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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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Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Mary's Peak has been conquered! I left my home at 5:45 a.m. and joined Mark Janeba in West Salem. It was very cold out and Mark was supprised to find me without leg warmers or long-fingered gloves. But hey, the forecast was for the mid-seventies and I was dressed for that. We choose a flat route to the base of the mountain. There, we began the 3300 foot climb to the peak. We found inclines that averaged 9% and reached 10% for some streches. After less than 15 miles, we had acheived the peak and found snow! We rested for a few minutes and then began the desent which was quick and cold. We stopped for lunch in Philomouth and then searched out the flattest way home. I arrived at 4:30 pm after doing a total of 135 miles. This should have been a taper ride, but I'm too stupid to taper. Sunday was an easy 48 mile with Joanne on the tandem. We had some hills, but most of the ride was flat. While we were returning on 12th St., the sidewall of our new (less than 150 miles) Vredestein Fortezza suffered a blowout. :-( Current forcast for Davis is 78 degrees F.
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