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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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Saturday, December 31, 2005
Thoughts about some readingsThe November/December issue of Ultra Cycling has an article entitled "A Maui double" by Janice Tower is well worth reading. Janice rode 230 miles in 23:30 hours including over 20,000 feet of climbing. After climbing Haleakala (timing it so she arrives at sunrise), she rides the perimeter of Maui. Along the way, she faces head winds, dirt roads and heat. She weaves a very inspiring account, one that makes me want to follow in her pedal strokes. In VeloNews, The Best of 2005 issue (Vol 34 #20), reports on the Red Bull's Road Rage, a different kind of time trial. The Tuna Canyon Course near Malibu is just 2.5 miles long, but it drops nearly 2000 feet in elevation in that short distance and tests a rider's descending skills. Myles Rockwell won in 4:24.7. David McCook was second - 1.2 seconds behind Rockwell. No, I do not plan on entering next year. I would rather wait for a hot day and climb up the course at 4 miles per hour.
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