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Grand Canyon 2010

June 17th, 2010

  • This is only a mediocre view by Grand Canyon standards.
The Grand Canyon.   The name says it all.  There may be no more iconic natural wonder.  Google says that there is a  “Grand Canyon of..”  Yellowstone, Yosemite, Texas, and even Pennsylvania.  While these are fine gorges, I’m sure; there really can be Only One.  For years we have talked about going there to ride mountain bikes.  The National Park Service generally has a “no bikes on trails” rule.  The Forest Service (FS) does not and some of the land north of the Canyon is FS land.  So while you can’t ride in the Canyon (which is NPS land), you can ride the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, which is FS land.  The Rainbow Rim Trail (RRT) was created especially for mountain bikers and it is spectacular. (more…)

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World’s Toughest Half

May 24th, 2010

When I started doing triathlons in 2008 I came across this race.  With a name like that, I immediately knew I would have to do it.  In late 2009, I decided this would be the year.

  • Pre-race fog on the lake.

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Black Diamond Mine

May 16th, 2010

It’s been about three years since I have regularly ridden my mountain bike.  The accidents I had in 2007 really messed with my confidence on the bike and I’ve been putting much of my time and energy into training for triathlon.  I have missed the dirt though and this summer we’re planning a mountain bike trip to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, so I need to find my mountain bike place again. (more…)

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“I can’t do that!”

April 16th, 2010

This year I thought I would follow a training plan for preparing for a Half Ironman Triathlon.  I downloaded the weekly workouts, put them all into a nice pretty notebook… (more…)

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I’ll Never Be a Twig

April 9th, 2010

I get asked a lot what I do to have  such great arms.  Thom came to an upper body training session and a picture is worth a 1,000 words – more or less. (more…)

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