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The Shortcut

May 31, 2009

After spending the 35 minutes it takes to climb Middle Peak in Cuyamaca, you are presented with a choice. You can either continue down the back of Middle Peak via the well cleared fire road, or you can take an improbable left and take what we call, The Shortcut. Yesterday, I was following Mark and [...]

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Creak, creak, creak

May 26, 2009

Mark has a creak in his suspension and it’s really bugging me. Creak, creak, creak. I make a face without looking back and all of a sudden a quarter cup of sweat comes out from under my helmet – where’d that come from? Creak, creak, creak. I’m turning the pedals over one-by-one, just focusing on [...]

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It’s a Horse, of Course

May 19, 2009

The Straight Poop… I’m flying down a rocky fire road, going like a bat out of hell trying to catch Mark. I’m maybe 20 feet off his wheel, looking for a place to pass and his dust is choking me. I think about the amount of horse poop I’ve seen that day and I wonder [...]

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Two Times the Fun

March 29, 2009

Splashing through a creek, I looked over my shoulder to see how far back Virtual-Arlyn was. My Garmin said he was just 52 feet behind me and coming fast. I was racing a virtual version of myself, using a feature of my Garmin GPS that lets me race a previously recorded workout. Around the next [...]

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Julian Death March Preview (part doux)

March 22, 2009

The first time Mark’s chain broke, we laughed and joked around while we fixed it. We were enjoying pristine weather on a beautiful desert loop which will be part of the Julian Death March next month. It was a beautiful morning to be riding my orange bike. Stopping to adjust Mark’s front derailleur took awhile, [...]

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