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Old 07-31-23, 05:32 AM
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It was a wild ride for sure. More challenging than last year when I did it. Some veterans I have befriended said it was the hardest they ever remember. The heat days were quite dangerous to those who have heart condition. I have personally seen multiple events of rescues and people having some kind of serious distress. Multiply this by all day riders that I missed and one could easily surmise there were at least 100 medical events per day. No matter how you slice it, riding 100 or close to 100 miles per day is no joke and those who think Iowa is flat were proven wrong, severely.

Great experience for me. We had a great time. My friend Eric in the Celtics jersey experienced RAGBRAI for the first time, this was my second. We bought are open to do it again next year :-)


















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