Kimberly Evering: Empire State Ride - Cycling For a Purpose Seek Travel Ride

Have you ever considered joining a cycling charity ride?  Wondered what it would be like to cycle big distances day in day out for a week?  In this episode I chat with Kimberly Evering to discuss her doing exactly that.

Kimberly is no stranger to challenges.  In fact she has built up a reputation of taking on new and exciting challenges which would regularly push you out of your comfort zone.  She pushed herself to the brink competing in Spartan events and even took on the  trifecta  - a challenge of completing three Spartans in one calendar year. 

So it was  in 2020 Kimberly signed up for the Empire State Ride - a seven day charity cycling event which would entail riding across the state of New York as a fundraiser for Cancer research.  She enjoyed cycling for fitness but this would be the first time she'd look to take on something so big. She found the fundraising ride would also give her challenge a sense of purpose which would help her keep motivated and focused for the goal. But as we all know the pandemic and the year 2020 meant lots of things wouldn't go to plan.  The Empire State ride -  like many other events - would have to take place virtually.  Kimberly completed the challenge but it certainly wasn't the same.

So in 2021 Kimberly signed up to do the event again.  She felt completing the virtual challenge wasn't something that she could be content with and she wanted to push the boundaries and see what it would be like cycling such big distances day in day out.  In this episode she describes her lead-up to the event and also the camaraderie of her fellow event participants which helped to spur her on and  get through the seven day charity ride. 

I really enjoyed this chat with Kimberly, and learning more about how her attitude of saying yes to a life of adventure has turned her in to the 'Gal on the Go', and someone with a reputation of seeing what is possible.

You can follow along with Kimberly's  next challenges via the links below:
Gal on the Go Unplugged Podcast
Gal on the Go website
Instagram

Find out more about the Empire State Ride here

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