• Race Recap: Virginia Run Turkey Trot

    I’ve been running this one ever since I was a kid. At the time, it was likely the only such trot in the area… Now it seems every town has one, but I’ve stayed true to my roots and continue to head out to Centreville on most turkey days (sometimes I’m out of town). Running

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  • Race Recap: Schooley Mill CX

    SORRY, NO SWEET PICS “Disaster averted” summarizes this day at Schooley Mill in the boonies of Maryland (another beautiful, untouched place) just south of Baltimore Wake up at 5:45. Had scheduled our programmable coffee pot the night before for the first time. Coffee ready for me when I wake up? Awesome. This thing’s going to

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  • Working from Java Shack

    Two down, many more to go (I continue to add and subtract so keeping count and ensuring that count is accurate long-term is futile). Java Shack is a spot I’ve been to a few times before. It’s a popular meet-up and post-ride stop for many cyclists in the area, but today is the first time

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  • iPad mini – Lacking resolution

    Today, I buck trends. Everyone who seems to have their hands on an iPad mini loves it. I don’t, and it all boils down to one thing, the screen. In 2010, Apple came out with what they call the Retina display. The gist of it is a display that has such a high-resolution that the

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  • October Media Roundup

    Look for this at the end of each month, a list of all the media I got through, a brief review, and a grade. Books Drop Dead Healthy – A fun/light read on living a healthier life. While it had a lot of opinion, and “fact” based on a single source or two, I couldn’t put

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  • Race Recap: AACX

    Another cyclocross race in the books. This weekend’s event, an inaugural, AACX, took place east of DC in Davidsonville, MD, a sleepy town that reminds me very much of Northern VA in the early 80s. Lots of farms, old homes, and great roads. I knew this so I took the road bike with me to

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