1KHO 972: | The Things We Love Don’t Have An Expiration Date | Joe Tarantino, Pale Pink Roads

Ginny Yurich (0:00)

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Ginny Yurich (1:42)

My name is Ginny Yurich, I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside. And I recently read a book that was very inspiring. First of all, to go out and to live life and to pursue your hobbies, even if there's a lot of big breaks in between them. Also a book that kind of reminds you that life can fly by. And so I'm so excited that I read it, so excited that the author is here. The book is called Pale Pink Roads, A Journey of Faith, Pedals and American Byways. The author, Joe Tarantino, has cycled through all 50 states, criss-crossing a vast network of roads and trails. He has done 25 marathons, other endurance events under his belt, but also balances out with working and getting an MBA.

Joe, I'm so excited to talk about all of this. Welcome to you.

Joe Tarantino (2:25)

Ginny, thanks for having me. I look forward to this conversation for several weeks now.

Ginny Yurich (2:31)

Yes, so this book is called Pale Pink Roads, and then you have another book coming out. People can check that out. It's called Seasons in the Saddle. Maybe you'll be back to talk about that one. The book that I have here covers the first bit of your cross-country journey, but then you ended up biking through all 50 states. So that's what Seasons in the Saddle will cover. But we're going to get a little bit of the backstory today. Part of the backstory is that when you were growing up, and this is true for more past generations, a bicycle meant freedom. I would love if you would take us back to your childhood where, and you talk in this book, Pale Pink Roads, about when you first learned how to ride a bike at six years old. It gave you a lot of freedom.

I would love if you would talk about that. And then do you have any thoughts on today? It doesn't seem like kids are doing that quite as much.

Joe Tarantino (3:21)

Well, one thing I do see kids on bikes, but a lot of them are electrical powered, and they don't seem to be pedaling them.

So they have some freedom, but there's also a little more danger with some of the speeds that they're achieving on some of the roads and sidewalks that they're on. But yeah, it was so cool.

We lived kind of in a suburban area, but it had recently just been converted from farmland. So there wasn't a lot of traffic there, but it was just, I just remember that learning how to ride. And once I finally managed it enough, we talked, my mom was primarily the one who had to talk into letting us go out on the roads and different roads and that. And she never did, I don't think even when I was doing all these long distance rides, you know, she talked to my older son. She says, aren't you worried about your dad? You know, he's out there by himself. And don't you think he's done enough? You know, and, but it just was such an experience that I felt like I could get on a bike and I could start pedaling and end up some place that I would never be able to get to otherwise. And even after I got my driver's license at 16, you know, pedaling became just sort of a freedom. But I just thought it was kind of cool when I did some of these first long trips, where all of a sudden you would pass a sign that would say, this city or whatever, that you had only reached by car before, it would say Mansfield, Ohio, 20 miles. And you think, man, I've ridden so far and I've done that just by bicycling. Yeah, that was really pretty much part of it. And of course, going to all the neighbors' homes to play basketball or baseball, whatever backyard games we were doing, there was certainly a bit of a freedom in that too.