Arvid’s 2018 ride will take him from northern Canada to Key West, Florida. Covering a total of 7,200km, this ride will complete the journey Arvid began in 2016, when a crash brought it to an end. To follow his mission…

RAAM 2017 was my last ‘MULTI-WEEK SINGLE STAGE’ elite world-class bike event. Just to clarify, I will continue to use my cycling platform to raise funds for destitute children rescued by Mully Children’s Family, but NOT by participating in events…

Make lemonade! (Or suck on lemons to make you feel better)

Our previous post explains the situation we find ourselves in and even though Arvid is making strides towards mineral balance, hydration and has recovered from heat exhaustion, the reality of RAAM being a timed race simply makes it impossible for…

Arvid continues to work on improving his mineral imbalance and dehydration and heat exhaustion. This imbalance has caused severe cramping making it impossible to ride at times. He has been working very hard in extreme heat and terrain.  His stomach…

Arvid is riding into Prescott with a favourable tail wind and a slight downhill.  #KFC – here we come!!

All 9 of our grandsons are praying for us while we are on RAAM.  Here is the prayer from O.  Dear Jesus, please help Grampa to be safe on the bike ride and help him to raise lots of money…

Arvid could finally retain some breakfast, after him and the whole crew had a great 4 hour sleep. We past TS6. Weather is hot again. 

Arvid has been struggling all day today with keeping food down. He has had little food (that has stayed down) in the last 24 hours.  He took several longer breaks in the afternoon and evening but we have now stopped…

After a good nap/rest of 3 hrs we are on the road again. Iced water, yerba, beef jerky and a lot of salt got some of the minerals back and Arvid is racing again! 

Arvid is taking a rest. The heat is intense! The minerals in his body are somewhat out of balance and he needs to recover a bit before continuing. Pray for a swift recovery. 

Every event has its twists and turns. This one is no different.  The follow crew headed out with Arvid yesterday from Oceanside. The ‘chore’ vehicle was to go ahead to Blythe so they could take over crewing in the middle…

The first crew of this race got a good 3hs of sleep this morning. Lunch was excellent at the Sizzler in Blythe. Slowly catching up to Arvid past TS4 -Parker. Nice and warm at 37C