Today meet Chris Van Roekel, a retired Veteran who is on to talk about off season training. So when RAGBRAI offered a virtual event in 2020, Chris saw this as an opportunity to rediscover his love of cycling. He completed Virtual RAGBRAI and enjoyed those miles so much he just kept on pedaling. What started as a mission to burn 1,000 calories of activity a day turned into something that offered Chris both mental and physical benefits that have paid off in many ways. Chris is shooting for 5,000 miles on the bike this year and by the sounds of it, he is well on his way to his goal. He is so right when he says the more training time you put in, the more capable you are going to be to do things you didn’t realize you could.

If you are on Facebook, check out his podcast called Disgruntled Veteran Productions

https://soundcloud.com/justgobike/episode-16-mountain-bike-flat-midwest

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www.murphologypodcast.com