July 11, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Wrapping up your preparation for RAGBRAI

I recently saw a post on the RAGBRAI Facebook page about feeling burned out from training. I expect there may be many of you out the...

June 30, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Don’t underestimate your ability to complete RAGBRAI

A common question I get from readers is whether I think they can ride and complete RAGBRAI, and they give me their history and train...

June 12, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Q&A Time for RAGBRAI

Unlike most blogs where I have a single topic to discuss, today I don’t. Instead I’m just going to give a few random questions I am ...

May 19, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Never Fear, RAGBRAI is Not Near (Yet)

So as I’ve been perusing the RAGBRAI Facebook group posts, I see some posts where some of your are concerned about being behind in y...

April 21, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Endurance is King for RAGBRAI

I’ve written about this topic just about every year for the past 14 years. But that’s because it is the single most important bit of...

April 07, 2023

RAGBRAI Training: Over the Hill Gang

No, I’m not referring to the 1969 western comedy, I’m referring to you. After doing RAGBRAI L you will all be part of the over-the-h...