Hello and happy fall. Welcome to King of the Ride podcast. I am Ted King and on our show today is

special guest Laura King, my wife. This is episode number 65 recorded in early September 2020.

The summer, as you may be aware, was largely a reprieve from podcasting as Laura and I saddled up with Hazel and van-lifed it across the country, back and forth, east to west to east once again amid a funky year with COVID.

So now backtrack 10 episodes to show number 55.

And you can hear the precursor to this particular episode.

Number 55 came to life and into this world on March 2nd.

Our daughter Hazel came into the life and into this world on March 8th.

Therefore, now fast forward to the present. This episode is all about how parenthood has treated

the two or three of us. How parenthood and traveling a huge chunk of the summer in a four-wheeled

vehicle with a four, turned five,

then turned six-month-old, has treated us. It has been a wild and wonderful ride. I think this

is going to be a show that you are really going to enjoy, so stay tuned. Hey, what is the longest

distance that you think I can ride all in one go?

I routinely can do 100 miles a century.

I've done a few double centuries, the 200 on 100 and 200, not on 100s.

You might remember I did a single 310 mile ride this summer the length of Vermont entirely on gravel roads and that nearly destroyed me.

But for the sake of a great cause, let's see just how far I can ride.

Ladies and gentlemen, this October and just days away is the 10th anniversary of the King Challenge.

Given the effects of COVID, we have decided to go virtual, as are all reasonable events this calendar year. So if you think of regular

events, gravel events, cycling events, the things that I'd be typically doing this summer,

it is a gosh darn shame that they are off the calendar. It is sad. Those events do represent countless

hours, literally just a little bit of blood, sweat and tears for the sake of a great event.

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