UPCOMING EVENTS
GRAVEL – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th MOUNTAIN BIKE – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th Riding will start and finish in Tahoe City In partnership with Truckee Trails https://truckeetrails.org/ these upcoming two events will test your pedaling legs!. We are planning a GRAVEL RIDE on Friday, September 8th and a MOUNTAIN BIKE ride on Sunday, the 10th. The Gravel Route will be […]
The Grand Picnic August 2023
We were thrilled to complete The Grand Picnic in 19.5 hours on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2023. Two close friends – Andrew Talansky and Tony Scarponi and 1 who will now be a friend forever – Jason Smith joined the adventure (at the last minute!). We started The Grand Picnic at 1 AM out of the […]
July 15-18, 2022: Road Pedal, Provincetown, Massachusetts to Montreal, Canada
The weather was looking good, so I decided to make this bike ride a “go.” I have always wanted to pedal from Boston to Montreal, but I decided to add another day. It just sounded better, got me close to 500 miles total, and covered some totally different and unique geography and history. I am […]
June 24, 2022 – Next/ASAP BBBC events
With the summer heating up, and my endurance fitness ramping up (although I never feel like it’s enough!) I was looking at the events of the BBBC and honestly feeling a bit intimidated! To say the least, I was a bit stressed about completing the events. I felt like I’d bit off more than I could […]
Miami, Arizona, and Texas
I purposefully put in significant effort the previous week, because I knew I had some travels coming up and wouldn’t be able to put in the training I needed. I also knew that it would be helpful to rest a bit. I travelled to Miami, Florida, for the Formula 1 races with some friends, coworkers, […]
May 21, 2022: Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Backcountry with Matt and Doug
I had some good mountain biking leading up to the weekend and was looking forward to sleeping in on Saturday, May 21. I had already promised to my great friend Matt that I would make it into the backcountry Saturday morning if he wanted to make it. He was feeling similarly to me: he would make […]
Saturday, September 3, 2022: Park City Point to Point Race
I was planning on doing the Park City Point to Point route, but not necessarily participating in the race, for the fifth Big Belt Buckle Challenge event. However, I could not figure out how to download the route, so I participated in the race the day of. I was able to get a spot and decided to […]
Monday, August 1, 2022: Grand Teton Summit Attempt, Round 2
We had a 3:00 a.m. start time. It was a four-hour hike to the lower saddle, plus another three hours to summit the Grand via the Upper Exum route, Golden Staircase, and Wall Street. We summitted at 10 a.m. I had wanted to climb this mountain since the first time I saw it 16+ years […]
July 3, 2022: Climbing the Grand Teton in Jackson, Wyoming
We woke up at 2:45 a.m. and arrived at the Grand Teton trailhead at 4:00 a.m. sharp to start the hike. It is a long one. I am not a huge planner; I go with a trail and a basic idea of the route, approach, and direction, etc., and just plan to grind it out! I thought […]
Big Belt Buckle Challenge Event #1: Mt. Shasta
After an overnight nap, a lot of eating, and the nine-hour drive to Mt. Shasta, we were going to attempt to summit the 14,180’ glaciated volcano on April 3. When we arrived at the trailhead at Bunny Flats around 5 p.m., the weather was perfect and the atmosphere was joyful among those that had been […]