Claro Brasil Ride – Stage 2

by Sonya Looney November 25, 2010

The alarm went off at 4 AM to prep for our 6 AM start. 90 miles for the day. It was dark and rainy. We were riding from the village of Mucuge to Rio de Contas. At the start, my body greeted me with bad legs. This was the only day I wore my heart [...]

Claro Brasil Ride – Prologue Stage 1

by Sonya Looney November 25, 2010

The Claro Brasil Ride slogan is “More than a race… a stage in your life.” Initially I thought it was kind of funny, but by the end of the race it had become reality. This is currently the hardest race I have ever done. It’s not because the courses are particularly difficult, it’s just that [...]

Claro Brasil Ride – Pre-race

by Sonya Looney November 25, 2010

This was my first time traveling to South America. Our travel day ended up being right about 27 hours. We got on a plane in Denver –> Atlanta –> Rio de Janiero (this airport was different from a lot of other airports meaning it wasn’t like being in a mall. There was one shop and [...]

Claro Brasil Ride Video Recap

by Sonya Looney November 25, 2010

The best way to get an overall idea of an experience is to see it with your own eyes. I just got back from a 6 day mountain bike stage race in Brazil! Claro Brasil Ride has some really great videographers they brought in that braved sitting on the back of dirt bikes in the [...]

Brasil- the Visual

by Sonya Looney November 9, 2010

I’ve never been to Brasil before and I’m excited to see what the landscape will be like in Bahia. One thing is certain, it will be different from any place I’ve been, and it will be summer! I pulled all these photos off the race website. If you missed, it’s http://brasilride.com.br/site/Home?en. They will be posting [...]

Claro Brasil Ride – 6 day mountain bike stage race

by Sonya Looney November 8, 2010

In between all my sort of philosophical discussions lately, I’ve been racing cyclocross and trying to prepare for my last mountain bike race of the year. So you’ve heard that Jeff Kerkove and I are going to race a co-ed duo in Brasil. It starts on Saturday. I’ve mentioned it’s 6 days and 326 miles, [...]