Last week TEAM CLIF BAR rider Sean Piper sounded off the first three day of RAGBRAI 2010, an annual seven-day ride across Iowa beginning near the western border and ending along the eastern border at the Mississippi River.

As promised, here are the final four days of what proved to be an amazing journey.

Day: 4 – Not all roads are as smooth as the other

On a multi-day ride, you tend to go through a variety of emotions. Today was just one of those days that began on a bumpy road. Sunglasses were misplaced, debit cards disappeared, and saddles unseated themselves during the morning prep. Several cups of coffee later, compliments of our awesome host couple, we had managed to locate most of our AWOL items and some of our sanity, but Aily was still without a place to seat her bike shorts. Luckily, there happened to be a bike shop/farm or a farm/bike shop down the road from our digs. The CLIF Team captain had to peddle standing the entire way, but actually managed to look quite heroic in the process, resembling a cavalry officer of old, leading a final charge on the enemy. The bike shop was small, but well stocked, manned by a bike mechanic nicer than my grandma, and best of all, had the essential part we needed. The bike now repaired, another stop was needed to fix our hunger: Farmboy’s Breakfast Burritos.

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TEAM CLIF BAR had such great success at RAGBRAI in 2009, that we decided to come back to Ragbrai in 2010, bigger and better. If you’re new to RAGBRAI, it’s an annual seven-day ride across Iowa, beginning near Iowa’s western border and ending along the eastern border at the Mississippi River.

One of our TCB riders, Sean Piper, was cool enough to jot down a recount of each day of his seven-day adventure. Below are the first three days, and head back Monday Wednesday for the rest. Enjoy!

Day: 1 – Bring the Noise (on a bike trailer)

I awoke this morning in Sioux City, Iowa bestowed with an unusual sense of energy and fluidity. For today I know, Team Clif Bar begins the great adventure of RAGBRAI: a 442 mile bike trek across the state of Iowa. Upbeat, psyched, excited, geeked was my demeanor at 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning, amazingly without a single drop of coffee having yet passed my lips. I felt all this and more as I magnanimously bade farewell to the modern comforts our hotel rooms had afforded us the past evening. “So long Big Fluffy Hotel Bed.” “See ya later Hot & Cold Running Water.” “It’s been real Four Walls and a Dry Roof”.  I am off to discover the great state of Iowa on a bicycle. I suit up in my Clif Bar duds and exit the sliding glass doors with all the swagger of an arctic explorer. Sir Edmund Hillary in spandex. 

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San Francisco bike peoples—the CLIF BAR 2 Mile Challenge team wants to treat you to a free day at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. And all you have to do it hop on your bike!

On Sunday, August 22, Clif Bar’s hosting what we’re calling a “Fun Ride to the Academy.” If you’re San Francisco Bay area-based, you probably know of the pure awesomeness that is the new California Academy of Sciences. So here’s the deal. We’ll give away free tickets (that’s up to $24.95 per ticket!) to the first 100 people who arrive by bike.

As a bonus, those first 100 people also get their bikes parked safe and secure at a San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s free bike valet.

And don’t think we’ll let you go hungry. Clif will sustain you on your journey through the museum with free CLIF BAR samples. Believe me, you’ll need it...the California Academy of Sciences is the only place on the planet with an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum and a four-story rainforest all under one roof.

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LUNA took a road trip up to Squaw Valley last weekend as the official nutrition bar of Wanderlust Yoga and Music Festival. This was both the second year of the event and LUNA’s second time sponsoring, so Mel Leebove, LUNA Field Marketing Manager for NorCal, already had an idea of what to expect. However, her crew lead Gail Nipitnorasate was a newcomer, not only to the event but also to the practice of yoga. Read on below to hear the event unfold through her eyes.

What does “namaste” mean to a group of nine LUNA Bar representatives heading out to Squaw Valley for a weekend of Yoga and music? Well, for me, as a yoga newbie, I’ll have to defer to Wikipedia: Derived from Sanskrit, the term means “I bow to you.” But, it’s much more than that. So, I couldn’t really tell you what it really means until I had experienced four days worth of mantras and chaturangas at Wanderlust - a new kind of festival bringing together the world’s top yoga teachers and the best performers in rock and roll, all in a setting of breathtaking natural beauty.

After a three-hour drive, we (myself, Mel, Skye and David) find ourselves surrounded by the beautiful mountains of Tahoe, high up in the altitudes, breathing in the cold morning air and feeling the hot afternoon sun on our backs. For the next four days, we will be surrounded by 10,000 Yogis.

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Clif Bar‘s light on the events this week, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear what’s going on near you…

Thursday, August 5

Chicago, IL - Elvis is Alive 5K - Clif Bar is proud to support the 13th Annual Elvis Is Alive 5K - a non-competitive event that promises to be more fun than a honeymoon in Vegas! The Thursday evening race takes place on Chicago’s lakefront and features an “all-Elvis” start corral, and post-run fun with Clif products and plenty of beer. Come join us!

Saturday, August 7

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