R4WH Day 1: San Diego to Julian, CA
Ride for World Health officially started our journey on Wednesday, March 26. We woke up in the darkness and scrambled to pack our luggage into the Budget truck and day bags into the support vans for the very first time. As the sun rose we donned our Ride for World Health kits (cycling jerseys and shorts) and headed for the Pacific Ocean with youthful enthusiasm. It is a tradition amongst cross country cyclists to dip your back tire at beginning of your journey and your front tire at the destination. Some cyclists will do this at state lines for cross-state rides. In our case, we ceremoniously lined up as a team and as a wave crashed in we all dipped are back tires in the salty Pacific ocean with the hope and dreams that in 52 days we...
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Ride for World Health: Coming to a City Near You
RIDE FOR WORLD HEALTH: Coming to a city near you! Yesterday, we all arrived in sunny San Diego ripe with expectations for our journey across America to meet the needs of the world. The eager group road tripped for 38 hours from Columbus, Ohio and met up with the other members like me who flew in from all over the country. We made some very quick introductions, gathered around the campfire for a bit, pitched our tents, and we comfortably slumbered at Campland.by the (Mission) Bay. We had a lot preparation to do on our first official day all together (21 of us, 20 national riders and 1 portion rider). The leadership team had a big day planned full of activities to prepare our newly formed cycling team for the cross country adventure ahead of us. First we gathered...
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Across the Country in 54 Days
This is a collection of stories from the 2013 Ride for World Health journey written by one of my best friends Erika. Erika inspired me to ride as a portions rider for 5 days and spend 7 days with the 2013 Ride for World Health cycling team. While biking from Nashville to Columbus, I became friends with so many of the riders and became aware how biking across America is such an amazing vehicle for change. Thanks Erika for the wonderful water ski memories as well as our Ride for World Health adventures. Please enjoy her whimsical collection of adventures which will be released in a two parts. -Dan Across the Country in 54 Days by Erika (part 1) This is the Ride for World Health, not the Race for World Health. Thank goodness for that, because this was my...
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Pentathletes Pork Tenderloin, Roasted Romenesco, & Espinacas con Garbanzos
On Saturday, March 8, 2014 a group of 5 brave individuals fittingly named “Snow Stoppin’ Us” competed in the Steamboat triathlon. (Stay tuned for the full race report on ActivePerformance.org). To celebrate our triumphant winter race we had a team dinner with our awesome supporters. We served a Pentathletes Pork Tenderloin, Roasted Romenesco, and Espinacas con Garbanzos. The highlight perfectly cooked pork was highlighted by the smoky and sweet blueberry chipotle sauce. This was paired quite nicely with the cumin flavored, Spanish inspired, espinacas con garbanzos. The baked romenesco finished off the meal with a little flare! Nothing like a healthy and hearty meal to share with friends and reminisce about the winter pentathlon. Espinacas con Garbanzos (Spinach with Garbanzo Beans) While Ashley and Colin were traveling in Seville, Spain they came across this delicious tapas dish everywhere. Today...
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