Ride To Conquer Cancer, Training Progress, Part 45

This is my wife in my red truck coming to my rescue on Bond Pike, Aug 19. Turn up the sound to hear the rolling truck tires and the tweeting birds!

Ride To Conquer Cancer, Training Progress, Part 23

Nicholas-the-biking-weatherman commenting on the heat along Double Culvert near Luke. We decide to turn back. For some reason we are both exhausted after only six miles! I guess it's the heat. One thing is for certain--the Tour de France boys have nothing to fear from us.

Nicholas tells me he didn't want to be the first one to admit defeat. He is relieved when dear Old Dad prudently seeks relief in an air conditioned home supplied with homebrew.

Ride To Conquer Cancer, Training Progress, Part 22

This is Nicholas ascending a steep hill on Double Culvert to Luke. Listen carefully and you can hear him change gears. We get a late start today and it's hot. We turn around here and total only 12 miles today.