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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, August 30, 2009
Marys Peak RepeatsThe view from the top of Marys Peak before the clouds burned off. Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
RAPSodyTacoma Narrows Bridge Gig Harbor Lonely road along Puget Sound Appropriately named Mud Bay I Finished!
Thursday Night RideWednesday Night RideMonday on the Power CranksAlpine Half CenturyWednesday Night RideAlsea 400kSaturday, August 15, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Alsea 400It is 5:00 am. Today, I will ride the Alsea 400 - 252 miles. I will try to update my blog throughout the day. Thursday, August 06, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
What I have gotten myself into?The Alsea Falls 400 is 252 miles long and I have to climb nearly 2500 feet in the first 25 miles. And I have to do this in 2 hours and 40 minutes! That is nearly 10 mph! If I do not meet the time limit, then it is a DNF. If I do make the time limit, I have to make it to Brownsville before 11:30 pm so I can refuel (calories, not gasoline) at he Chevron station (which I am sure is stocked with nice, healthy food). If not, then there are no services along the route until Salem, 45 miles later. If I do reach the Chevron station after it closes, and I need calories, then that means a six mile off route detour to I-5. Yes, I am suffering from a confidence melt down. Saturday, August 01, 2009
2009 Washington Bicycle RideThe 2009 Washington Bicycle Ride was hot and hard! How hard was it? It was this hard... View all my photographs.
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