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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, October 03, 2004
Another fine day in paradise! Woke up to fog, but it quickly cleared to become a picture perfect autumn day. Joanne and I rode our tandem on a hilly, 65 mile route southwest of Salem. We got to climb both Fishback and Liberty hills today. We felt strong and climbed well. I am trying to maintain a high level of training miles as I am planning on riding the Fall Death Valley Double on October 30th. This will be my eighth and last double this year. I have successfully completed it twice but DNF on my first attempt in 2001 (heat and illness). So, in keeping with a good training plan, I should do a very long ride next weekend, perhaps as much as 140 miles. I hope the weather is good. On another note, usually when bicycling is the subject of a newspaper columnist, the tone is anti-bike. However, I came across this column by Bob Miller in the Southeast Missourian. Not being a bicyclist, but wanting to write about the car/bike adversarial relationship, he decided to learn what it was like to ride in traffic. His piece is well written and honest.
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