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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, March 24, 2007
(Not a) Raining CenturyMiles: 100.26 March Miles: 586.74 Year to Date: 1409.12 It was suppose to rain today. The chance of precipitation was 80%. But we had only a few light showers early in the day. It was a very good day to ride. I rode a century today with Jon Wolf - who training for the Elite Pac Tour, Dennis Wolcott, who is training for Paris-Brest-Paris, and John Spurgeon who is training for RAAM. I had to work hard today. The route took us to the southwest to Monmouth and then over Fishback Hill to Kings Valley Highway. We then took Airlie Road all of the way to 99W where we turned to the south of Coffin Butte Rd (don't you just love that name?). We turned on Soak Creek Rd and then climbed through McDonald Forest on Sulpher Springs Rd. We then returned to Salem on Corvallis and River Roads. This was the first time that John Spurgeon has joined us and the conversation was very interesting. Between RAAM, Paris-Brest-Paris and the Elite Pac Tour, there was a lot of questions being asked. By the way, did I mention that it did not rain on us?
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