Every year I get a package in the mail that gives me a bit of inspiration and satisfaction. This package is the return of my control cards from the BC Randonneur Club, having been certified by the Commission of Randonneurs for the Audax Club Parisien in France. Looking over these records I am reminded of every control station and the satisfaction of completing each ride. It also serves to inspire me to go a little further, and perhaps even a bit faster, next year.

Last weekends Beyond Hope ride with the BC Randonneurs club was by my standards a great success. Being only my second 400km ride and my first with a night time start I wasn’t sure how I’d be feeling at the end. Turns out 19 1/2 hours after starting I was feeling pretty great! This was a different route from last years 400 but I took almost 4 hours off last years time. A lot of that is due to the pace lines that were formed on the ride into Hope, and again from Hope to Fort Langley.

There was very little rain to deal with but [...]

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I weighed myself this morning and found I was 250 on the button. It’s been at least 15 years since I last weighed this little (little being a relative term). I’m planning a 5 1/2 day ride down to San Fransisco in September and I’d like to get rid of as much spare luggage as possible, so this was rather encouraging.

I’m getting ready for the “Beyond Hope” 400km ride with the BC Randonneurs cycling club. This will be my second 400km ride and will be my first night start. The ride will start in Vancouver at 9pm, taking me east beyond the city of Hope (ergo the rides name) and up, up , up to the Manning Park Resort. Then I’ll turn around and return to Vancouver. My last 400 took me 23 hours and change. I’m telling myself that the added elevation of this ride, minus the weight I’ve lost in the last year should result in something close to 24 hours of [...]

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Yeah ok. I let my old website sit dormant for about 3 years and now I’m thinking of keeping something a little more current. Lets see if I can do it.