Posts Tagged "biking"

Maple Leaf Ride

Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Joplin/4-States, Special Events | 0 comments

The Maple Leaf Bike Ride is coming up on Saturday, Oct 10. I would like to encourage everyone to come out and participate. Last year me, shelf-life, mom, and dad all did it and had a blast. I would also like to point out that I had the distinction of finishing dead last in my distance category...

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Gorilla Century Bike Ride

Posted on Sep 9, 2009 in Daily Grind, Special Events | 0 comments

Saturday was the Gorilla bike ride in Pittsburg, KS, which coincided with their town festival “Little Balkan Days” (anyone know what a balkan is??). Though not exactly ‘easy’, the gorilla ride is significantly easier than the Tornado Alley for serveral reasons. A- It’s...

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Tornado Alley 110 Complete

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 in Daily Grind, Special Events | 4 comments

Saturday was the big TA110 bike ride. The route was more or less the same as last year, equally as hard and equally as hot. There are a lot of these types of events, but this is probably one of the harder rides, in that the route is designed to be hilly. Items of note include the fact that I was...

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