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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, April 28, 2009
You have to ride hills in the rain if you want to finish The 508Tuesday night Tualatin ride. I arrived a bit late for the 5:30 pm start but it did not matter as none of that group was there. Perhaps the rain had something to do with that. So, I started to get my bike ready when I realized that I had forgotten my Garmin Edge 305 with the route programed in. Sigh. Oh well, I do have the old fashioned paper map. Then I realized that I forgot my pump and CO2. Another sigh. Oh well, this would give me incentive to stay with the group. I left with the 5:50 group, well the 3 folks of the 5:50 group that showed up. Actually, I left 30 seconds after they did and had to work hard to catch them. But once caught, I could hand with them. The course is mostly flat till we got to the fist climb of the day - Scholls Mountain Home Road. There, I dropped back but stayed within sight of the others who waited for me at the top. We then descended down to Hwy 99 and this is where the 6:00 group caught us. But, there was only eight of them. The two groups merged and rode together until Sunset Rd (and hill). There, I got dropped and rode in alone (using my paper map to find my way).
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