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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, August 29, 2006
It's Turning Cold (in August?)Miles: 35.49 August Total: 935.20 It rained today, but by the time the ride started at 6:00 pm, the roads were dry. However, the sky was not clear; it was still clouded over and it was cold, below 70° F. Since I had rested yesterday, I should have felt strong, but I did not. My legs felted leaded and I did not climb well. As such, I got dropped as we climbed the hills on the way to the Canby Ferry. Descending to the ferry, I tried to reclaim some of the lost time, but I just missed the ferry and watched as my group of riders slowly crossed over to the other side of the Willamette River. I had to wait for the ferry to come back for me and during this wait, I was joined by the fast group. It takes the ferry a full ten minutes to make a crossing, way too much time for me to make up to catch my group. As such, I had to ride with the fast group and hang on for as long as I can. I rode with the fast group for as long as I could, but they dropped me at the first hill - South End Road. Once at the top, I worked hard to bridge, but it was not going to happen. I could only reel in some others that also had been dropped. We rode to Oregon City and then crossed the old bridge to West Linn where we climbed up to the Sunset district. Another hill, yea. After being dropped again, I rode Rosemont Rd toward Lake Oswego. Rosemont is a very busy road that is not improved from when it was a quiet back road. Most of the drivers were courteous, but this is not my favorite road. I made it back to the start in twilight. For visibility, I turned on my flashie and put on my yellow/green neon wind jacket. My average for the night was 16.9 with just under 2000 feet of gain according to my HAC4. DART I am trying to put together a DART team for Saturday, September 23. I have a couple of maybes, but no confirmed riders yet. Ring of Fire Time Trial My next event is something that I have never done before - a 24 hour time trial. I am choosing to do this because it would be good training for the Furnance Creek 508. It is scheduled for the weekend after this weekend, so I am in rest mode this weekend.
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