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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Sunday, April 21, 2002
Saturday was a long ride - 111 miles. I rode north into a slight headwind thinking that I would enjoy the tailwind on my way home. I rode all of the way into Portland to my job at Portland Community College. This was my first experience with urgan cycling since I left Phoenix ten years ago. I didn't like it. Turning around, I head south but found that the wind had changed, it was now a cross wind from the west. Oh well. I intended to get something to eat at the Butteville store, but it was closed. As such, I bonked at mile 101 and the last nine miles were very hard. Gotta remember to bring the power bars!
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