Tour Divide day six — leaders ride into the cold night
With five and a half days on the 2013 Tour Divide race clock, second-position rider Mike Hall had closed the gap on leader Craig Stappler to within ten miles as the two started the climb…
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Tour Divide day five — Leaders reach Idaho
With just over four and a half days on the race clock, Tour Divide leader Craig Stappler crossed into Idaho, a thousand miles on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. About twenty miles behind him…
3,100 miles around the block
It’s a footrace designed by a guru and touted as the longest in the world — but for the thousands of miles runners will travel in the Self-Transcendence race, the only ground they’ll cover encompasses a…
Tour Divide day four — Sustainable?
On a day when several Tour Divide riders are reporting body and bike issues are forcing them to cut back on their speed, race leader Craig Stappler is showing no signs of slowing an ambitious…
Tour Divide day two: Blistering pace and yo-yos
With just over 32 hours on the clock in the 2013 Tour Divide, both race leaders and the hundred-plus-strong “peloton” are setting a blistering pace, thanks to ideal weather and trail conditions. Dry road surfaces…
Face of a Trail Angel — Kirsten’s Tour Divide story
In Thru-Hiker Lingo she’d be called a “Trail Angel,” but for riders in the Tour Divide, Kirsten Henricksen is so much more — superfan, confidant, helper, healer. Kirsten runs a remote hunting lodge in the mountains…
Following the 2013 Tour Divide
It’s the second week in June, which can only mean that it’s finally time for one of my favorite events of the year — the Tour Divide. Now in its sixth year, the low-key, all-amateur, self-supported…
Race Across America begins
The Race Across America kicked off it’s 32nd year on Tuesday, June 11, in Oceanside, California, as 41 solo riders departed for the 3,000-mile non-stop, coast-to-coast endurance bicycle race. Thirty five teams will depart on…