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  • 62: TWO

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    I clearly remember last year following Reston loading my beloved cross bikes into my car.Reston was my 20th cross race of the 2007 season, and I had moment of Zen thinking about the love of my cross bikes.Over three years I had raced these bikes almost 50 times. And the [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:00am EST
    by fatmarc

  • 61: Four

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    It’s been a fun and long cross season. Good Days and Bad Days. I’ve learned a lot, and look at the final weekend of the season for me with some joy and some sadness. My mountain bike has moved up from the basement to the garage.I kinda realized that the [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:59pm EST
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  • 60: SIX Days

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    Black Friday was the Faticus Family gathering at my parent's house for Thanksgiving.It was good to see my brothers, my parents and the kids. My brother Craig and family are still in New England and were unable to make it down for the holiday.So we did a web camera conference [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:00am EST
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  • 059: Thanks

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    You know this year has been a little weird for Monkey and I.I know that I haven't been racing as well as I would like to have in the last few weeks, andbasically I've been kinda whiny.I also recognize that we are incredibly blessed, and have so much to be [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:45pm EST
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  • 058: Mixed Bag

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    Saturday was pretty awful for me. Got a good start, but after a lap just felt like I couldn't keep it together. Truth is, I just didn't have it. I pulled into the pit, and said to Wes and Monkey, "my season is over, I just don't want to suffer'" [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:02pm EST
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  • 057: talking about sheets and skateboarding

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    I come to bed to find that Diane is in the process of changing/washing the sheets.Monkey: "hey babe, the comforter is still in the dryer for a few more minutes, just get under the sheet and you should be good."Me: "really!?"Monkey: "yeah, the sheet will keep you warm."Me:"let me ask" [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:17pm EST
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  • 056: guest poster

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    From the land of Californication:Dear Bibs the Michelin Man, Today I had the pleasure of changing a flat Michelin tire 3.5 hours into a ride. I'm not blaming the tire for attracting and holding on to 3 shards of small rocks, or the wet road conditions. However, every other tire' [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:15pm EST
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  • 055: cross practice in my garage

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    Hoped to get out with some friends and ride around some fields in the dark, dressed in lycra like the dorks that we are. But then just as I was leaving the clog factory, the skies started pouring. So L-Web, Jeb and I had cross practice in my garage tonight.That [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:40pm EST
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  • 054: Free Milk Sundays 6-7

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    Somewhere this summer I read a quote, "you're either getting faster, or you're getting slower, there is no status quo with fitness..."For whatever reason that has stuck with me. Coming into the season I knew I wasn't 100% for the opening weekend but planned to continue to get stronger as' [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:24am EST
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  • 053: collar

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    I have been dreaming a lot lately.In my dreams I have been fighting dark shadows a lot.Fighting, and wrestling, and battling.It's what I imagine Valhalla must be like for Vikings, only without women and beer.And well, Valhalla is essentially a heaven, and my dreams, my fighting has been much darker.Not [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:55pm EST
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  • 052: Nancy Kerrigan

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    Rough weekend on the racing front. Back to Back poor showings in New Jersey. 30th Saturday, 37 Sunday.I am clearly not very fast right now.Saturday started well enough, but after 3 laps I just seemed to fade a bit. I was going hard, just not fast. Then my chain dropped [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:04pm EST
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  • 051: Lantern Rouge

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    DCCX is an outstanding event. The course is balanced, mixing open power sections with some deceivingly technical sections. Marc Gwadz and the DC MTB team obviously put a ton of effort into not only the race but also to the entire event. The venue is unique and the course is [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 6:13pm EDT
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  • 050: kitchen duty

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    Cleaned my bike in the kitchen.I wanted to talk to Monkey while she was working on the computer. I didn't want to be in the garage while she was in the house. We talked some good shit.a little mess to clean up later but it all worked out.respect.fatmarc"I need to'" [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:53pm EDT
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  • 049: let the wild rumpus start!

