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Archive for July, 2007

workout log: 22 july 2007

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Rockville, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 33.6 miles (lightly hilly)
Duration: 2:22
Weather: partly cloudy to overcast, 80-82 degrees
Avg HR: 126 (max 153)
Type: aerobic
A wonderful ride in Rock Creek Park with two friends. The pace was slower than my usual, but it was a great tune-down ride from Saturday’s up-and-down hill [...]

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workout log: 21 july 2007

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Travilah, MD > Bethesda, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 59.0 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 3:15
Weather: sunny, 72-82 degrees
Avg HR: 133 (max 165)
Type: aerobic
PPTC ” Summertime Real Ride From The Real City,” I was one of the co-leaders for the ride. T’was a small group, but a good group, and the [...]

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book is in hand…

randomduck - July 20th, 2007 | Comment (1)

… and reading commences forthwith.
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again, olbermann is spot-on

randomduck - July 20th, 2007 | Comments Off

Keith Olbermann is a rare entity in journalism these days: a man who knows no fear, and who is willing to speak things that the corporate shills who run the major media outlets dare not say for fear of offending the Bush propaganda machine.
And last night, as he has many times before, Olbermann said what [...]

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workout log: 20 july 2007

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Dupont Circle > Hains Point > Dupont Circle (laps/intervals)
Distance: 18.7 miles (flat)
Duration: 0:55
Weather: sunny, 84 degrees
Avg HR: 135 (max 170)
Type: aerobic
Some post-work laps at Hains Point, mostly to get my legs moving.
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…and so the madness begins

randomduck - July 20th, 2007 | Comments Off

The first bits of equipment for the new frame are being gathered.
Thus far:

Easton EC70 carbon fork (I’ve had this for over a year)
Fi’zi:k microtex handlebar tape (metallic blue - like the tape on the LeMond)
Campagnolo Chorus front derailleur (used, but in great shape - only $10 on eBay)

So it looks like I may be on [...]

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