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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point
Distance: 19.2 miles (flat)
Duration: 1:03
Weather: overcast and blustery, 73 degrees
Avg HR: 155 (max 182)
Type: aerobic
Some laps around Hains Point, done partly because I felt the need for a ride, partly because it’s gonna rain cats-and-dogs for the next day or two. And Thursdya nights are “sprint nights” [...]

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Before August wraps up, I guess I should note the thirteenth anniversary of my arrival on the east coast of the United States.
In August 1993, I packed up most of my worldly possessions into my red 1989 Dodge Raider and a U-Haul trailer and headed east to Connecticut - via Minnesota, where my friend Dan [...]

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Bob Dylan is one of the few people in popular music who honestly deserves the label of legend. Bob blew open the wall between folk music and rock & roll, along the way injecting shots of blues, country and gospel. All the while, he kept stressing the importance of a good lyric, as [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > White Flint, MD
Distance: 29.3 miles (slightly hilly)
Duration: 1:32
Weather: overcast and muggy, 89 degrees
Avg HR: 152 (max 175)
Type: aerobic
An out-and-back ride on Beach Drive. I kept a good spin the whole time and really enjoyed myself on the ride. I was looking for a quality ride that was [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Georgetown University > Potomac/Avenel, MD
Distance: 29.7 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 1:33
Weather: warm, sunny and hazy, 92 degrees
Avg HR: 165 (max 180)
Type: aerobic
Solo ride that I squeezed into my post-work routine, as I’m on campus all day tomorrow for new student orientation (i.e. dealing with overprotective parents and kids who don’t understand computer security). [...]

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It’s been more than a year - that, plus nine days - since my shoulder dislocation.
Wow. All that time, and here I am.
And what has happened?

I’m riding strong and faster than I was prior to the injury - I’ve reached the next level.
I’ve lost a lot of weight - fat replaced by lean muscle.
I’ve [...]

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