Cycling, Life, Training

Circling the Wagons

9 Comments 12 March 2009

I try to stop. I try but I can’t.  The sun. The blue sky.  Swooping roads.  An attack of medium-sized black birds with red shoulders.  A lake.  A glisten.  Hills and green. According to my schedule, I’m supposed to turn around right now.  I should go back home, duckwalk into the garage, pull off the [...]

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Cycling, Racing

Pinning the Number On

5 Comments 02 March 2009

I raced my bike today and you know what happened?  I had a mechanical issue with my chain.  It got caught in the front derrailleur.  It took me a few minutes to get safely out of the peloton and un-jam it. I time-trialed for the rest of the race and could not regain contact with [...]

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