by Julie Lefebure | Jul 27, 2015 | personal journey
Life will return back to normal today. Or will it? After a life-altering, memory-making, attitude-impacting six days on RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa), I question if life for me will ever be the same. I mean, really, how does one...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 26, 2015 | personal journey
Climbing back on the bike on day 6–our last day of RAGBRAI was easier than I expected it to be. At least physically. My legs weren’t quite as sore, and actually, they felt stronger than ever. Biking for days straight built more muscle than I remembered...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 24, 2015 | personal journey
Hills and more hills seemed to be the theme of yesterday’s ride. Oh my goodness. I’d have to say, we’re getting pretty good at them, even though some are killers! The song “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor helped us up one of them. We have...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 22, 2015 | personal journey
What a gorgeous day! Those of you who have prayed for us and for good weather, God has answered your prayers! Thank you! We cannot get over the mild weather this week…. in the middle of July… in Iowa! Last night’s sleep was wonderful in our tent....
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 21, 2015 | personal journey
I’d have to say, we’re getting this tandem biking thing down. We cranked up the speed today, and arrived in our overnight town by 3:30pm. Today’s 73 mile ride was beautiful. Tiring, but beautiful. So many great towns. Seven to be exact…...
by Julie Lefebure | Jul 20, 2015 | personal journey
Our day started at 1:20 a.m. when I woke as my husband was attempting to “batten down the hatches” of our tent. A storm was rolling in. Only by the grace of God did he wake to look at the weather radar on his phone in time to do so. But of course, my...