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    Friday morning Monkey and I took the dogs to the vet for their annual checkup.Riding in the car with our dogs is such joy.Friday afternoon we taped Granogue and our weekend guests arrived.Mayhew, Soupie and Tom. A great group of guests who were very helpful and made the weekend fun.Unless [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 6:45am EDT
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  • 048: Granogue is Saturday. (in case you didn't know)

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    some, but not all of the people working hard to bring you Granogue:pre-race, perfection, execution meeting:you're god damn right Leo is on the list...gratuitous tower shot... Usually it would be faux paux to say that the event you help promote is your favorite cross course ever. But since I have' [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 2:58am EDT
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  • 047: swiftwick

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    Perhaps some of the loyal readers of fatmarc.com have noticed the new link for Swiftwick over on the side. Recently, I was contacted by the fine folks at Swiftwick, and they asked me to do a test and review of their product. Now, I’ll be honest I have only reviewed [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:20pm EDT
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  • 046: pillow talk

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    Saturday Night. October 3, 2009. 09:30 pm EST.Diane: “Honey there is something I need talk to you about.”Fatmarc: “What is it Monkey?”Diane: “It’s serious, I need your attention here.”Fatmarc: “ Okay, you have my attention, what’s wrong..”Diane: “ well, it’s about your race today, and that technical section after the [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:34pm EDT
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  • 045: Pilgramage to Gloucester

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    Charging up the New Jersey Turnpike for the weekends event at the New England World Championships, I pick up my phone and dial my brother Craig, who lives in Greenfield, MA."Hey, buddy, It's Fatmarc, what do you have going on this weekend?" Craig carefully answered, "nothing , why?" I followed [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 5:59am EDT
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  • 044: love this

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    I really, really love this.Trust me it will be worth the 1:34 of your life...respect.fatmarc [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 7:08am EDT
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  • 043: pictures and words

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    This vision of beauty graced Nystrom and my lives as we drove home with our wives Sunday.But one set of testicles are not enough. What I failed to capture in this picture were the big brass nuts hanging off the bumper. God Bless Maryland...Firing out the gates in pursuit of [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:14pm EDT
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  • 042: I still love you Lily...

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    second week of racing action in the Mid Altantic.Whirly Bird:Race started fast. I essentially tried to bridge to the leaders in the first 2 laps. Failed miserably. Chasers made me pay for my audacity in the middle two. Jan rode up to me with 2 to go. I think I [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
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  • 041: of skate spots and cross practices

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    Back when I was a kid skateboarding there was a lot of secrecy around skate spots. Unlike now where there are skate parks and parents can safely drop off little Billy to ride the park for a day. For the record, I hate you little Billy.When I was skateboarding, it [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
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  • 040: opening weekend

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    Nittany CrossThe first race of cross season is always so exciting. The only feeling that I can try and equate it to is the first day of school, seeing friends I haven’t seen in a while, digging in for a new season of cross. Totally awesome. Fuck, who am I [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:03pm EDT
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  • 039: no substitutions

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    I am a simple man. I love my rituals, and my routines. As cross season in the Mid-Atlantic swells and perches on the edge of opening I have felt some anxiousness this week. More than the normal fluctuation in confidence. As I move to a harder class, I fully expect [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:40pm EDT
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  • 38: five days and counting

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    I have been a busy bee…Putting in some last efforts, some last touches…I’ve even had some ideas for some tweaks to the fairhill course.I put out a note that I was going to be doing the Queen B ride this weekend. This is usually a pretty mellow, very steady 50 [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 8:16pm EDT
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  • 036: wet grass; kick ass

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    Wet GrassKick Ass4 hit the deck.Tom taking the worst of it. Talked to him this morning he seems to be okay. Let’s hope we can get him back out on the bike next week.Bill is new to the cross game. A piece of off camber snuck up on him and [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 7:24pm EDT
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  • 036: Congrats...

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    15: I find it a little disturbing that a game involving bean bags and boxes is called "cornhole" just saying...14: no one should make a bride cry anything but tears of joy on her wedding day. The proprietor of the Earlyston Manor didn't quite get it. Luckily that would be' [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
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  • 035: cake practice

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    no, dear god, no, today's title is not to insinuate that this week's edition of DCCoD cross practice was any less challenging than normal. In fact, I found myself really getting slapped around good tonight. If this trend continues it could be a long hard season.But with my C3-Athletes Serving [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 9:45pm EDT
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  • 034: I heart steve nash

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    Let's say you are Steve Nash.You are one of the 10 best point guards to ever play basketball in the NBA. Maybe even one of the 5 best. You are in China, on business, you see the kids down the street playing a little ball. I mean b-ball is your [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 5:27pm EDT
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  • 033: queen b

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    Jan and I headed out to one of the staple rides of our community: the Queen B ride. It was fun. Monkey went and rode very gently on a fire road, that was a little muddier than expected. That was a little hard on the knee. Ouchie...After the ride we converged [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
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  • 032: LIZ Strong....

