Dinosaur Training

Warm legs 🔥

Cool down

Old-School Power

Easy miles don’t mean wasted miles.

On July 14, 2018, sparks from a vehicle’s catalytic converter ignited dry grass outside Mariposa. Within hours the Ferguson Fire was racing toward Yosemite. Braden Varney, a CAL FIRE dozer operator and father of two, was out on the front lines carving firebreaks through steep Sierra canyons. In the darkness, his bulldozer rolled on the narrow Hites Cove Trail. He didn’t make it home.

Today, I rode past the Braden Varney Memorial Highway. A quiet stretch of 140 that now carries his name. Braden was more than a firefighter. He was a family man, good friends with my wife’s family, the kind of person who was always cheerful and always willing to lend a hand. Riding here, you can feel his legacy in the land he worked to protect.


Stats: 
Relative Effort 🤩 : 95 
❤️ Avg: 127 bpm ❤️ Max: 161 bpm ⚡️AVG: 241 watts ⚡️/kg: 2.6 Climbing Ratio 🚵 : 1.11 Elevation Max ⛰️: 3703 ft

Automated with strautomator . com‍
👍 12.06 new miles

-- From Wandrer

Top Sports

Ariel W. Long

Braden Varney Memorial Highway

8 Photos

3 Comments

Segments

Sign up to view more activities from Ariel W. Long

Dinosaur Training

Warm legs 🔥

Cool down

Old-School Power

Easy miles don’t mean wasted miles.

Want to see more?

The #1 app for runners and cyclists

Sign Up for Free. Track your progress and reach goals. Join 100 million active people on Strava.

See More from Ariel W.