Page 3 - Karras Loop News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Des Moines Register Here's what to know about the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, Day 5 Route: Waterloo to Anamosa via Center Point Miles: 84.7 (110.8 for those taking the Karras Loop) Elevation gain: 2,187 (3,894 for those taking the Karras Loop) Highlights: For those who take the Karras Loop, this will be the ride's longest day. Anamosa awaits, with a pair of 25-foot-tall statues modeled on the characters in native son Grant Wood's "American Gothic" to greet riders. There's also the National Motorcycle Museum for fans of two-wheelers that don't require pedaling. This i...

It wasn't so bad, after all.  Trepidation surrounded Day 4 of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa as the National Weather Service forecast highs in the upper 90s and a heat index above 105. Fresh in the minds of riders was the long, brutal Day 1, when temperatures were not quite so high but there was a strong headwind, scarce water and unrelenting sunshine. But at 67.9 miles, Wednesday's route from Iowa Falls to Waterloo wasn't as lengthy. The temperature mounted throughout the day, but never got past the mid-90s. Overcast skies blocked the worst effects of the sun. And a s...

View Comments When the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa sets off from Le Mars on Sunday, it will have been two days shy of two years since the last edition of the ride ended in Keokuk with tired but happy cyclists dipping their bikes' tires in the Mississippi. Never since a pair of Des Moines Register journalists pedaled out of Sioux City on the first RAGBRAI almost 48 years ago has so much time gone by between rides. Here's what to know about RAGBRAI.  Q: What is RAGBRAI? A: It may be hyperbole, but Iowans like to boast that RAGBRAI is the world's biggest annual mobile pa...