PreTrip

Well, my start date is fast approaching.  I am excited and nervous.  This will be quite the solo undertaking.  I have never done more than a 2 day bike trip, and I am going to bike 2300 miles from Glacier National Park in Montana to Fairbanks, Alaska.  But, I hadn't been backpacking for longer than a week before I completed my southbound thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2011.  But, bike-packing is a different beast.  I have been putting lots of miles on my bike in the mean time, and of course my LA marathon training certainly helped prime my fitness. 

My toughest ride so far was 75 miles with 4300+ feet of gain