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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, June 18, 2003
I'm back on the bike!I have not been riding much this year for several of reasons. The first is that I have been taking a class two nights a week. The material is interesting so I have no trouble motivating myself to study and I did very well. However, I now need to pass the certification exam (Cisco CCNA). The second reason I have not been riding much is that I coordinated both the Monster Cookie Metric Century and the Watermelon Rides for the Salem Bicycle Club. Lastly, I have become ill. This started late last year and has been increasing all year long. I have a Colonoscopy scheduled for July 1, and perhaps I will know more then. None the less, I wife and I rode our Meridian Tandem on the 100 mile route of the Strawberry Century. This ride was real hard on me. While we averaged the same speed as last year, my average heart rate was 13 bpm higher, well into my aerobic zone (for four hours). Last year, I was in the Temperate zone for four hours. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Hard.
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