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Activity: road cycling
Location: Somers, CT > Stafford Springs, CT > Brimfield, MA > Wilbraham, MA > Somers, CT
Distance: 69.7 miles (hilly)
Duration: 3:50
Weather: clear and sunny, 86 degrees
Avg HR: 152 (max 188)
Type: aerobic
A wonderful, fast ramble through the hills of north-central Connecticut and south-central Massachusetts. Some lovely hills, fragrant forests, placid lakes and a lot [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

In Connecticut on the way back from Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. The fest was basically this: sun, clouds, rain, mud, rain, rain, rain, mud, mud, rain, mud, an exploding van in the middle of the night, rain, mud, rain, wind, rain, mud, food, rain, wind, sun…. and music. I managed to get in [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

Activity: road cycling
Location: North Hillsdale, NY > Hillsdale, NY
Distance: 11.2 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 0:45
Weather: rainy, windy and humid, 80 degrees
Avg HR: n/a
Type: aerobic
A quick run to get groceries (Boca and beef burgers) and supplies (big trash bags for seating in the mud). There was a headwind going both ways due to a nasty storm [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Activity: road cycling
Location: North Hillsdale, NY > Great Barrington, MA > Copake, NY > Hillsdale
Distance: 43.2 miles (very hilly)
Duration: 2:45
Weather: warm and humid, 84 degrees
Avg HR: 164 (max 186)
Type: aerobic
The one really good ride I was able to get in while at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. This was a great ride: it started out [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Avenel, MD
Distance: 34.7 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 1:57
Weather: hot and humid, 96 degrees
Avg HR: 164 (max 184)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Terrible turnout due to the heat index, which was close to 105. I rode strong, stayed hydrated, all good. Ended up riding with a former teammate [...]

Popularity: 16% [?]

To beat the heat, sprite and I went to see Les Poupées Russes (Russian Dolls) this evening. It’s the sequel to the wonderful L’Auberge Espagnole (Spanish Apartment) from 2002, and finds the same characters, five years after their exchange year in Barcelona, reuniting for a wedding in St. Petersburg, Russia.
This film is a suitable [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]