randomduck

It’s been a crazy week - I’ve got ride logs to backfill and other stuff about which to muse - but today simply needs some random music. Thus, this random ten:

“Not Too Late” - Lindsey Buckingham
“Englishman In New York” - Sting
“The Crystal Ship” - The Doors
“Dead Man” - The Longcut
“Nessun Dorma” (from Puccini’s Turandot) [...]

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is a truly remarkable, if ill-fated marvel of human ingenuity.
The canal and its towpath runs 185 miles from the District of Columbia to Cumberland, Maryland, rising 605 feet over the distance, using a system of wooden locks to allow watercraft to scale and descend the elevation changes. [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Mitchell Park > Avenel > Mitchell Park
Distance: 27.1 miles
Duration: 1:29
Weather: sunny and lovely, 75-78 degrees
Avg HR: 150 (max 191)
Type: aerobic
PPTC “Downtown Breakaway” ride, Mountain Gate route. The ride seemed easier than last week, though the pace was faster. The high max HR came while climbing Mountain Gate Road, which I [...]

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The presence of cyclists on the internet should come as no surprise to anyone. The internet has become a second home for folks of all types, many of them gathering in virtual space to discuss their passions in life.
Some of these “netizens” are more famous than others. Some are the pioneers, others are [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Nokesville > Goldvein > Nokesville, VA
Distance: 51.0 miles
Duration: 2:25
Weather: sunny with a steady NW wind, 65-70 degrees
Avg HR: 150 (max 185)
Type: aerobic
PPTC Nokesville Picnic Ride. Rode strong - it helps that I wasn’t riding yesterday, so my legs were fresher than most in the group. Did well in the sprints, [...]

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Three things that are on my mind this Saturday night:

Today’s DC Democratic Convention went off without a hitch. It was a decent exercise in voter outreach and party building, but it didn’t offer much to grow the party. Most of the workshops and such were preaching to the already “indoctrinated” DC Dems, and [...]

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