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Day 77: Riding for Our Memories - Petaluma, California to San Francisco, California
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Day 70: Back to Dorm Living: Rest Day - Redding, California 
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Day 69: Flat Tires and Heat Waves - Mt. Shasta, California to Redding, California 
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2026 Journal Entries
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Day 66: Illini Orange and Crater Lake Blue - La Pine, Oregon to Crater Lake, Oregon
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Day 65: Birthdays Galore! - Bend, Oregon to La Pine, Oregon
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Day 64: The Expected Rest Day - Bend, Oregon
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Day 61: Shuttling to Another Place of Great Hospitality - Baker City, Oregon to John Day, Oregon and Day 62: Making the Long Drive to Bend - John Day, Oregon to Bend, Oregon
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Day 59 and Day 60: Four Wheels Instead of Two - Boise, Idaho to Ontario, Oregon
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Day 58: Rest Day - Boise, Idaho
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Day 57: Making the World Cup Final - Mountain Home, Idaho to Boise, Idaho
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Day 56: Triple Digit Temperature - Shoshone, Idaho to Mountain Home, Idaho
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Day 55: A Soggy Start and A Gorgeous End - Arco, Idaho to Shoshone, Idaho
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Day 54: Breakfast, Research, and Dinner with an Alum - Sugar City, Idaho to Arco, Idaho
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Day 53: Returning to a Familiar Friend - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming to Sugar City, Idaho
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Day 52: One National Park to Another and Always Gorgeous Views - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (Madison Campground)
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Day 51: Rest Day – Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Day 50: Is This Even Real? - Jackson, Wyoming to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (Lizard Creek Campground)
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Day 49: The Last Century! - Soda Springs, Idaho to Jackson, Wyoming
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Day 48: A Famous Oregon Trail (and Now Illini 4000) Stop - Logan, Utah to Soda Springs, Idaho
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Day 47: Olympic Trails and Cache Valley Treats – Salt Lake City, Utah to Logan, Utah
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Day 46: Rest Day - Salt Lake City, Utah
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Day 45: Our Biggest Climb and Hardest Falls - Heber City, Utah to Salt Lake City, Utah
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Day 44: Approaching the Mountains Once Again - Starvation, Utah to Heber City, Utah
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Day 43: Cooling Off - Vernal, Utah to Starvation, Utah
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Day 42:  A Century for Our Nation’s Two-and-a-Half - Meeker, Colorado to Vernal, Utah
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Day 41: Landscapes are Changing - Glenwood Springs, Colorado to Meeker, Colorado
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Day 40: Stories from a Rest Day - Glenwood Springs, Colorado
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Day 39: The Highest We'll Ever Be - Twin Lakes, Colorado to Glenwood Springs, Colorado
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Day 38: Catching Fire - Breckenridge, Colorado to Twin Lakes, Colorado
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Day 37: Another Cross-Country Cycling Team? Idaho Springs, Colorado to Breckenridge, Colorado
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Day 36: Parking Lot Miles - Boulder, Colorado to Idaho Springs, Colorado
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Day 35: Rest Day - Summiting the Flatirons
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Day 34: Clouds? Or Snow Covered Mountains in the Distance? Fort Morgan, Colorado to Boulder Colorado
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Day 32: A Bonus State - McCook, Nebraska to Wray, Colorado
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Day 31: The Second Century Collides with Rain - Kearney, Nebraska to McCook, Nebraska
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Day 30: The Same Road - York, Nebraska to Kearney, Nebraska
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Day 29: Tailwinds Exist? - Lincoln, Nebraska to York, Nebraska
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Day 28: Will You Be My Valentine? - Rest Day in Lincoln, Nebraska
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Day 27: The Largest Candy Store in Nebraska - Omaha, Nebraska to Lincoln, Nebraska
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Day 26: A New State for Everyone: Nebraska! - Atlantic, Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska
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Day 25: Headwind Monster - Des Moines, Iowa to Atlantic, Iowa
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Day 24: A Really Short One (Almost a Rest Day) - Newton, Iowa to Des Moines, Iowa
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Day 23: Racing Through Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa to Newton, Iowa
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Day 22: Into the Folds of Iowa - Davenport, Iowa to Iowa City, Iowa
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Day 21: Crossing the Mississippi - Rochelle, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa
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Day 20: Sidequesting! (verb: a break a long bike ride into shorter and fun bursts) - Oak Park, Illinois to Rochelle, Illinois
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Day 18: Ride to Ren’s (not Randy’s this time) and Day 19: Rest Day in Chicago - Kankakee, Illinois to Chicago, Illinois
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Day 16: Rest Day and Day 17: Leaving One Home and Racing Towards Another - Champaign, Illinois to Kankakee, Illinois
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Day 15: Enter Champaign - Home Sweet Home - Rockville, Indiana to Champaign, Illinois
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Day 14: Ride to Randy’s! - Indianapolis, Indiana to Rockville, Indiana
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Day 10: Hallmarks of the Midwest - Zanesville, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio
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Day 9: Last Glimpse of the Mountains - Wheeling, West Virginia to Zanesville, Ohio
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Day 8: Wheeling to Wheeling - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Wheeling, West Virginia
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(from left to right) Maaike, Charlene (a local from Ebensburg), Tada, Parker, and Vedang fixing the first of what would become many flats on this day.
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Day 7: Trail Riding, Flats, Hiking, and Exploring - Ebensburg, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Anthony (left) and Vedang (right) posing like the gods.
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Day 6: Feeling Like We Are On Top of Pennsylvania - State College, Pennsylvania to Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
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Day 5: A Much Needed Rest Day in State College, Pennsylvania
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Day 4: Taking a Break from Traffic and Riding to State College - Milton, Pennsylvania to State College, Pennsylvania
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Day 3: The sun came out to join us! - Lehighton, Pennsylvania to Milton Pennsylvania
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Day 2: The Rain Doesn’t Quit - Clinton, New Jersey to Lehighton, Pennsylvania
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Day 0: Visiting Damon Runyon and Continued Exploration of New York City
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Day -1 (Part 2): The Adventures of New York City
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First outdoor training ride as a team posing with the now famous “Anthony lift”
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Day -1 (Part 1): Oh, How Far We’ve Come!
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