in my handstand displays. It's like when I haven't called my mother in the last few days or when I keep putting off playing the bills, but hey, I rode 148 miles in one day last Saturday, so I am going to use that as an excuse and promise to get back on track.

On June 19th I did the B2B which is an epic ride from the Harpoon Brewery in Boston to the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, Vermont. To even enter the ride you have to guarantee that you will ride at 16+mph. I declared that I would go out with the 17 mph riders with a couple of friends, Chad and Mark. Over the course of the ride there is 4500 feet of elevation climbing. The 90th mile brings a ~5 mile climb of which one of the Harpoon beers is named after, a beer that is an _ _ _ kicker, known as Leviathon. As I approached that hill I was thankful my friend Amy got me out to the White Mountains to climb the Kangamangus Highway because Leviathon seemed a breeze compared to that. I am sure they are very similar, but once you have conquered something like that it just doesn't seem so scary the next time around!

I finished in 10 hours with about an hour and a half of rest/water&food stops. I rode at just over 18 mph average for the ride, which is very cool, very happy about that! My legs were tired and a bit sore for the next few days, but no more sore than after some of my grueling training rides. The last few days I have been enjoying some easy rides on my single speed, riding back and forth to my summer job. Not sure what my next big ride will be. I am thinking about maybe riding to NYC, but not all in one day.