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I’ve been around the Wallowa mountains on a bike

And I lived to tell about it!
Daniel and I spent last week on the very beautiful Wallowa Mountain Rambler cycling tour. Whew! With the tandem and about 100 pounds of gear, it was quite a workout getting up some of those hills!

Despite the work, I didn’t lose any weight (and didn’t expect to) [...]

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Amazon Grocery has good deals on cycling nutrition

I just got an email promoting Amazon’s Grocery store. I’d looked at that store before and generally found the prices too high to seriously consider, but this time it was different. I’ve been looking for good deals on “energy gels” (affectionately known as “goo,” presumably because of the “Gu” brand); they’re easy to [...]

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A weekend spent pedaling on the road

After almost a month of no road riding, I got back in the saddle (ha ha) this weekend.

Fortunately this picture is not from the long (100 km) charity ride on Saturday, but instead from a short ride around town on Sunday. Daniel and my mom rode the tandem and it was windy enough [...]

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PUSH.tv MIA and a 100km weekend

I was planning to write about the new PUSH.tv workout today, but it hasn’t arrived yet.  :(  The PUSH.tv site reports that it was mailed a week ago, but no sign of it yet.  I’m hoping it will appear in today’s mail so I can start it on Monday (and not embark on week four [...]

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A disappointing day of cycling with the bodybugg

Up until yesterday, I’ve been generally delighted with the bodybugg.  It basically does what it is advertised to do, and provides very helpful feedback on my diet and exercise (i.e. I can see if it’s making a difference).  I really haven’t even started to use it for the fun experimentation I have in mind, and [...]

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