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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 23, 2003
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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