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Given that it can be a pain to GMap my routes, I think that an Adeo GPS unit would be very, very cool to have.
Major drool factor….
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Work comes this morning that, while Alexandre Vinokourov’s Astana-Würth team will be allowed to compete in the Tour de France (which starts tomorrow), Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso will not be allowed to race due to their names coming up in a major doping probe in Spain. Other riders are implicated, as well, including [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Bethesda, MD (Capital Crescent Trail)
Distance: 15.9 miles (mostly flat with gradual hills)
Duration: 0:56
Weather: hot and humid, 86 degrees
Avg HR: 154 (max 171)
Type: aerobic
A quick evening jaunt to get the legs moving again. Last night’s “Downtown Breakaway” was cancelled due to the record rains that the District (and [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Aliso Viejo, CA > San Clemente, CA
Distance: 54.2 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 3:15
Weather: warm and breezy, 75 to 85 degrees
Avg HR: 158 (max 181)
Type: aerobic
My California ride with Jeff, marathon runner extraordinaire and all-around great guy (tip ‘o the hat to Dianna for hooking us up on IM). Jeff arranged a loaner [...]

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We just returned from California (trip report to come soon).
DC has been having record-setting rainfall in our absence.
The leak in The Burrow’s bedroom is essentially fixed - that’s good.
There’s a new leak in the living room - that’s bad.
And I’m reminded that, even though I’m random and like improvisation quite a bit, I don’t like [...]

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Had a lovely day in Sand Diego today.
We spent a few hours at Coronado Beach. The sand was so soft on the feet, and the water was perfect. I body surfed a bit, and got some sun. We watched pelicans as they dive-bombed for fish, and as they flew in formation just [...]

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