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My poor blog–I’ve been neglecting it. Life has been a little busy, and even edged toward crazy.
As many of you know, I started covering the Tour de France at the Examiner.com at the beginning of July. I really enjoyed it. I discovered my inner Lance groupie and even fell in love with [...]
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Lance Armstrong’s overall place in the 18th position really isn’t something to fear…if you’re a fan. If you hate Lance, you’re probably laughing hysterically and hoping he drops even further back. Even so, the fact is that he is only 2:30 behind the man in the yellow jersey, and anything can happen. [...]
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| Tags: Frank Schleck, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France
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Floyd Landis is at it, again! He just can’t leave well enough alone, and it’s even worse that he’s spouting off during Lance Armstrong’s final Tour de France.
It’s kind of funny how people say that Lance can’t possibly ride that fast unless he’s doping, yet they don’t really go after all of the other [...]
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| Tags: Doping, Floyd Landis, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France
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I just could not get into last year’s Tour de France, but that was certainly not the case, this year. I thoroughly enjoyed today’s first stage of the tour, and I was on the edge of my chair talking to the TV when the last three crashes occurred at the end of the race. [...]
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| Tags: Alessandro Petacchi, Tour de France
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For the first time since 2007, I rode the Fort Custer trails on Sunday. I signed up for the Fort Custer Stampede in the Sport Class, meaning two 9-mile loops.
I wasn’t too keen on the forecast for rain, but I chose to tough it out and pre-register for the race. Once [...]
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| Tags: Fort Custer, Mountain Biking, Racing, Weight Loss
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“For the first time, I was able to do a race and actually enjoy it.” That was the end of yesterday’s blog post, and it probably left some of you scratching your heads.
“What do you mean, ‘actually enjoy it?’ Its mountain biking. You should always enjoy it!”
Sure, if you enjoy racing, [...]
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| Tags: Racing, Yankee Springs Time Trial
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“Go!”
The guy next to me took off and I got rolling. I started down the course for the Yankee Springs time trial having no clue what was in store for me. I heard that there were some bad climbs, and that the trail was notorious for sand, but I really had no clue [...]
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| Tags: Mountain Biking, Racing, Yankee Springs Time Trial
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Yesterday was the first Championship Point Series race for the MMBA. I signed up on Friday after arranging a carpool. My stuff was packed and ready to go. The morning went flawlessly. I actually arrived to my carpool location on time and moved everything over to Jon’s vehicle. Jon is [...]
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| Tags: Yankee Springs Time Trial
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The Bear “NN” Down U.P. Fat Tire 25/12 Mountain Bike Race will be held for the first time in Crystal Falls, Michigan on Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Crystal Falls is located toward the Michigan/Wisconsin boarder northwest of Iron Mountain.
Click here for a registration form.
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| Tags: Bear "NN" Down UP Fat Tire, Mountain Bike Race
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The Barry Roubaix in southwest Michigan kicked off my 2010 racing season. It was painful, and impressively so.
I was not ready for this race. Sure, I had done a couple of 30-mile road rides, but none on my mountain bike. The race was 23-miles of beginner hell. Oh, sure, [...]
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| Tags: Barry Roubaix, Racing
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