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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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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
I did not finish the Death Valley Double. The morning was clear and cool. I left in the second wave of double riders and soon found myself in a nice paceline at 20 mpg. I choose not to stop at the first rest stop - Badwater, as it was just 17 miles down the road. I was feeling good and decided to continue to the Ashford Mills rest stop. I followed a silver Santana tandem all of the way there. I took a short break, and then started the climb up to the pass. I thought I was riding well, but my legs began to cramp! The cramping would continue for another 100 miles until I decided to end the ride at 150 miles. It was cool that day, and I apparently did not drink enough. The cramping was a result of an electrolite imbalance, and once there, you can't recover. I pulled into Furnace Creek twelve hours after I started and choose not to do the northern 50-mile loop. So, my season is over and I finished 7 out of the 8 doubles I attempted.
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