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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, March 30, 2003
Just another nice day, on a hill!Why did I decide to ride the hard ride today? Was it the 3000 feet of elevation gain? Was it because my legs were already tired from yesterday? Was it because I'm out of shape? No, it was because I've been told that the hills are my friends. They make you strong! Yea right. To day was the hardest ride since last years Ride the Rockies. The legs were screaming on the last few hills, and I was useless for the rest of the day. None the less, I did take time to snap this view of Mt. Jefferson from atop a 16% grade known as Val View Dr. I took this view of the Captial before the ride started. Saturday, March 29, 2003
A Very Nice Spring Day!This was the first very nice day of the year. The sky was blue and the temperatures were very nice - almost 70 degrees! Joanne and I took our tandem out for a ride today. We traveled with the Salem Bicycle Club to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. The first stop was in Mt. Angel, where ten years ago, the Spring Break Quake damaged the Catholic Church. The Wooden Shoe Farm is located between Woodburn and Monitor. The club will visit the festival twice this year. Today the tulips were just beginning to bloom, but the daffodils (1,2,3,4) were very nice. Alas, on the way home, we ran over some glass and Mark suffered a flat. Tonight, I am attending the Alice B. Toeclips awards. Sunday, March 23, 2003
Sping means rain!I did the short afternoon ride, mainly as I was too tired from yesterday's ride to do anything else. Since Joanne took out her brand new Co-Motion Americano I wished I could have done the longer early ride. Oh well. It rained. While we did not get completely soaked, we did get very wet. But, halfway throught the ride, the rain stopped and we began to have fun.
It's Spring!Been feeling better (or at least the doctor hasn't called me and let me know the test results), so I got on my bicycle and went for a ride. The Salem Bicycle Club scheduled ride is a 50 miler. I didn't feel up to that so I decided to shortcut it. We headed out River Rd to the south where we found one car that did not survive a Fridaya night. The group got ahead of me, or another way to say it is I dropped off of the back. But, as we neared Buena Vista, I could see everone ahead of me. I picked up the pace and put my heart rate to 164 bpm, my lactate threshold, and kept it there for five miles till I caught up. It felt good to work hard. The down side to this was I ended up not shortcutting; I did the entire 50 miles. The lunch stop was in Independence where I came upon this cow. Upon returning to Salem, I rode through the Capital Mall, and yes the Cherry Trees are in bloom!
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