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04-16-24, 04:00 PM
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When I rode dirt bikes in the desert one of my friends had a little tool box on the top of his fork and he tried putting cigarettes in there. After bouncing around the tobacco would shake out and he had empty paper tubes and a pile of loose tobacco in the pack. I just left my cigarettes in the truck.
When I met my ex wife I didn't know she was a smoker. We met on the bike path and saw each other a few times but I took her on a mountain bike ride and she whipped out a cig and lit it up. I had quit before that and was pretty surprised. She kept promising to quit and eventually did. She started back up just before she left.
I'm always shocked when someone starts back smoking after quitting for years.
When I met my ex wife I didn't know she was a smoker. We met on the bike path and saw each other a few times but I took her on a mountain bike ride and she whipped out a cig and lit it up. I had quit before that and was pretty surprised. She kept promising to quit and eventually did. She started back up just before she left.
I'm always shocked when someone starts back smoking after quitting for years.
04-16-24, 04:57 PM
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Got some miles in this morning. Stayed mostly coastal, so not much climbing. Sat in on the Tuesday morning Fiesta hammer ride for a few laps till it was more than what I wanted (I can't not pull through...), then just did my own thing for a bit. A racing teammate and buddy kept me company up and down the coast for a while after.
I am tying to eat more on the bike, so I had two bottles with mix, a cliff bar, two large chocolate chunk cookies, a nature valley wafer bar, a bobo PB&J bar, and a costco nut bar. Felt pretty good through and through. I did not have a Whopper or ice cream so maybe I could have felt even better? IDK.
I am tying to eat more on the bike, so I had two bottles with mix, a cliff bar, two large chocolate chunk cookies, a nature valley wafer bar, a bobo PB&J bar, and a costco nut bar. Felt pretty good through and through. I did not have a Whopper or ice cream so maybe I could have felt even better? IDK.
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04-16-24, 06:30 PM
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Got some miles in this morning. Stayed mostly coastal, so not much climbing. Sat in on the Tuesday morning Fiesta hammer ride for a few laps till it was more than what I wanted (I can't not pull through...), then just did my own thing for a bit. A racing teammate and buddy kept me company up and down the coast for a while after.
I am trying to eat more on the bike, so I had two bottles with mix, a cliff bar, two large chocolate chunk cookies, a nature valley wafer bar, a bobo PB&J bar, and a costco nut bar. Felt pretty good through and through. I did not have a Whopper or ice cream so maybe I could have felt even better? IDK.
I am trying to eat more on the bike, so I had two bottles with mix, a cliff bar, two large chocolate chunk cookies, a nature valley wafer bar, a bobo PB&J bar, and a costco nut bar. Felt pretty good through and through. I did not have a Whopper or ice cream so maybe I could have felt even better? IDK.
I must be too acclimated to eat that much. I stopped at 70 miles and bought a couple Gatorades, drank what was remaining in my bottles to make room, and finished off what was left of the Gatorades that didn't fill the bottles. A Fraiche Banana Bread and some Veloforte Chews. It just didn't sit right, and I had the sweats and just not feeling right. It took me thirty miles to get back at it. Just in time for thirty miles of headwind.
04-16-24, 06:34 PM
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04-16-24, 06:35 PM
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I stayed upright, but I swore off that section of road forever. Later that afternoon, when we were driving home over Carson Pass, the road was closed for a while. That same truck had rolled over on a downhill right-hand bend, landing on top of an oncoming car.
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04-16-24, 06:38 PM
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04-16-24, 06:43 PM
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I had a scary pass from a semi carrying hay bales, while climbing Hwy 88 up to Hope Valley. Two lanes, no shoulder, twisty. He passed me at full throttle on a curve, zero space.
I stayed upright, but I swore off that section of road forever. Later that afternoon, when we were driving home over Carson Pass, the road was closed for a while. That same truck had rolled over on a downhill right-hand bend, landing on top of an oncoming car.
I stayed upright, but I swore off that section of road forever. Later that afternoon, when we were driving home over Carson Pass, the road was closed for a while. That same truck had rolled over on a downhill right-hand bend, landing on top of an oncoming car.
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04-16-24, 06:44 PM
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04-16-24, 06:48 PM
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Lots of MTB tires tested there.
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04-16-24, 06:51 PM
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04-16-24, 06:52 PM
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04-16-24, 06:55 PM
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04-16-24, 06:57 PM
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04-16-24, 06:58 PM
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04-16-24, 07:00 PM
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I went looking for the Amstel women’s race and , not finding it, went for the tour of Guatemala. There was a steady band of advertisements running across the bottom of the screen, and plenty of spoken ads as well. No rhanks. I was looking forward to seeing the countryside. I guess I could turn off the volume.
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04-16-24, 07:04 PM
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04-16-24, 07:09 PM
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This was a rolling route, so there was a good amount of coasting. The max power was very moderate, and keeping a good steady amount of power uphill is important. Plus, I'm still pretty svelte, and I don't have an issue hanging in the drops or staying low.
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04-16-24, 07:13 PM
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04-16-24, 07:17 PM
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I had a scary pass from a semi carrying hay bales, while climbing Hwy 88 up to Hope Valley. Two lanes, no shoulder, twisty. He passed me at full throttle on a curve, zero space.
I stayed upright, but I swore off that section of road forever. Later that afternoon, when we were driving home over Carson Pass, the road was closed for a while. That same truck had rolled over on a downhill right-hand bend, landing on top of an oncoming car.
I stayed upright, but I swore off that section of road forever. Later that afternoon, when we were driving home over Carson Pass, the road was closed for a while. That same truck had rolled over on a downhill right-hand bend, landing on top of an oncoming car.
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04-16-24, 07:17 PM
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04-16-24, 07:42 PM
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This place wouldn't be the same without you.
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04-16-24, 07:48 PM
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04-16-24, 07:50 PM
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Dunno if I'll be able to stay up 'til the best part of a Dodgers game:
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