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Day Seventeen – Lovell to Sheridan

September 7, 2025 2 comments

Today’s ride was another century ride, but one we’d known was coming since the moment we signed up for the overall trip. Well, maybe not that early – but as we begin to receive updates and information regarding our route, we could see the daily distance and elevation profiles. Today’s ride was to be perhaps the most challenging of all the days we would be riding. The day itself is a century ride – meaning 100 miles (sadly, not a metric century which is roughly 62 miles and 100 kilometers). That in and of itself is a challenge. We will be doing those back-to-back, but the ride on day eighteen also includes a sizable climb of roughly 20 miles along which you will gain an altitude of 6000 feet.

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Day Sixteen – Columbus to Lovell

September 7, 2025 0 comments

Today’s ride was one of those rides where everything comes together. It was a beautiful day weather-wise, and the terrain made for accelerated paces. The theme for the day was ‘this is a lovely ride’. Oh, and we did cross over into Wyoming today, so another state done and dusted.

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Day Fifteen – Bozeman to Columbus

September 5, 2025 0 comments

Today’s ride was a beautiful start even with a few climbs towards the beginning. There were spectacular and picturesque views for nearly the first 30 to 40 miles. We came out of the hills towards the interstate somewhere after that and were met with a wall of wind that was relentless.

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Day Fourteen – Three Forks to Bozeman

September 3, 2025 0 comments

Today’s theme was ‘recovery’. We called it rest day 1.5 and it truly was a rest day. We had 43 miles on the schedule for the day, but one of our guides suggested we take advantage of a small 4-mile detour on the way out of Three Forks to see the headwaters of the Missouri river which was also a location where Lewis and Clark camped for a period of time. We’ve not done much of that along the way, so taking time to stop and smell the roses was a worthwhile decision.

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Day Twelve – Missoula to Helena

September 2, 2025 0 comments

The theme of the day was ‘wind’. We were faced with wind no matter what direction we rode. The ride itself wasn’t the most beautiful we had as there was much riding along the side roads of the interstate and the interstate itself. It was, however, still beautiful, but more open and impacted by the winds whipping between the mountains. I rode the first 20 miles with my wind breaker on because it was in the 50s.. and, well, wind.

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Day Ten – Lolo to Missoula

August 30, 2025 0 comments

Remember the four key elements? Today was about ‘rest’. Today’s 36-mile ride was a nice recovery ride mostly downhill. It was a chilly 55 degrees when we started at 9 am – yes, 9 am! Normally our starts are between 6:45 and 7:30, but we had a little rest after yesterday’s big ride and there wasn’t any rush to get into Missoula today given that we would arrive in the morning and likely not have hotel rooms ready.

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Day Nine – Kamiah to Lolo

August 30, 2025 1 comment

The name of the game for today’s 115 mile-ride was about maintaining a cool and even pace throughout the first 102 miles to ensure you had something left in the tank for the 5-mile climb to the top of Lolo Pass. It’s also about ensuring that you keep your mind focused on your ability to manage and complete the climb.

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Day Eight – Lewiston to Kamiah

August 28, 2025 0 comments

As I rode today, I thought about the key elements to manage on this ride – or any ride. Of course, given that we are spending hours on a bike, we have nothing but time to think about these things.

I realized that there are four key elements to manage. There are several other uncontrollable elements like the weather, road conditions, etc… But, if you can focus on those within your control and establish a system of managing them, it makes the ride manageable and comfortable in spite of its challenges.

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