Archive for June, 2006

Adventures for the cure

Monday, June 26th, 2006

I got an email recently from Adam Driscoll, who is one of three guys cycling across the United States this summer on fixed gear bikes.
Yep, that’s right. They plan to ride roughly 6000 miles from Seattle, Washington to Ocean City, Maryland on bicyles with one gear. For comparison, my bicycle […]

June 25: Putnam, Connecticut to Harvard, Massachusetts

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Just like yesterday, I woke up early and looked out the window to see what the weather was like. Just like yesterday, it was coming down pretty hard. Just like yesterday, I went back to bed.
I woke up to someone knocking at our door. It was our 7 AM breakfast being delivered. […]

June 24: Winsted to Putnam, Connecticut

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I wanted to get an early start today, so I got up this morning at about 5:30. I looked out the the window and saw a heavy rain coming down. I groaned and contemplated how a 70-mile ride in this kind of rain was going to feel. Not a pretty picture. […]

June 23: Bayer HealthCare corporate headquarters

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Today, we drove in from Connecticut to visit the Bayer HealthCare corporate headquarters. I had been invited there to a lunch for the entire staff (nearly 1,000 people) in honor of my selection as the winner of the 2005 Bayer Dream Fund. The honor was all mine, let me tell you!
It was so […]

June 22: Red Hook, New York to Winsted, Connecticut

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

New York is an amazing state. Heading east out of Red Hook this morning, I began a roughly 10 mile stretch of road that was unmarked and incredibly quiet. It was so quiet that for the first time since leaving Salt Lake City, I was seriously worried about rounding a corner or coming […]