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THE BLOG IS ON THE MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/21/2012

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Yep, by the time most of you are reading this I will be crammed into a too small seat on a plane that is flying too slow.  The machine is in the care of Fed Ex and scheduled to arrive on time in fabulous Solvang, CA, where I will pick up on Monday and begin a grueling schedule of riding, eating and drinking, not necessarily in that order.  Thanks to our great weather, I'm as ready as I need to be, if not as ready as I can be....or something like that with close to 600 miles for the month and likely my first ever 1000+ mile month when March ends.  First, a stop in Tucson where I will dust off bike #2 and not just ride up Mount Lemmon but make it to the top and have a giant cookie at the Cookie Barn.  Read a list of the top 50 rides in the US and the Lemmon climb was slotted at #9.  Then I'll probably participate in the Saturday "Shootout" ride, help my wife run her half marathon on Sunday and then, drive to California.  I am really jacked and kind of looking forward to the drive as I have never been between Phoenix and Palm Springs and looking forward to what is out there....yeah, probably typical southwest scenery but that's ok, I love it.  Check back often for some great images of the beautiful scenery.  Meantime.....
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My good buddy Ryan Roe sent me the above image from the action on Tuesday's ride.  Nathan had a flat and the chickens watched him fix it...really...check out the chickens in the upper right corner.  Only 5-6 cyclists showed up for the unoffical 5:30pm ride but quite a few more headed out at 6:00pm.

Jon Morgan sent an email out that the unofficial New Albany ride will start at 6:00pm on Thursday but this is not the COP sanctioned event.  That one starts in April but it sounds like a large crowd will show up this week for a 35 mile route.  Can't wait to rejoin my New Albany buddies and get pounded into sand.  Oh yeah, being pounded into sand is a heck of an experience, right up there with sharp sticks plunging into eyes.

OK, that's it cycling partners.  Talk to you soon, hopefully Thursday. 
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Corvair
3/22/2012 11:57:51 pm

Hope the weather is nice in Cali! I rode with Kayla and Logan from Dan's shop in Lancaster last night. We climbed Savage hill and went down Blue Valley :)

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