Events « HIV Longevity

28May/12Off

I have a mighty tale of intrigue, adventure, and excruciating pain. A few months ago my good buddy, Keith, sent me an email calmly asking if I'd like to join him on a century. For the uninitiated, a "century" is a 100-mile long bicycle ride. As you can imagine, 100-mile on a bike is a long and painful trek. This particular ride (aptly named: the Mountains of Misery) was beyond [...]

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3Sep/11Off

Bicycle Ride on a Little Ole Hill

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

I have wanted to do the 54-mile Mount Weather loop ever since I heard it existed. It is dubbed as one of the toughest hill climbs in my area. It’s also one of the most [...]

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7Aug/11Off

Ninety-Eight More to Go!

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

A year ago I set a stiff goal for myself ... I decided to complete 100 triathlons in my lifetime. Well, I just came back from number two.

This was [...]

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22May/11Off

Century Ride Around the Potomac River

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

This was a fantastic adventure (as usual) ... It actually starts a few weeks ago. You see, Pete normally maps out our rides. And he sent me the desired route a few weeks ago. One part of the route stood out as odd to me. I thought it might be a gravel road. So I drove out to the spot and checked. It turns out the road is dirt and [...]

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9May/11Off

My First 5K!

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

As usual in my life, I did this backward ... What do I mean by that? Well, I've already run a marathon, done a triathlon, ridden a century on my bicycle and done other obscure endurance events ... Even making three attempts at [...]

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14Sep/10Off

Century Bicycle Ride to the Beach

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In keeping with my plan to participate in three major events each year of the rest of my life, I rode a 100+ mile bicycle ride with some of my best friends. We decided to ride from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to Ocean City, Maryland.

You can see [...]

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1Sep/10Off

My First Triathlon

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

Okay, so it was only a mini-sprint (think real short, like George Castanza in a cold swimming pool) ...

The race broke down like this [...]

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4Jul/10Off

Climbing Mount Rainier in 2010

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

My non-stop flight to Washington was uneventful ... Just before landing I could see the behemoth known as Mount Rainier. At 14,412 feet it is among the tallest peaks in the 48 contiguous states. It also has one of the largest glacier systems in North America. Rainier is famous for creating its own weather systems and having extremely hazardous conditions. For this reason, many people travel from around the world to train on [...]

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22Sep/09Off

C&O Canal Ride 2009 from D.C. to Cumberland

Posted by Vaughn Ripley

"Behind us lay the whole of America and everything Dean and I had previously known about life, and life on the road. We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic."
-- Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Friday, September 19, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. Andrew and I started loading our bicycles on my truck. We packed tons of Gu, power bars and bottles of water. We piled into my FJ Cruiser and headed to Pete’s house. Our plan was simple (they always start that way) [...]

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