Archive for June, 2008
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
So my weight is finally getting back down to borderline respectable. IE under 180. I was getting close to 2 bills after the holidays. It was an ugly winter.
Anyway, I pointed out to my wife a thread on BikeForums recently about guys who are lighter then ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
In other news, this morning coming off the trail, an overweight guy on a tri-bike blew by me. He was kicking ever so hard. As he rode ahead, I couldn't help notice that his under the saddle bag was not secured properly.
And swinging back and forth.
Like ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
How to Avoid the Bummer Life posted the video above. The visuals pretty much sum it up.
Did the drives again this week. It went badly. Popped a little over a half a lap in. But I did end up getting in a good workout, desperately trying to ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Did a lunch ride today because I blew myself up on Tuesday, didn't ride at all on Wednesday, and needed to do something...
Anyway, I ended up riding thru Ft. Washington park with an eye towards going out to Joshua Road and then up the steep part of the road once ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I often refer to the period of time after college graduation as my summer vacation that lasted 3 years. I wandered. I had odd jobs. Everyone should be so lucky.
I worked for a moving company here in Philadelphia intermittently from 1996-1997. The warehouse had a 40 ft rock climbing wall, ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
I've been following and commenting on a blog from my old employer nytimes.com, The Climb. Today's post was of some interest...the problem of the song stuck in your head on a long ride.
Its funny that the author thinks having Bright Eyes The Four Winds bubbling around in your head is ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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P1000532, originally uploaded by chris_mckenna.
I almost ran this little one over on Ocean Drive tonight. We went back so I could help him across the road.
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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You can haz PBR., originally uploaded by chris_mckenna.
Graham and I went to a gathering at Penn Treaty Park. They were filming Transformers 2 at the old power station. ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Some of you come to me since I compared Tom Boonen to Dr. Rockzo and have been all:
"Dude, harsh! TB just got dis invited from the Tour."
I want to address that now. But first a long digression:
One of the great ideas my dad ever had was making my ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Tom Boonen, the Dr. Rockso of professional cycling...apparently.
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