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So I wasn’t feeling my best last night: sneezing, runny nose, groggy head, and an upset stomach. I took a Benadryl and a Pepto pill and hit the hay.
I then woke up 4 times during the middle of the night to, as Monty Python said, “clear the sluices at both ends.” I was [...]

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So after getting the mini running again (and tracking down most of the files from various sources), both sprite and I went to bed far too late.
Y’see, she had a plane to catch this morning, so we set our alarms for 6:15 am to get her out of the house by 6:45. Her alarm [...]

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I returned home from the Nats game tonight and sat down at my Mac mini to check email and enter some mileage data at BikeJournal.
It froze.
I forced it to shutdown, waited a few seconds, then restarted. The Mac chimed, the screen turned on…
….and there was the blinking-question-mark folder.
Wha?
I tried restarting again - [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Avenel, MD
Distance: 31.2 miles (hilly)
Duration: 1:51
Weather: sunny and breezy, 70 degrees
Avg HR: 161 (max 187)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway.” I was a ride leader this week, so I was all over the place, checking in on riders. And that max HR is no fluke: I gave it my [...]

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Week three is in the books - another 124 miles, staying with the average for the month. Bike To Work Day was a good way to end the work week, and I had two good rides this past weekend. And the muscle tone on my legs is getting better each week. I’m [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Vienna & Alexandria, VA
Distance: 42.3 miles (occassionally hilly)
Duration: 2:37
Weather: sunny and windy, 70 degrees
Avg HR: 155 (max 172)
Type: aerobic
An afternoon ride on the W&OD and Mt. Vernon trails. The outbound leg and the last 6 miles of the return leg featured a fierce headwind that averaged between 10 [...]

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