July 2012
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Home is where your radio presets are.
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Word of the day
Word of the day:
San-froid. noun, coolness of mind; calmness; composure:
Puts a whole new spin on Douglas Adams expression “hoopy frood.” Sort of. They sound kind of similar-ish.
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My first century.
I unintentionally biked my first century, or 100 mile ride, today. [[MORE]]The planned course for today was supposed to be 90 or so miles, but was listed as 85. It started slow, with rolling hills and the occasional real climber, all headed southward. After about 30 minutes, the soreness of last nights adventures set in(more on that later). We stopped and had pancakes and sausages in a little...
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A long day.
Today we rode 81 miles. That’s the longest ride I’ve ever done. The first half was incredible; regularly getting up to 25 mph, draft lines, seeing sunrise( we woke at 5) and the coolness of the early day. The later half was its own special hell. A headwind that refused to budge, and stopped your every move, meek draft lines, and exhaustion and heat. Oh, and hills. Two big ones. Out of...
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I miss the hell out of you. Every now and then a shimmer of fire among a sea of strangers locks my senses and drives you into my mind. Out, out I say! But you don’t leave, and I love it. A few more days, almost a week, and fire will cover my vision.
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5:20 AM
It’s early.
Really early.
We woke around 5:20 AM to catch up with an old friend and meet a bus to go to some mysterious location to start the infamous RAGBRAI. An adventure, if you ask me.
There is something special about this place at 5 AM however, well there is something special to 5 AM, because, you know, I don’t see a whole lot of 5 AM’s. I’ll upload a picture of the...
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A lonely dew drop
Sought companionship down a hill
A river begins
– StelagMonk
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Paired with an english black breakfast tea.
French toast at 12 in the afternoon?
Yup!
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Wine drunk is good drunk.
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Somehow I always find myself in Target.
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