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Activity: alpine skiing
Location: Mount Snow, VT
Vertical Feet skied: 16,000 (approx.)
Weather: sunny, windy and cold, 14-26 degrees
Avg HR: 140 (max 165)
Type: anaerobic
First day on the slopes for the 2007-08 season. I’d brought my boots and poles with me to sprite’s folks’ place for Thanksgiving, hoping that one of the southern Vermont resorts would have semi-decent [...]

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…if you’re reading this blog.
Apparently, the posts on the front page of randomduck.com meet the basic grammar requirements for junior high school. For all I know, the algorithm used is similar to the one in Microsoft Word, which often makes me fearful for the hapless, rudderless students who actually heed its grammatical guidance while [...]

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I just read that Saul Raisin, a pro cyclist who almost died due to a head injury sustained in a 2006 race yet staged a remarkable comeback this past summer, is being forced into retirement after doctors ruled a full-time resumption of racing too dangerous.
Saul is a great racer, a brave man, and an all-around [...]

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It’s been a great Thanksgiving.
Granted, the drive up here was hellish. Traffic in Maryland was very, very slow, and the flow didn’t really clear until after the Delaware toll plaza. From there, it was smooth sailing, though we’d lost a lot of time by then. We arrived in Connecticut after 3 am, [...]

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Driving north for Thanksgiving.
May the traffic gods be kind.
And may New Jersey drivers be trapped at the Paramus malls.
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It’s cool to see tech that was developed when you were first in college enter into the world of bicycle design. Too cool.
(Hat tip to Adam.)
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