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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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Friday, August 18, 2006
Friday - Rest DayI made it to work today, but I had to take some Benadryl to releive the itchies left over from my reaction to the Cortisone shot. I left work early to attend Charlie Perry's Memorial Service. Many long time Salem Bicycle Club menbers were in attendance. The following poem was printed on the handout: Charles B. Perry Sr. Oh the joy of a bicycle ride in the spring! You appreciate silence. You hear the birds sing, And in summertime, likewise continues the spell, As in autumn and winter (if snowless) as well. While the rhythm of ped'ling ballet-like may seem As it stimulates heartbeat, you phantasize, dream, Your're too busy to worry, yet able to think And perhaps compose poems or music is sync. You can pause if your pleasure's to look at a flower Or to search for the source of a song in its bower; You can relish a view or watch farmers in fields, Or admire a good crop and anticipate yields. Unpolluted by gas fumes or newscasts and woe, You have time to see Nature and God's things that grow. While the exercise puts you in shape for the next day, Gives you strength to face problems, the world and fray.
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