by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pella, Ia. – It’s the classic first-day-of-school question: What did you do this summer? And when it comes up in room 4B at Crossroads Elementary School in West Des Moines, the new batch of wide-eyed fourth graders in Ms. (Carol) Mahlendorf’s class...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Crystal Davis was inspired to go on RAGBRAI by the death of a man she didn’t even know. She was in her first bike race last October, toward the back, when she saw a man lying in the road. A moment later a younger man she had been talking to earlier during the...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here’s a quick primer about today’s 52-mile ride from Knoxville to Oskaloosa: WEATHER: The ride will start today with clear skies and temperatures in the mid-60s, WHO-TV forecasts. Expect a high in the mid-80s. There is a chance for storms late tonight. TONIGHT’S...
by Mark | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Of all the characters I imagined I might meet along Wednesday’s 50-mile rolling route from Des Moines to Knoxville, the “Condom King” of RAGBRAI probably surprised me most. But before I reached him I pedaled out of Des Moines amid a gaggle of confused out-of-staters...
