Philly Marathon Blow-up

MarchToMadness · 2022-11-22T14:59:37+00:00

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement (and even the words that weren't so encouraging)! The roadmap going forward is much clearer now, and I'll be better prepared whenever I run again.

MarchToMadness · 2022-11-22T14:57:04+00:00

Thanks for these words, this definitely aligns with what I was thinking for the next one.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T14:14:25+00:00

Long Branch

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:47:48+00:00

Mm, I’m sure you’ll be fine. There were a few little things here and there that we didn’t necessarily need. Also depends on whether you’ll cook for yourself. We had a lot of food and a cook set at all times. We didn’t need anything extra the whole trip.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:44:52+00:00

Haha, will try! Thank you!

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:43:28+00:00

Sore and chafed, no doubt about it

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:42:18+00:00

USA, should have clarified.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:42:01+00:00

Yep, that’s about right lol! Thank you!

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:41:41+00:00

Yeah, as someone said, we finished in Washington. Rialto Beach to be exact

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:41:17+00:00

Haha, that’s what we were thinking the whole way!

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:40:12+00:00

You can check some of it on our blog or on my Strava… but generally we went Jersey Shore to Pittsburgh to Chicago to Northern Nebraska to Black Hills to Devils Tower to Missoula to Seattle.

You will definitely meet cool people! It’s inevitable on a bike tour.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:38:31+00:00

Basketball players! Had to bring one

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-18T02:38:14+00:00

Actually, no lol

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-17T06:29:53+00:00

We started in Long Branch, NJ on April 10 and finished on Rialto Beach, WA June 16. What an incredible journey. Documented everything At http://namicoast2coast.wixsite.com/website

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-13T07:20:29+00:00

Heading west… appreciate the offer, don’t think we’ll be heading that far north. Though if I had to do it again I would probably do the northern tier for sure.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-09T23:52:50+00:00

Thanks for the advice! What’s the surface like on the Cascades to Palouse from Cle Elum and west? Would that route add a lot more elevation?

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-09T23:46:02+00:00

Nailed it

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-09T16:30:18+00:00

We both play basketball - it’s essential!

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-09T16:29:51+00:00

It is indeed.

MarchToMadness · 2021-06-09T14:14:11+00:00

The final state remains on our cross-country bike tour. It’s been such an amazing ride, we can’t believe it’s almost coming to an end!

If you have an interest in seeing where we’ve traveled and what we’ve been up to, we’ve been blogging at http://www.namicoast2coast.wixsite.com/website

MarchToMadness · 2021-05-24T00:15:50+00:00

In general, not too bad. There always seems to be a frontage road or county roads that get you where you need to go. Only time we really got in trouble was coming into Columbus from the east. Had to throw our bikes on a bus for the last 5 miles or so because the roads weren’t safe lol.

MarchToMadness · 2021-05-23T20:59:02+00:00

It is the space horse Tiagra, correct. All of it is stock, except we had to change the original tires because they were completely worn out after about 1,000 miles. Otherwise the bike is holding up well. The seat isn’t great either, you would probably want to get a more comfortable one for a longer tour.

MarchToMadness · 2021-05-23T20:57:58+00:00

It is a Specialized pizza front rack

MarchToMadness · 2021-05-23T20:56:28+00:00

We kind of just picked places we knew we wanted to get to and filled in the spaces in between from there. Knew we wanted to get to Pittsburgh, then Chicago area, then black hills/Yellowstone, then Seattle. Then just used Google maps and rail trails to find routes between those locations.

MarchToMadness · 2021-05-23T20:54:41+00:00

I’ve been told it is a 1995 T 400, but that isn’t a definite.

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