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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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Monday, June 25, 2007
Watermelon DoubleMiles: 167.48 Elevation Gain: 4291' April Miles: 1001.83 Year to Date: 4250.53 The alarm woke me at 4:00 am and by 4:40 I was picking up Mark Janeba. At 5:00, we were at the start of the 2007 Watermelon Double. At 5:30 am, we were on the road. During the ride, we suffered through two rain storms, one flat, and lots of miles. We enjoyed this with some impressive folks. Mark Newsome is training for the Furnace Creek 508 as is Del Scharffenberg. But my hot goes off to Adam (I did not get his last name) who is training for Race Across Oregon. He started at 1:30 am in Portland and rode down to the start of the ride. I heard he was to ride back also. Speaking of riding down from Portland, my Furnace Creek coach, Sandy Earl, also had one long ride. I do not know when she started, but it must have been very early. I had a very good ride. My legs never felt tired and I was riding at a very good pace. But, I did not finish. As I approached the last rest stop, my stomach started to rebel. I limped in to the Rittner Creek Bridge rest stop and fell to the ground. I laid there hoping I could recover, but it was not to be and my ride was over at 167 miles.
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