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2010 Triple Bypass

July 17, 2010
Team Climb On! on the Continental Divide

It was raining lightly as I dove into the sharp right hand turn under an overpass at mile 113. My tires struggled vainly to maintain purchase with the slick pavement and when they finally let go it was sudden and violent. I slammed into the pavement and began a long slide, finally coming to a [...]

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Join the fight agains MS

September 21, 2009

For the third year in a row, I’ll be riding the 150-mile MS Bike Tour next month to raise money in the fight against multiple sclerosis, and do you know why? I ride for my friend Blake’s dad who has struggled with this debilitating disease for the last 17 years. It may have taken away [...]

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Someday never happens

January 3, 2009

In 2008, I learned a little secret about life. ‘Someday’ never happens. As in, “Someday I’d like to cyclotour the Tour de France.” Or, “Someday I want to win a bike race.” Your someday’s always stay in the future, safe and secure where they can’t bother anyone. The dirty secret is that we know they [...]

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Completely out of control

December 2, 2008

I started Team Climb On! almost two years ago and now it’s completely out of control.  But in a really good way. In 2007, we were just 7 guys committed to making a difference in the fight against multiple sclerocis.  We blew away our own expectations by raising over $22k for the National MS Society. [...]

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80m: Beware skinny triathletes

September 15, 2008

I had been getting my ass kicked all day.  It was supposed to be 80 easy miles along the coast.  I was supposed to have easily taken every town sign.  But here I was, struggling to stay on the wheel of some twentysomething-triathlete-hero grinding 25mph along the flats, losing every town sign. There were two [...]

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