Steve Spencer, a courier and tonight’s race director, handed out copies of the manifest—a list of nine checkpoints to hit between here and the finish line, from a bulletproof-glassed carryout near the D.C. Armory to the National Cathedral. ...
When you ride a bike, it’s like you have a target painted on your back. Every day, when I get on my bike, for fun, fitness and transport, I become a target for people who suddenly irrationally hate me– because maybe they saw someone on a bike who ran a red light once, or som...