Distance: 113.6 km Ride time: 6:05:41 Average: 18.7 km/h Max speed: 48.6 km/h Total: 40302 km I would have imagined that Washington D.C. would be a very rich and fancy place. In the area around the White House it obviously is – in the other parts, not so much. I was cycling through some rather [ Read More ]
Distance: 75.3 km Ride time: 4:09:47 Average: 18.1 km/h Max speed: 42.8 km/h Total: 40193 km The milestones keep piling up these days – 40000 km a couple of days ago, the length of the equator yesterday, and today I would be cycling straight into Washington D.C.! Before leaving in morning Bill and his wife [ Read More ]
Distance: 98.2 km Ride time: 4:41:17 Average: 21.0 km/h Max speed: 52.9 km/h Total: 40110 km I’m really not very comfortable in front of the camera, but if someone asks me for an interview I will usually say yes – after all this trip is all about moving personal boundaries. And so I began my [ Read More ]
Distance: 118.1 km Ride time: 5:39:32 Average: 20.9 km/h Max speed: 54.0 km/h Total: 40012 km It is quaint countryside cycling out here on the rural roads of Virginia – which lasted until I reached the suburbs of Richmond. Suddenly I was cycling through some neighborhoods that didn’t seem completely safe. The contrasts are big [ Read More ]
Distance: 138.3 km Ride time: 6:07:50 Average: 22.6 km/h Max speed: 49.7 km/h Total: 39891 km After saying goodbye to Nate and Allison the first goal of today was to get a haircut – much needed since my last haircut and shave was in El Salvador! Armed with a new look the next goal of [ Read More ]
Distance: 57.6 km Ride time: 2:54:51 Average: 19.8 km/h Max speed: 49.3 km/h Total: 39749 km Will had told me that the Raleigh region had been voted one of the best places to live in the US – and I could see why; Good weather, affordable price levels, good beer, and good music. Sounds like [ Read More ]
“Do you want to go for a ride today?” was what Will asked me one morning – and by that he meant a ride on his airplane. Of course I sad yes. It would normally take 6 hours to go from Raleigh to Ocracoke Island by car and ferry. On a plane it’s a 45 [ Read More ]
Distance: 99.0 km Ride time: 4:34:55 Average: 21.6 km/h Max speed: 40.7 km/h Total: 39689 km After breakfast with Marci and Jeff it was time to say goodbye and hit the road again. Thanks for such a great stay! Hope our paths will cross once again. I was continuing my trip through rural parts of [ Read More ]
Distance: 117.5 km Ride time: 5:26:23 Average: 21.6 km/h Max speed: 41.8 km/h Total: 39588 km Last night Neill and his wife had already left their lake house to go back to Clarkton where they normally live. I locked the door behind me as I left in the morning. Thanks for such a nice stay! [ Read More ]
Distance: 136.8 km Ride time: 6:31:07 Average: 21.0 km/h Max speed: 37.1 km/h Total: 39468 km The first stop today was Myrtle Beach – a place that has a reputation of being quite the party place. I almost got into holiday mode myself as I cycled past the hundred of hotels lining up along the [ Read More ]
