I completed the first part of my national book tour this morning, and
can report overwhelming success! The Road Guide is now available at
these locations:
Revelations
AJ's Bike Shop
The Meredith Hirsch Salon (61 Broadway, Suite 204--upstairs)
Looks like everyone is selling it for the same price as 21st Century,
$14. So buy a copy for yourself, a back-up copy (you can never be
sure what might happen), stocking stuffer copies, birthday gift
copies, bathroom copies (those are a must-have), etc. Remember, I'm
making a ton of $ off this, so help support my now-defunct 403b
retirement plan. It's a really good cause.
I may or may not ride this weekend. I'll likely be in Chicago
prepping for the Oprah show, which kicks off the national tour that
starts next week. You'd think I'd be excited, but all this national
attention and success is going to kill my training program. So will
it be worth it? Only time will tell. Right now, the cramping in my
hand from signing autographs is killing me, so I have to wonder. I'll
keep y'all posted.
Pasta lumbago!
Greg
July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
RAGBRAI 09'
Several of us are planning to ride with RAGBRAI next Friday and Saturday.
Here is the proposed schedule.
Friday, July 24. Depart from BP Amoco at 8:00 AM and ride to Packwood where
we will meet up with RAGBRAI. Then we go with RAGBRAI to Mt. Pleasant. We'll
hang out for a bit in MP and then cycle back to Fairfield. Total distance is
approximately 90 miles.
Saturday, July 25. Depart from BP Amoco at 7:30 AM via car and drive to Mt.
Pleasant. From there, we'll cycle to Burlington and then back to Mt. Pleasant. Total distance is approximately 90 - 100 miles.
photographs by Carolyn Waksman
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Six Hour Centuries
So guys,
The weather today was perfect for a fast century ride. Sunny, mid 70ties with a cool breeze all day. Jim, Sol, Jeff, Joe Dowd & Tom got everyone organized and working together. We hit some heavenly smooth roads, and the thought popped into my head "we're biking in heaven".
Pedaling along at a fast clip, working together for mile after speedy mile, Jim called out that we were hitting 19.9 MPH. Bless his constant inspirational talks. With all the bikers hunched over their handlebars, concentration etched on everyone's face, Jeff admired the newly adjusted height of Sol's handlebars, when suddenly, Sol's voice rung out: "Hey, Chaz. How do I look on my bike? Does my ass look good?". I gagged on my water laughing so hard that I almost drove into the ditch.
Joe Dowd spend the either ride either pulling an echelon setting a lovely, fast pace, or, rushing half a mile ahead of the first riders and doing serpentines, playing like a kid on his bike, or driving along my side, singing. Now, Coach Jim mentioned that if he heard chatting, we were going too slow. The rest of the group was busy breathing in and out, getting oxygen into our cramping extremities, never mind having the energy to chat. We were peddling at 19MPH and here was Joe, singing.....
Yes, Jim, we need a bit more discipline staying tight in the echelons both up and down the hills for the duration of the entire century ride, but each time we ride, hopefully we get a bit better....
All in all, I'd say we did pretty darn good pulling off a century ride in 5:18 hrs. Thank you for pushing me to do this. The ride today was fantastic!
The Dane
The weather today was perfect for a fast century ride. Sunny, mid 70ties with a cool breeze all day. Jim, Sol, Jeff, Joe Dowd & Tom got everyone organized and working together. We hit some heavenly smooth roads, and the thought popped into my head "we're biking in heaven".
Pedaling along at a fast clip, working together for mile after speedy mile, Jim called out that we were hitting 19.9 MPH. Bless his constant inspirational talks. With all the bikers hunched over their handlebars, concentration etched on everyone's face, Jeff admired the newly adjusted height of Sol's handlebars, when suddenly, Sol's voice rung out: "Hey, Chaz. How do I look on my bike? Does my ass look good?". I gagged on my water laughing so hard that I almost drove into the ditch.
Joe Dowd spend the either ride either pulling an echelon setting a lovely, fast pace, or, rushing half a mile ahead of the first riders and doing serpentines, playing like a kid on his bike, or driving along my side, singing. Now, Coach Jim mentioned that if he heard chatting, we were going too slow. The rest of the group was busy breathing in and out, getting oxygen into our cramping extremities, never mind having the energy to chat. We were peddling at 19MPH and here was Joe, singing.....
Yes, Jim, we need a bit more discipline staying tight in the echelons both up and down the hills for the duration of the entire century ride, but each time we ride, hopefully we get a bit better....
All in all, I'd say we did pretty darn good pulling off a century ride in 5:18 hrs. Thank you for pushing me to do this. The ride today was fantastic!
The Dane
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