• Tour de June

    Who got busy with racing in June? This guy. Why? Not entirely sure, but I got some good off-season training in, the scheduling worked out, and I was feeling strong so why not? 13 races, 3 podiums, 1 upgrade = good times. The month started with an ugly night at Mount Tabor. It was wet and there was a crash on the first turn…

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  • Dear Mom

    It has been a year now without you. I miss you a lot. I still think about you a dozen times a day. I still expect to receive a call from you at any moment. You were pretty much the only person who ever called. I used to share my life here and I haven’t in many months. Why? Because you were the main…

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  • Being a mature athlete

    After being an endurance athlete most of my life, today I realized that I am at last a mature one. This morning when standing up after cleaning the cats’ litter, I did something funky with my knee. It felt as if my ligaments weren’t properly aligned as I brought them to a straight position and they pulled a bit. The weather outside is absolutely…

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  • How to get free airplane Internet

    This has been confirmed on a Gogo-equipped flight on Alaska Air using iOS devices. I would assume it to also work on Android, but I check mine in my luggage because it’s a pile of dung. Important note is that you need to not have the Gogo app installed. Your browser will detect it and you will not see the necessary options below. If…

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  • 2014 Year in Review

    This year was easily the worst of my life. Numerous people passed away, lots of health issues for others, and every time there was a possibility of something going wrong, it would. Farewell, 2014. GTFO. Goals Umm. It seems I didn’t set any. I said I would, but that was in the midst of home buying so I must have just not gotten around…

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  • Let the offseason begin

    Technically, it began about three weeks ago with my final cyclocross race, but I’m only now getting around to writing about it. My base training for the year, as usual, was abbreviated. We were new to the area, I dragged my feet on getting the proper winter gear (I had only just gotten a nice setup for cold weather back in VA, but had…

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