Tour Divide is pretty much an amatuer race from Banff British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico, about 2800 miles altogether WITH 200,000' of elevation gain through the Rockies. Heard about it through David Eaton, one of Dagmar's biking friends. He related the story of a man from Blue Springs, Missouri, Greg Goodman, who's doing the ride now targeting a 30 day completion. You carry all of your equipment, about 80 lbs, on your back. Greg is 60 years old! I believe the record is about 15 days.
Wikipedia Link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Divide
Track the Riders here http://trackleaders.com/tourdivide15
Greg Goodman is on the 4th days of his ride, 430 miles from the starting point.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/14028/9654326#embed
6 comments:
I would have done this except I couldn't get the 80 pound pack on my back the first day.
Bill Boyce Greg trained all winter by riding a stationery bike for 5 hours each night...I don't know if he wore his pack then. Maybe you should try it! !
Wow, that's amazing. Please ask Dagmar if David Eaton is related to Chris Eaton. Chris is a librarian at Woodneath and one of my co-workers when I worked there. She is married to a Dave Eaton but not sure it's the same one. Small world if it is....
Sandi Novinger Dagmar says his wife's name is Linda and she has MS, so no. But, maybe a relative?
Maybe. Thanks for checking!
have fun
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