Author: stradacorsajim

• Hot in the Rugged Beauty of Eastern WA

  We left Ritzville about 7am after a Starbucks coffee and a big breakfast. Pedaling into the sun, we headed out on gravel farm roads through the rolling wheat fields. We…

• Back on the Trail

  We are back to finish the XWA Mountain Bike Race Across Washington route! Othello was quickly put behind us. Right outside of town we were buzzed by a crop duster-…

• Unfinished Business

  Well, here we are in Othello, where I chose to end my ride due to my son-in-law’s medical emergency on May 24 (my birthday). Jeff and I will leave in…

• End of the Journey and Prayers Needed

  I had received a text on Saturday that my son-in-law, who was camping with his family in North East Oregon, had fainted and woke up with chest pain. By late…

• Day 7

  79.25 miles, almost 3,000’ of ascent. 416 miles so far… 3 additional riders ended up staying in the same motel as us last night. Alex and Alex, who we had…

• Slight Change of Plans

  About 1/3 of the racers have tapped out due to fatigue, injuries, and timing. More drop each day. There is a race-director approved alternate course that does not have quite…

• Day 6

  Can it be? We are hoping this is the middle day of the race- 5 days behind us, today, and 5 to go! Found out another rider crashed out yesterday…

• Day 5

  Day 5 Today is the climb up to Snoqualmie Pass. For breakfast, we are leftover Subway sandwiches from yesterday.  As we were loading the bikes in the breezeway of the…

• Day 4

  Today was full…and hard. Long post ahead! It rained all night long and we again packed everything pretty wet. We were a little late getting on the road- about 8am.…

• Day 3

  Port Angeles to Port Ludlow We got up about 5:30 AM and sorted through all of our gear and packed it. Then it was down to the lobby for a…