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11-04-22, 01:58 PM
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Can you ride up Mt Lemmon while you are there? It's on my bucket list.
edit: here is the strava segment.. Looks like fun. https://www.strava.com/segments/527881
edit: here is the strava segment.. Looks like fun. https://www.strava.com/segments/527881
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11-04-22, 02:29 PM
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The longest one I can find on the East coast is Whiteface, which is 8 miles at 8%. I suppose Mt Washington is tougher, but that's closed to bicycles except for one day/year.
11-04-22, 03:07 PM
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Last day off of my brief vacation. I was on the verge of maxing out accrual, AND 5/6 of my group departed on Monday, so it seemed an opportune time. I was gonna do a lot of mid-day, midweek riding, but Tuesday and Wednesday it rained, so I ended up putting in virtual miles. Yesterday, I took Rango for a walk, because he was giving me this look:
And when we got back, I was really sleepy, so I took a nap and missed the window for riding without having to deal with school traffic on the Alameda de las Pulgas, which should really be called Alameda de las Escuelas e Iglesias.
So today I did a 34 mile ride to Woodside and back. It's funny - in the last 2 years, I've been riding so much that what was basically a Z1/Z2 ride for me was faster than previous rides on the same route where my HR was much higher. I headed out in knee warmers, base layer and LS jersey, and a vest. Took the vest off 7 miles in when the sun briefly peeked out from behind the clouds, but 5 miles later it became clear that was just a fluke, so I put it back on. Y'all Back East would probably think I'm a wimp to dress up so much for the actual temps, but hey - cut me some slack! I'm on the cusp of Old!
And when we got back, I was really sleepy, so I took a nap and missed the window for riding without having to deal with school traffic on the Alameda de las Pulgas, which should really be called Alameda de las Escuelas e Iglesias.
So today I did a 34 mile ride to Woodside and back. It's funny - in the last 2 years, I've been riding so much that what was basically a Z1/Z2 ride for me was faster than previous rides on the same route where my HR was much higher. I headed out in knee warmers, base layer and LS jersey, and a vest. Took the vest off 7 miles in when the sun briefly peeked out from behind the clouds, but 5 miles later it became clear that was just a fluke, so I put it back on. Y'all Back East would probably think I'm a wimp to dress up so much for the actual temps, but hey - cut me some slack! I'm on the cusp of Old!
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11-04-22, 03:16 PM
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Friend waiting for me further up.
Her husband waiting further yet.
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11-04-22, 03:38 PM
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11-04-22, 03:42 PM
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We were here 8 years ago and I remember that. We have a ride tomorrow starting at 50° and last time we were here, we didn't wear tights because it felt warmer.
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11-04-22, 04:00 PM
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I believe Thunder Ridge, in southern Virginia, beats Whiteface. I could be wrong of course.
11-04-22, 04:13 PM
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Great ride today. Same route as Wed. but only 223 meters climbing. 568 on Wed. It still gives me a 5.8% grade and I'll be damned if I know where that might be. Perhaps a particularly high tope.
11-04-22, 05:08 PM
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11-04-22, 06:39 PM
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I have a careless trainee who just got in to med school. I wrote him a ****** letter but it evidently wasn't ****** enough and I feel bad. Guy's got a good chance of hurting people.
I think a big part of his problem is mild autism spectrum disorder, but I had a flagrantly autistic student for a couple of summers who will make a great and passionately devoted, if unusual, doc if the admissions folks can get past the weirdness.
I think a big part of his problem is mild autism spectrum disorder, but I had a flagrantly autistic student for a couple of summers who will make a great and passionately devoted, if unusual, doc if the admissions folks can get past the weirdness.
11-04-22, 06:41 PM
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11-04-22, 06:42 PM
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11-04-22, 07:01 PM
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11-04-22, 08:33 PM
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Slow night, everyone must be prepping for the big game tomorrow.
Unfortunately, the Owls are on the road at Tennessee-Martin and no TV is available.
Unfortunately, the Owls are on the road at Tennessee-Martin and no TV is available.
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11-04-22, 09:10 PM
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11-05-22, 05:29 AM
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Agree and he makes specific corrections after his behavior is explained to him. However, he doesn’t seem to generalize or assimilate the underlying messages. That’s 100 on him and I get the impression that he’s been coddled all his life for being smart and never faced real consequences. The other kid was so “different” that they knew professional life as a series of scripts they had to follow and it worked pretty well. They had amazing insight into their differences and was very open about it.
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11-05-22, 05:45 AM
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11-05-22, 06:00 AM
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Wordle 504 4/6
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11-05-22, 06:05 AM
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Shopping for jerseys last night I could find nothing I liked. Well one that I liked. $20 shipping and 4-6 weeks delivery. Finally went to Ebay, a place I haven't been in many years because shipping. But my wife will be in Atlanta in a couple weeks. Lots of selection there
11-05-22, 06:32 AM
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11-05-22, 07:45 AM
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I need some 11S Shimano chains to replace the three fake ones I got from ScamBay.
I bit the bullet and ordered three from from Jenson USA at $37 each. I am thinking the chances of getting counterfeits from them is low.
Sigh.
I bit the bullet and ordered three from from Jenson USA at $37 each. I am thinking the chances of getting counterfeits from them is low.
Sigh.
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11-05-22, 08:18 AM
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11-05-22, 08:20 AM
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11-05-22, 08:31 AM
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In a funny little coincidence, these were in the episode of Yellowstone I watched on the trainer this morning.
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11-05-22, 02:11 PM
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This is about a mile west of where it happened. This happened last Saturday and I just saw this today. Good story.
I took this photo on Thursday.
I took this photo on Thursday.
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