Most Excellent Adventures

9 April 2025

This is not the Greatest Ride in the World, This is Just a Tribute

In November 2016, after a long season on racing circuit, a few intrepid friends met in Kernville for an all-day adventure. Back then, we were childless semi-professional dirtbags with legs…Read more

4 April 2025

The Mojave Road

Mojave National Preserve - Southern CA

The guidebooks say to take two to three days to drive it; but can it be ridden by bicycle in one day? From the Colorado River to Camp Cady near…Read more

5 February 2021

During COVID lockdowns, people around the world have completed varying degrees of crazy activities in very limited spaces. From parking lot marathons to single-story stair climbing Everestings, it seems we…Read more

14 August 2020

Mapping Possibilities

Inyo National Forest - Sequoia National Park - Southern CA

Maps are an important part of my life. As a former graphic designer, I have a special place in my heart for a good map. Metro maps, letter press world…Read more

12 December 2019

The Marathon Protagonists

Sacramento - Northern CA

Sunday, December 8, 2019 was one of the most fulfilling days of my athletic career. Instead of chasing my own goal, I was a pacer at the California International Marathon…Read more

29 June 2017

Cerro Noroeste and Quatal Canyon Summer and Winter Exploration

Los Padres National Forest - Southern CA

File this one under "things to do on the way to L.A.". I've eyed the taller peaks in Los Padres for many years, but few people have documented their visits,…Read more

8 June 2017

Dirty Kanza – It Doesn’t Get Any Easier

Emporia - Kansas

Observations from a day spent clinging to the lead group in the Dirty Kanza 200. What I ate, what I would have done differently, and will I be back? I…Read more

21 December 2016

Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Spandex 2016

Managua - Nicaragua

For most international bike racing adventurers, one lap around a country lacking first world comforts is adequate to acquire the experience. Not so for Blake. In October 2016, he returned…Read more

16 December 2016

A Different Kind of Hammertime

Rosarito - Mexico

Adventuring and competing define many of us, but we should remind ourselves that we do what we do because we are fortunate enough to live in a time and place…Read more

7 October 2016

The Hardest Hundred

Gilroy - Northern CA

Hands down, no question, without a doubt the most ridiculous bike ride I have ever done in a single day, full stop. Two months off the bike, then one hundred…Read more

5 October 2016

Una Semana in Puerto Rico

Old San Juan - Vieques Island - Puerto Rico

Blake planned to race his bike in Puerto Rico, but some logistical SNAFUs resulted in something he rarely experiences: a vacation without biking. Blake is an excellent photographer, so he…Read more

24 September 2016

Kern River to Mt Whitney

Golden Trout Wilderness - Mt Whitney - Sequoia National Forest - Southern CA

A story about buying cheap boots, mostly sitting in an office (or on a saddle) and never going hiking, and deciding to summit Mount Whitney at the end of a…Read more