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Archive for July, 2007
workout log: 31 july 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 37.7 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 2:05
Weather: sunny and hot, 90 degrees
Avg HR: 140 (max 168)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride, Pleasant Hills & Great Falls route. Good turnout today despite the heat, as Nick (the founder of the Tuesday night club rides) was in [...]
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workout log: 29 july 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Millerton, NY > Wassaic, NY > Kent, CT > Amenia, NY > Sheffield, MA > Copake, NY > Ancramdale, NY > Millerton
Distance: 103.2 miles (very hilly)
Duration: 5:36
Weather: partly to mostly cloudy, 73-84 degrees
Avg HR: 138 (max 170)
Type: aerobic
The Harlem Valley Rail Ride century, a wonderful, three-state route, was the object of today’s [...]
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workout log: 27 july 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: North Hillsdale, NY > Great Barrington, MA > Amenia, MA > Copake Falls, NY > North Hillsdale
Distance: 51.0 miles (hilly)
Duration: 3:21
Weather: mostly sunny, 77-89 degrees
Avg HR: 140 (max 172)
Type: aerobic
A ride from the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival to Great Barrington, MA, then over Mt. Washington to Bash Bish Falls, Copake Falls, then [...]
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heading to the fest
In an hour or so, we’re heading north to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival - a real vacation, much needed. So my posting will be pretty much non-existent until next week. But I’ll be riding quite a bit in the Harlem River Valley, so I’ll have lots to report when I get back.
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workout log: 24 july 2007
Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Potomac/Great Falls, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 41.6 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 2:10
Weather: mostly cloudy, 78 degrees
Avg HR: 152 (max 173)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride. This is how I celebrated Pioneer Day: by leading a post-rain ride at a decent pace. The first third of the ride was done [...]
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what fucking bullshit
The much-anticipated bombshell from this year’s Tour de France has exploded: double stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov, once the favorite to win before a spectacular crash in the foothills of the Alps, tested positive for homologous blood doping in his incredible time trial win on Saturday, July 21.
All I can say is: he’s a fucking jerk, [...]
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