(Long Distance) Ramblings |
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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Friday, May 10, 2002
I rode two nights this week. On Tuesday, I rode 27 miles with the Salem Bicycle Club. These were somewhat hilly miles, but nothing extreme. Wednesday night was the Salem Bicyle Club broard meeting night. Thursday, I rode with Scott's Cycling and we did 25 flat miles north of Salem. With Sunday and Monday, I felt strong on Tuesday and rode just about as hard as I could. Thursday, I felt good, but I did not have the spring in my pedal stroke that I did on Tuesday. Now, I plan a hard ride on Saturday - 120 hilly miles to and then up Mary's Peak, the highest point in the Coast Range of Oregon. I should be in taper mode, but I can't resist one more hard ride before Dave on May 18. The current forecast for Davis is 74 degrees F, not the 100 degrees I have seen the last two years...
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