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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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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Another busy week. I worked out in the gym with Martin on Monday. After a weekend of cycling, leg pressing 500 pounds is always a joy. On Tuesday, I swam (20 laps) and then attended my wife's yoga class for the first time since spring. Yes, yoga is as hard and is as painful as I remembered. Yesterday was a rest day. Well, the last double of the year is this weekend, the Fall Death Valley Double. Joanne will be joining me and riding the century. We leave this morning and the drive will take us two days. The weather may impact our drive. There has been snow storms is the sierra and many of the passes are already closed for the year. Our route is open, or open with chains, depending upon the web site we visit. The ride is Saturday and the forecast is for temperatures in the low or mid 70s° F. This is Death Valley and temps in the mid 70s°! What happen to the 107° that I faced on the first year I attempted this double? It is almost not worth while to go. And some people still don't believe in climate change.
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