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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, September 17, 2006
A Non-Restful SundayMiles: 76.13 September Total: 742.52 I was supposed to take a day off today. But, the Salem Bicycle Club was riding to the Mt. Angel Octoberfest, and it is a tradition for all of the Salem tandems to do this ride. So, Joanne and I rode to Mt. Angel. There were five tandems on the ride - John and Karen Poole were on there new Co-Motion, Mike and Grace McCabe rode their Co-Motion, Keith and Pat Lippy rode their Lippy as did Doug and Nancy Hewitt. We were on our Meridian. And it was a fast ride! We hung on all of the way to Mt. Angel, but we found a reason to stay and not ride back with the hammerheads. Instead, we joined Keith and Pat and walked through the arts and crafts and then the food aisle (Apple Strudel - good!). The speed on the way back was more relaxed and we had lots of conversation between the two tandems. Then, at home I read my e-mail and remembered that I had made arrangements to drop my van off in lake Oswego so my coach and prepare it for the 508. Since Joanne was busy, I loaded up my LeMond and rode it home from lake Oswego. I took the straightest route I could and rode hard. I was pleased that I felt none of my soreness from the Ring of Fire. Looks like I have now recovered.
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