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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
Lisa and I are competing in a triathlon in May. It's a significant challenge for both us - much harder than the century ride we completed in 2007. We hope you'll support our fund raising for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and make a donation here.
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
I'm thrilled to have finished the ride. It was a truly inspiring time and the spectators really made it special. They were cheering us on and singling out the TNT riders for special attention.
My final time was 6 hours 51 minutes, which was slower than I was hoping for. I'm ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Saturday Nov 3rd was our final training ride before El Tour De Tucson. 83 miles around Almaden valley.
I completed the ride in about 5 hours, and I'm pretty happy with that. The time doesn't include the 4 flats we got (2 mine, 2 Seth's).
Lisa did fine and we now consider ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
My earlier leg cramps having resolved themselves, I rejoined the group on Sunday October 7th for a spectacular ride starting out in Milpitas and heading North West into the rolling hills.
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Our training ride today was intended to be 45 miles through Almaden valley. Unfortunately because of the fires to the south, it was decided we'd ride north from Almaden instead. The ride was consequentially choppy with many stops, pauses to consult the route plan and general discussion while riding. A ...
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Based on the time trials last week we went out in groups of about 7 riders plus a coach. I was thrilled and a little surprised to find myself in the fastest group. There are other riders participating that certainly look faster than me (or at least, they have better ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
The organization of the TNT events is amazing. Everything is carefully coreographed with great care. I'm very impressed.
This second ride is designed to sort the riders into groups of 6 to 8 people who have a similar riding pace. We all set out in blocks of 4 and gradually broke ...
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
I've been a moderately keen cyclist for the past few years. I have a good road bike and a tolerable mountain bike and I was riding 30 miles once a week, and running 5 miles.
In July I started riding more, partly to take advantage of the good weather, and also ...
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