Jul
18
2008
We put our bike shoes on today for a short and fast (20 miles) warm-up ride from Dover to Canterbury. Tomorrow and the next day we have back-to-back 100-mile rides through France. We are going to France to begin the final leg of 10 Degrees Latitude. The remaining portion is a bike from Calais to [...]
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Jul
16
2008
14 hours 23 minutes
We made it! Everyone helped! It was awesome!
It was a gorgeous day for a swim from England to France. The middle map pretty well tells the story of our relay swim across the English Channel. We started the morning off strong on Shakespeare Beach and finished the day cold and [...]
Tags: adam hazlett, cold, english channel, europe, finis, finished, neal mueller, ocean, Sponsor, sponsors, suunto, trip report
Jul
04
2008
Ride stats today
Leeds to Nottingham
75 miles
1800 feet climbed
1000 sheep. Some cows. 63 pigs.
2 nuclear reactors
Our route took us through Sherwood Forest, which was fun for me. It’s hard not to feel like a kid again riding through Sherwood Forest into Nottingham!
Today was a pretty nice day. It’s a shame that as we come further [...]
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Jun
29
2008
Ride stats today
Perth to Edinburg
60 miles
3000 feet climbed
1 huge bridge
1500 sheep
Our blog today will come in the form of 3 videos. We’re too tired to blog. Short version…Ride today was scheduled to be 40 miles. Arrived at Edinburgh bridge (5 miles to hotel) at 2 PM. Arrived at hotel just after 4 PM. We saw [...]
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Jun
26
2008
Ride stats today
Bonar Bridge to Inverness
60 miles
3500 feet climbed
3000 sheep
Today began beautifully. The sun shining and there was little wind. We decided to put the Bellwether rain coats away and head south.
The first part of the journey was phenomenal. We were almost alone on the road, and even though the climbs were tough, we were [...]
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Jun
24
2008
We wanted to congratulate our good friend Holly Bennett from Gu. She competed and kicked butt in the Ironman Coeur d’ Alene in Idaho last weekend. She finished in 12 hr 18 min. Good enough for 21st place in her division out of 177. Great Job!
Tags: finis, finished, ironman