Recent content by prentice

Is it too early to talk about trying to do the longest day, 2022? I am already planning on doing it. Who else is in? Even though I actually saw only one other ride the whole day, it's nice to know there's others out there on the road doing it, too. I've already been hitting trainer pretty hard...

Official Status/Damage report: I made it all the way to the lighthouse this year, 211.28 miles, including the 2-3 miles that detour in the Robbinsville area (at least I think it was in that area) added. Started just before 4:30 AM, finished at about 9:45 PM. According to my GPS, total elapsed...

When you grow up in Sussex County, you have difference standards. And a good sense of humor.

I guess you didn't follow the detour?

I expected to finish around 8, actually finished at closer to 9:45. My ride time was better than I expected: 14 hours actually moving, about 14:15 with the GPS timer going. No idea where that extra 3 hours came from. I stopped for about 40 minutes for lunch, and then another 15 or so at Hot...

I'm not sure I'm even going to make it the whole way, so I'm going to stick with the The Longest Day 2019 for this year. I do like your monument to monument idea. I had I known sooner, I would have booked at room at the Rolling Hills motel in Sussex. I know that's a good place because my...

I didn't booking a hotel right now for me and my support vehicle driver. Looking at the rates, it looks more like I'll be staying at the Rosebud Motel, or the Bates Motel. I've been hitting the trainer and the road since January, but haven't put in too many long days, though. Not sure I'll...

I've got one word for you: CamelBak! Actually, I prefer the Osprey Raptor to anything Camelbak makes, but you get the idea. 3L of fluids, plus plenty of room for food, spare tubes, tools, and a headlight! Yes, I'm originally a MTBer. I've lost more than my share of water bottles on the trail...

Are those fahrenheit or celsius degrees? Asking for a friend.

Driving through Kansas on the interstate is deceiving. It appears flat, but as you drive across it (from the east) by the time you reach the border with Colorado, you're already 5000 feet above sea level. When they build highways, they do a lot to keep them as "flat" as possible. They literally...

Is it too late for me to get in on this action? I did the Longest Day in 2019, but had to bail out at mile 165, because I didn't get there until 10:30 PM. I have a score to settled. I don't think I'll be physically ready to do it by mid-May. By June 21st? Definitely. I don't think the aid...