Tour Divide Race 2015 - Letter of Intent

My last blog post happened to be entitled "The next big biking adventure" & described my hope to compete in the 2014 Tour Divide Race. As is sometimes the case, life happened and for me the race didn't come to fruition.

I find myself some 18 months later in a very different place in so many ways.

With one exception. The Tour Divide Race.

Ever since watching the documentary with a ride buddy (thanks Jamey!) I've been drawn to that crazy undertaking. "The worlds toughest mountain bike race" sounded like my cup-of-tea.

This July I'll turn the big five-zero. What better way to celebrate than to be competing in the aforementioned race?

SO

The training has begun (albeit very tardily).

The bike is (mostly) built.

What's left?

To officially throw down the gauntlet to myself & to put it out there for all to see.

The Tour Divide Race 2015 is now on my calendar!!

The official race entry has been submitted and now sits on the 2015 TD Start List

Come mid-June of this year, I'll hopefully be joining a bunch of similarly crazy riders in Banff to setoff on the adventure of a lifetime.

Let the games begin!


For those of you who are Strava-inclined, you can follow my training exploits here