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Wells Ave Crit

7 May 2010
By jim
Wells Ave Crit

On May 2nd, I participated in the Wells Ave Training Crit.  The race is held in an industrial park on a closed (no cross streets, open to traffic) loop.  The only businesses which are operating on Sunday mornings are the local health club and a gymnastics club.  It was considered the “graduation” exercise for...
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Spring Training Camp

2 April 2010
By jim

I spent last weekend in Southern Illinois riding with Wild Card Cycling at their spring training camp.  The plan was for me to arrive in Champaign on the Wednesday before, ride locally on Thursday, meet the group on Friday morning, drive down to Anna...
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First Spring Ride

16 March 2010
By jim

This afternoon was a special for me.  I got to get my first miles outside for 2010 and was the maiden ride for my reconfigured Trek 2300 road bike.  I picked up the bike from my local wrench on Saturday after I had the...
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Trek Project One Bike

7 February 2010
By jim
Trek Project One Bike

As I mentioned in a previous post, I ordered a Trek Equinox TTX 9.5 Time Trial bike.  I used the Project One Web site to configure the order, which...
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Harpoon Indoor Time Trial

3 February 2010
By jim

The Harpoon indoor Time Trial is billed as a 15K iTT to start the winter season.  It is the largest iTTs that I know of with 24 riders in...
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Homemade granola

24 January 2010
By jim

I like granola but any stuff I get always has something in it that I either don’t like or am not really fond of.  To solve this problem, I...
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