Ragbrai 09
I'll keep it brief as I've covered this relatively well in the previous two years. It was great as always. Jillions of people and 7 days on the bike. The only noteworthy difference this year was I went into the week really really over tired. By the last couple of days I was out of gas and was ready to go home.
One thing I've been thinking about a lot lately is what happens away from the bike has such an huge impact on how things go on the bike. Not bike may be as important as bike. I think this basic formula applies to all sorts of things one wants or needs to do in life. This years Ragbrai was a great example. All the work I had done on the bike all spring and early summer was nearly mitigated by over work and stress in the week before the event.
Cycling has always been a tool for examining/testing assumptions and personal qualities. Cycling at a high effort level draws ideas into fine contrast to make them easy to see. Press hard this way reveals a great deal.
I think what has been drawn if finer detail this year is that a seemingly separate areas of life are connected whether the links are visible or not.
So this is every town, infested with cyclists.
Tent city... one of many
Some of the gang at a beer stop
Balloon race as we roll out of the first town on the first day.
The gang at camp.
Group shot
Loin cloth guy... sheesh
The finish
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