Posts by Dan DeWaal

Every year I pick a race to be my “big one” for the year – a race that stretches and pushes my limits in cycling. I usually sign up for the race at least six months in advance and then orient my training around it. This year that big one was the Coast to Coast…

I can sum this race up in three words: Hard as hell. And I’m not kidding. This was the toughest race I’ve ever done – both physically and mentally. I’ve had plenty of not so nice things to say about Ohio and one of its college football teams, but they definitely know how to put…

Yes, that’s right. 100 miles on a mountain bike. It’s what separates the men from the boys. It refines and molds a person like iron in a fire.  A race of this caliber is not for the faint of heart. Like most bikers, it was my biking buddies that first planted the seed that maybe…