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So my toes are still all blistery from the weekend. Which meant bike commuting just sounded no fun, so I have driven the last 2 days. Teach karate on rough carpet barefoot opened up at least one (at least they aren’t all goopy inside at this point… drained but still a bubble of skin). I…
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Explore the West Southern Nevada 5/13/2006 Boulder City area (Bootleg Canyon, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River) I explored Southern Nevada with Explore the West. 100 plus miles of biking, paddling, running with my map and compass — around Bootleg Canyon; through Lake Mead; up the Colorado River; Black Mountain; Red Mountain; hot springs, canyons,…
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… but a race write-up. This one is from the race directors, and is currently the news on the front page of the race website (yup, it’s my team in the picture… I’m in the middle): Team DART/NUUN – Cyril Jay-Rayon, Jen Segger and Ryan Van Gorder win the Southern NV event and take the…
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Yup… alive. Tough TOUGH TOUGH race. awesome weekend pain, heat, more heat, and then some heat to go with it. Oh, and some sunshine. I now <3 ice And I cursed the sun and was thankful for a headwind on the bike. but I’m alive will post full report later… beware: it’s gonna be a…
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Ahhhhh I’m way too good at procrastinating. I leave in the morning (8:30ish) for Nevada for an adventure race and I haven’t even really started packing! We even have to make stops on the way there to have a pump for the pack rafts we need… else they aren’t going to float too well. I’m…
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After all the improvement I was feeling on the bike and in brick runs this weekend, I’m happy to say the feeling carried into the pool. Sunday I ended up joining the fitness center with the pool where the race was (it’s near where I work and a great pool). I went this morning for…
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No matter how much sleep I get the night before a race, it’s always easy to get up before the sun and get out to the race site. This is a good thing, especially this last weekend for the the PossAbilities Triathlon in Loma Linda, CA. The alarm beeped, I double checked my packing list,…
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I just did an awesome ride (my first with the Inland Inferno Tri club). We rode out to the Santa Fe dam, and then climbed up GMR (Glendora Mountain Road). Now, I’ve done the dam ride before… it’s just under 40 miles round trip from the bike shop. With the addition of GMR it made…
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Ok so what is a bike supposed to do when it comes to buses? Here is a scene from my commute though: There is a light, and not right after it but pretty close (less than half a block) is a bus stop. Then about a block later is a railroad crossing (so buses all…
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Last night I got home to see my roommate riding the bike I got her around our street!! So I joined her (I bike commuted so was already on a bike), and even got her to go around the block twice! It’s exciting… as a kid she never learned to ride, and it’s one of…