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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, November 19, 2006
Onward, to Corvallis (in the rain)Miles: 72.69 November Miles: 353.94 Rides in the Rain: 5 Sal wanted to join me on my long ride this weekend. Since the weather forecast was for wind and rain, and because of my bad experience last weekend, we decided to do a flat route, and one that would give us a tail wind on the second half of the ride. So, we decided to ride to Corvallis. I drove down to Sal's house so my distance would not be so great that I would be returning in the darkness. Sal's wife called us "crazy" as we peddled off in the rain. Sal wants to ride Paris-Brest-Paris next year so training in the rain does not seem crazy to him. Of course, training in the rain is down right fun for me! Anyway, it rained the entire way down to Corvallis where we stopped for lunch at a local bakery. There, as I was returning from the restroom, when a table pulled me aside and asked how the cycling culture was in Corvallis. It turns out that they were considering moving up from the San Francisco Bay Area (Mountain View). Since that is where I lived when I started cycling, we had a long conversation. I finally had to break it off as my soup was getting cold. The return was in more rain, but only mild tailwinds. The hoped for and forecast tailwinds never materialized.
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