Reunion cycle

If there were a prize for the most physically strenuous journey to Reunion, Kym Louie '08 would have won this year. She biked 2,800 miles from her home in the San Francisco Bay area to Andover—a trip that took the avid cyclist more than three weeks to complete.

As Louie explains, “In 2020, I was registered to do the Race Across America as a solo racer, but, like everything else in 2020, the race got cancelled. Unfortunately, the crew I was hoping to work with couldn’t come together for the 2021 race, and by 2022 I’d decided the logistics were too complex to organize at that point in time.”

During the past few years, Louie began doing 500-mile ultra-distance races, which while long, do not require the same level of planning for food, lodging, sleep, and other necessities. This year, Louie wanted to up her game, and her 15^th Reunion fit the bill.

“I was looking for something that would be a different and interesting challenge, but close enough to my established experience that I would have a good idea of how to approach it. About two months ago, I came upon the idea of biking to Reunion. I’d previously thought about doing a long ride, but I didn’t have any clear reason or destination. Reunion provided a great anchor point.”