RAGBRAI Training: The 4 H’s of RAGBRAI – Headwinds

by Coach David Ertl In my last blog, I discussed the 4 H’s of RAGBRAI – Hills, Headwinds, Heat and Humidity.  This time I am going to focus on Headwinds and how you can deal with them.  Let’s face it, no cyclist really likes headwinds, but here are some tips to help...

RAGBRAI Pre-Ride Day 7 – Coralville to Davenport

The last day of the Route Inspection, and the last day of RAGBRAI, are always bittersweet. This past week we dodged the rain and conquered the hills and headwinds. We had lots of fun biking and meeting people from the towns we will visit in just a few weeks, and ate a...

RAGBRAI Pre-Ride Day 6 – Hiawatha to Coralville

Wow we can’t wait to throw back to last Thursday, Hiawatha RAGBRAI Committee, we had so much fun and it was really nice to roll into dinner at the Fire House as soon as we got to town. After five days of biking, we were HUNGRY! We left Hiawatha this morning with...