Chef Jamie Adams cycles 300 miles for No Kid Hungry
Chef Jamie Adams of Veni Vidi Vici is an avid cyclist. He completes several century rides (that's 100 miles folks!) a year. Adams was one of four cyclists and restauranteurs (including Shake Shack area director Allan Ng) that completed a 300 mile journey from New York City to Washington D.C. as part of the "Chef's on Bikes" campaign for No Kid Hungry. Here, he shares the three day experience with us, showing that this was no lazy Sunday ride.
Total number of cyclists: 8
Number who did the entire three-day ride: 4
Total chefs: 1
Total raised for Share Our Strength: more than $500,300
A local cycling group joined them for the first day. …But they would run every light, sprint short distances, and attack (sprint up) the hills. I was like, you're only riding that one day- cut us some slack."
Day One: 11 hours on the road
- Start: New York City (Manhatten)
- End: Philadelphia
- Elevation Gain: 6,500 feet
Day Two: 6 hours on the road
- Start: Philadelphia
- End: Baltimore
Day Three: 8 hours on the road
- Start: Baltimore
- End: Washington D.C.
Number of support vehicles: 3
Any troubleshooting? My front wheel (Mavic) spoke broke while riding down a hill at 30 miles per hour. Fuel on the bike:
"When you're riding, chewing involves energy. I just eat what's available to get calories."
Meal that you crave when you get off the bike? A hamburger.
"When we arrived in Philadelphia the first thing we did was got a burger and milkshake from Shake Shack. Chocolate and dairy is a great recovery combination."
Biggest challenge: the GPS signal would drop off. We had a few logistical issue and got lost on the route.
Best meal of the trip: dinner at Vernick in Philadelphia- a roasted pork chop with spring peas.
"I got a recipe idea for Veni Vidi Vici: Grilled artichoke with saffron aioli."
The inner chef:
"We went to an Italian place in Baltimore the second night, and the tomato sauce was too sweet and just covered everything."
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- Songs- favorite is "Diamond Dust" by Jeff Bett. It's an instrumental in 5/4 time.
- Reflection. I think of how lucky I am to have my wife, and having the fitness to complete this.
Favorite part:
"I was the oldest guy there. I loved seeing the young kids sprinting up the start of a long hill, standing up and panting, while I would stay back. Then I'd see them sit down and click into the small chain ring and at that point I knew they were dead. I stayed seated and went zooming past them. Every. Single. Time."
Most memorable moment:
"A couple saw the four of us cycling and a group of cars following us, and when we told them what we were doing they pulled out a $20 bill to donate. That happened several times.