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    Help my buddy Liz in her fundraising efforts please!! :Hello and thanks for taking a moment (or two) to read about the raffle I've put together to raise funds for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. First, a bit about me so you know why this cause means so much to me' [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 11:46am EDT
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  • 031: random thoughts and stuff

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    I was out for a little ride this morning trying to spin out the ole legs a little bit. School started today here in Cecil County. I know this because there were kids on every corner waiting for the bus to take them back to school, and just about everyone [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
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  • 030: Cross Clinic

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    This weekend I had the great opportunity to work as one of the clinicians with the JBV Coaching/Fulcrum coaching cross clinic with JPow. The clinic was 8 hours of cross, we broke up in to groups by ability levels and took time to really break down folks technique and help [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 8:00pm EDT
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  • 029: team presser

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    As the 2009 Cross season approaches Charm City Cycling, also known as C3, is excited to announce a new partnership. For 2009 C3 will be working with Athletes Serving Athletes, a 501c3 non-profit organization that enables challenged athletes to experience the thrill of athletic completion. C3- Athletes Serving Athletes ,the [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2009, 5:54am EDT
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  • 028: swim, swam, swum

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    Diane's idea of a swim work out: My idea of a swim workout: swim/slide injury:Bike riding is fun.respect.fatmarc"Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?" [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
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  • 027: smackdown ride report

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    My new lust bike:Sadly I have no need for this bike, I just think it is the coolest thing ever.Let’s say I threw together a list of the 20 or so toughest guys in our community.Wilson, Blair Blair, Disco, Jebalicious, Les the international man of mystery, Kaz, Collins, Jan, Lt. [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 9:10pm EDT
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  • 026: fun with facial hair

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    A little known fact about the C3-Athletes Serving Athletes Cyclocross Team is the tough clauses that the boss has all of us agree to be apart of our team. One of the clauses deals with facial hair, and that no member of the team shall have excessive facial hair. You [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:05pm EDT
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  • 025: perspective

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    Layla was a bad girl today. the only exercise that Diane has had any success doing is swimming. She started swimming this week and she wanted me to swim with her. I do my best to be supportive, but I would have rather gone out on my bike. She hadn't really' [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 8:34pm EDT
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  • 024: beardfest '09

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    beard log day 14things are going well. beard feels good, coming in nicely. 18 days is usually my breaking point. I feel good about setting a new bar in that area. Additionally, the beard has not been as itchy as say Beardfest '08. Training ugly.Got out on the cross bike' [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 7:00am EDT
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  • 023: a good day for james bond

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    Sometimes I get caught up in the culture and the people that make cross great. The romanticism of it might start to get the best of me. This week I headed out to start some cross specific style work, all of those allusions were wiped out almost immediately as I [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
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  • 022: seven days

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    I am seven days into my annual attempt at growing a beard. Out at OR there were tons of dudes with killer beards and I admit, I got beard envy. I also recognize that 21 days has typically been my limit for beard growth. I think monkey’s cut off is [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 6:20am EDT
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  • 021: smoothie

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    pretty mellow week.spent much of it in Salt Lake City for the Outdoor Retailer Show. It was awesome to see many of my friends that I rode with on the hybrid pedal tour. That was outstanding.outside of making a couple of smoothies for some friends at the show I didn't' [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2009, 1:46pm EDT
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  • 020: ronde van mulica

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    Jan, Monkey and I had a nice pasta dinner Saturday night. I had too many of these:that lady on the bottle kinda reminds me of my grandmother in law.Early Sunday morning Jan, Bilson and I headed out to the Ronde Van Mulica road race in south jersey.When ever I go [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
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  • 019: math geeks

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    So sometime last year a discovered a new part of the game which I have grown to love. Time Trialing.I mean, I don’t love it the way I love cross, but there is something special about time trialing, I like to think of it as cycling’s dorky little math nerd [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2009, 7:56am EDT
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  • 018: fifty seven minutes and twenty one seconds

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    Went to the Iron Hill Twilight Crit Saturday night. Lots of fun.C3-Athletes Serving Athletes was tinkering with the idea of a white skinsuit for the coming cross season.They asked me to model one.Needless to say the idea has been suspended indefinitely.Hunter (Amy and peaches' boy) won his class. (SWEET)Chappy and' [...]
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    Posted: July 12, 2009, 2:56pm EDT
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  • 017: black or white...

