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Archive for April, 2007
workout log: 24 april 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Avenel, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 27.3 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 1:31
Weather: partly sunny, 80 degrees
Avg HR: 153 (max 182)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. Good group tonight, with lots of riders running the gamut from AA to B. I ended up with the fast AA group once we hit [...]
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do not adjust your set
Due to some domain name issues that cropped up unannounced (more to come on that in a future post), the site has been in a state of limbo since early this morning. I managed to wrestle my way in to post this note.
Things should be back to normal by Wednesday morning.
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random monday quip
It’s amazing what selective word choice can do to a statement.
Witness this nugget from White House spokesperson, Dana Perino, during this press conference today:
The president’s record on climate change is very strong.
Sure, his record is strong - in terms of accelerating climate change.
I guess it’s some form of a strong record, but it’s nothing [...]
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a modest earth day proposal
While Earth Day is in its waning moments, I’d like to reflect on a dangerous and misguided addiction in the United States: we’re too in love with our cars.
Face it: most of you reading this blog use a car more often than you should. You take it a mile down the road to buy [...]
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workout log: 22 april 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Poolesville, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 67.5 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 3:38
Weather: sunny and beautiful, 70-80 degrees
Avg HR: 148 (max 177)
Type: aerobic
An impromptu ride with some PPTC buddies, who I joined in Glen Echo, MD. They were on their tandem, so the chances for drafting on flats and downhills were [...]
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catching up with the… rudi
Okay, so I haven’t posted a lot in the past while.
Life’s busy - or so it seems.
Part of it is that I have a lot to say and just can’t fathom writing it all down.
Part of it is that the moment passes. C’est la vie, right?
But I do have some things to post - [...]
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