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What George Said
Seems more important than a “pet peeve”, but this has always been a pet peeve of mine. Protesting is great, so are mailers, letters to the editors, banners, Facebook posts, Tweets, memes, etc… The whole idea of a protest, whatever it’s form, is to call attention to an issue. Respect for its authority, compliance with…
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Laissez-faire Riding
For the last month, month and a half or so, my weekend rides have been dictated by a my need to be ready for that century ride. But with that ride done, I took took the opportunity to just head out on the road bike and ride. I had a general idea of the direction I’d be…
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Getting Close
About a week ago, I wrote this post about my last training ride before the then upcoming Tour de Whatcom(TDW) but I guess I never hit the button to publish it. So here it is. With just a week to go until the Tour de Whatcom, I wasn’t feeling really ready until I finished this…
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Tour de Whatcom 2018
Tour de Whatcom 2018 (TDW) is in the books now and for me it will go down as maybe the most uneventful century of my life, It was sunny, but not to hot. The ride was windy from Everson to Birch Bay, but the headwind was not too strong. Traffic was almost completely devoid of…
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Slacking
I do believe that the last Tour de Whatcom I did was preceded by a vacation that included no biking whatsoever, lots of eating, and several beers per day. Looks like 2018 will follow suit as today’s ride was the first in about a week due to a fun little vacation time. Again, no biking,…
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Coming Up Fast
July 1st. That’d make the Tour de Whatcom only 3 weeks away. Am I ready? Not quite, but close. I logged 60 miles again today, including fixing a flat in Lynden, and still felt ok when I got home. Perhaps even a little less stiff than I was after last weekend’s ride of similar…
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