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    Jan BlancJan NoirNachosNew pilloweverybody should have a crazy dog for a pillow.very legal e-town and pmp.Mellow world lately. 40k TT for me this weekend, should be a good test, and a chance for me to see how things are coming along. The winds are calling to me, the cross countdown [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2009, 7:56pm EDT
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  • 016: clutch

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    Like everyone who probably raced at Marysville last week, I find myself with some poison ivy on the tops of my feet. Like those dawgs needed to be any uglier.All I can think is that between laps I was wearing my flip flops which were no protection against the evil [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 2:53pm EDT
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  • 015: return to tuesday night titans

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    Tonight for the first time in 2009, i returned to the Tuesday night titans. I'll admit as local strongman, after local strong man showed up in the parking lot of zingos, I was pretty certain my return would be very short lived.The group was: Todd (the godfather), Peaches, Once a' [...]
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    Posted: June 30, 2009, 9:05pm EDT
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  • 014: bacon, tofu, and jerk

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    Everything hurts.I guess that is somewhat to be expected. As a member of the C3 powered by bacon, tofu and jerk (3 man masters) team. I am pretty worked. I love racing at Marysville, I love the ideas and heart Mike Kuhn comes up with and makes happen at the [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2009, 5:55am EDT
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  • 013: 10 things to do on a rainy weekend

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    10. Exchange emails with Mike Kuhn and talk about his awesome race. You should register.9. Watch Diane make a quilt. 8. Follow on the Internet as my Time Trial Helmet makes it into the top 20 overall on GC in the Giro de New Jersey. (Nice job DDub)7. Eat waterice [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
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  • 011: rollin' with my homies

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    Had a pretty fun ride this week. Meghan and I got off the front.we had to wait for these punks: Diane had some work to do; Lauri was her carrot or rabbit depending on your point of view. Is it wrong to cheer during and effort?This helmet test is the best video [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 6:30am EDT
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  • 011: the ice cream headache theorem

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    I have been wrought with sinus issues this spring. First I experienced allergies. Man, what have I been missing out on all these years! Next of course a sinus infection that put on my back for quite sometime.In recent days as I have struggled back to health and the finer [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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  • 010: the mend.

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    Saturday after a nice ride, Jan, Monkey and I sat outside of the local coffee house enjoying an overpriced, yet still tasty drink. We watched the cougars descend upon town, and placed bets on whether a group of folks walking up the street would go into Starbucks or Hollywood tans. [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
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  • 009: leaky face

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    Sadly, I am still sick.In a perfect world I would have been able to stay home the past two days and further rest and recuperate. In a perfect world, I would not have just moved into a new position at the clog factory, and the woman who the bulk of [...]
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    Posted: June 09, 2009, 8:42pm EDT

  • 008: reboot

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    Here is what I have seen and done over the past week: Yup, pretty much laid on my back, choked on my own snot and stared at the ceiling. A week ago I had just finished a strong ride with the boys, come off a really good block of training [...]
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    Posted: June 07, 2009, 7:33am EDT

  • 007: self awareness

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    Got out to ride with the boys today. Buddy, Peaches, BL Rich, Les (international man of mystery), Kurtee, Leo (dem phucking guys) and Michigan Matt. They were doing a classic 4 park ride, I ended up doing just 2 parks and was totally destroyed.About 2 hours into the ride we [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2009, 7:23pm EDT

  • 006: life rolls on...

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    The plan called for a hard group ride on Thursday again this week. I was able to sneak out of work a few minutes early and again made an appearance at the Peoples World Championships. Second time in 2 years! Super Sweet.More good news, I didn't take out anyone on' [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2009, 8:27pm EDT

  • 005: Mega Dip

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    The Mega Dip. The Gravity Cavity. One of the prime features of this week's Iron Hill race. This weekend Diane and I met up with James and we played around on the Iron Hill course. It was really fun. Now I'm going to sound like an old guy talking' [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2009, 8:04am EDT
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  • 004: the night I took down Mr. Ying.

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    In our town there are two sets of hard road rides both falling on Tuesdays and Thursdays and both starting at 5:30. To the north there's the smack-down and piggly wiggly ride. To the south there is the peoples world championships. We used to have one set of rides but [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 5:31am EDT

  • 003:

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    The Delaware Cyclocross Coalition of Delaware has lost one of it's own.I did not know Joe Manning very well. I know Joe came to cross practice. I know that he always offered to help out with the Granogue races. I know that our last correspondence was him apologizing for not [...]
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    Posted: May 20, 2009, 9:26pm EDT

  • 002:

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    Rather serendipitously a group ride broke out of my house Saturday morning.Now, between you and me, I love having groups ride out of my house. It's always exciting to see who shows up, and as we roll out just seeing all the riders is just rad. Being surrounded my friends [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2009, 5:36am EDT

  • no. 1

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    Diane is funemployed.I think I'll get a new hat soon. Lord knows my hair is awkward as shit right now. Maybe I'll even head back to school.Never thought I’d say that. I hated school. I am totally the WORST STUDENT EVER.I wish I was a tough guy. I am not.I [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 6:01am EDT

  • Per Tom's request:

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    links have been updated and cleaned up...maybe video didn't kill the radio star...go twitter yourself, it just sounds so dirty...slowly I am coming out of the dark...respectfm' [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2009, 6:33am EDT

  • 156: Granogue now even more EPIC !

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    Friends of Granogue,Thanks for coming out to support our event in what were EPIC conditions, to say the least. In the weeks leading up to the event, many folks asked us about the weather. My comment was, it always rains just a little bit before Granogue. Well, this year we [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 6:24am EDT

  • 155: 15 things you need to know about Granogue

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    Is everybody in, Is everybody in ? the celebration is about to begin…15 things you need to know about the Granogue Race Weekend:15. L-web makes the best coffee world...14. Hera Cancer Foundation Pre-Ride leaves Saturday 11:30 promptly. No late riders will be let on course. $5 donation to the Hera [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 9:32pm EDT

  • 154: sixteen minutes and thirty-seven seconds...

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    As beautiful, social, picturesque and hip as cyclocross is, time trials are the complete opposite. Time Trials are by far the geekiest part of bike racing. People in skin-suits, helmets out of spaceballs, and ridiculous bikes that really are the most one dimensional bikes ever.That being said, I have really [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 2:59pm EDT

  • 153: Tequila Tuesday

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    go here. Register now. I will love you forever. Thank you.Tuesday 4:30, sitting at work.Phone rings.“hello? Fatmarc speaking…” It’s Jan.“Are you riding the hammer ride tonight?” Jan asks.I scoff, “no way man, I’m pretty shattered still, I might ride easy, I don’t think I can really sit on a seat [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 7:06pm EDT

  • 152: una versus the bull

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    This is Una. This is the bull.Friday afternoon as we arrived in Leesburgh and began to settle into our little compound, Una saw the bull and decided to give it a little what for. Una charged under the electric fence and after the bull. The bull, startled by the ball [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 6:41am EDT

  • 151: retrospective

    Number of comments: 7
    For the final few years that I focused on mountain bike racing, I had really become focused on team endurance races. We had a great core of people, a plan, and we trusted each other. We were a bunch of mediocre experts, who alone amounted to not much more than [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2009, 6:30am EDT

  • 150: skellington

    Number of comments: 5
    "your dogs always seem so happy, like they have a smile on their face or something..."Layla versus Diane's bike on the trainer... beautiful.... respectfatmarc [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 6:45am EDT

  • 149: Monday, calm before the storm...

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    I am reading a book called "once a runner". Clearly I am not a runner, but the parallels to the cycling lifestyle and how my days are structured are feel pretty clear to me. Wonderful book, I can't seem to put it down.I stole this from James:Get your Big Bike' [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2009, 6:29am EDT

  • 148: switcheroo

    Number of comments: 3
    Congratulations to the The Whiskey Springs Junior Development team, the 2009 Open Relay Champions: After a closer examination of that picture, I have to admit the Open Championship Cup looks an awful lot like the old MAC Cup Team championship trophy. You know the one that Leech supposedly "lost" or [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2009, 9:11pm EDT

  • 147: the open

    Number of comments: 1
    The Open Relay. One of my favorite events all year. C3-Sollay.com had a pretty nice contengency:Director Kris Auer giving us a rousing pre-race motivational speech:"ride fast you bitches or else you are off the team!!"Ladies love Sweet Johnny:Chick Talk:Breyla-la competing for the first time since breaking her leg. She was [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2009, 11:17am EDT
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  • 156: the journey

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    6:15am Saturday morning, April 4I stand in the garage looking the pile of shit I need to load into the car as Diane and I are heading out to the farm in Marysville for the 2009 Open Relay Championships. I'm tired. Perhaps I had one too many Allagash Whites the' [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 7:41pm EDT

  • 145: the selfish fender

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    this is my selfish fender: it keeps your ass dry, but sprays the shit out of everyone else on the ride.many tried to bat away at my fender today and misalign it, but sure enough it did it's job, and my ass stayed dry. Don't drink the fender haterade. Friday' [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2009, 7:10pm EDT

  • 144: the open

    Number of comments: 4
    forty-four is one of my favorite numbers. I am not totally sure why, but I always seem to gravitate towards that number. That's not really important, but then again not much of what I write here often is...The Open is next week. As it is the off season, and I [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2009, 6:32am EDT

  • 243:cookies

    Number of comments: 6
    Sunday afternoon I was baking cookies. Don’t get too excited they were totally toll house. But I digress, I was baking chocolate chip cookies and next to the cookie pan was what appeared to be a stray chocolate chip. I picked it up and tossed it in my mouth.Quickly I [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2009, 6:03am EDT
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  • 242: wake destroyed my bracket

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    So the local university team held it's road race this weekend. The circuit race pretty much circled around my house. I went out for a little spin just before they had gotten underway. On the way home, all of the intersections had course marshalls. As I would approach they'd jump' [...]
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    Posted: March 22, 2009, 8:04am EDT

  • 241: Magic St.Patrick's Day Pants

    Number of comments: 2
    Saturday afternoon, I found myself out with the outlaws.I was sitting next to my grandmother in-law who is a really sweet lady, and over the years we have enjoyed a few frothy beverages together. She is often interested in what I am drinking, and I’m always happy to share what [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2009, 8:24pm EDT

  • 240: the german valley girl

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    Rock and Roll victory salute!?too rock for this race !? SOOO 2007...Don't hate me because I'm beautiful you Garmin Bitches. Fun weekend of riding. Saturday out with Jan, Rotten and Monkey.After about 2 hours, Rotten, Jan and I were ready to call it a day. Monkey wasn't. She said, "really!? Really'" [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2009, 7:30am EDT
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  • 239: lightning in a bottle

    Number of comments: 5
    Every so often you see a competitor who gets hot at the right time, or seemingly comes out of nowhere and produces their best results. At cross nationals last year Driscoll was an example of this, he got hot at the right time, pulled everything together, and pulled off his [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 9:19pm EDT

  • 238: heels, sexy underwear, and dishes

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    Friday night whilst out at dinner we saw this fellow.I called bingo, you know for hipster bingo, based solely on his jacket. However, the jacket could be anti-hipster because it has a derailleur. Hipsters rock the fixes...Judges can I get a ruling?No, sweet Meghan has not gone goth...Friday Tom, Jeb, [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 4:59pm EDT

  • 237: 21 cross races in 2008

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    "San Francisco is a big karate town: in 1965 there were roughly seven thousand full-time fee-paying karate students roaming around the Bay Area... but in any active bar you can hear a story about a bartender who "busted up a guy who tried to pull some karate stuff." It hardly" [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2009, 7:27pm EST

  • 236: HUGE in Ireland...

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    Saturday morning I woke up and my belly felt fine. No explosion, No eruption, I think I rode out the storm. Still had some odd flatulence, but really that's not all that odd at all.75% of the Bohson/Webber clan showed up at our place bearing gifts:So we got all kitted [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 7:19am EST

  • 235: operation volcano

    Number of comments: 4
    So there is this nasty stomach virus going around the office. A number of folks I work with were out with it this week. Basic symptoms are 24-48 hours of jammed up stomach, during which at some point there is some violent vomiting and diarrhea.So it was with great joy [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 5:31pm EST

  • 234: of donuts, and flat tires...

    Number of comments: 6
    When I was a youth unequivocally my favorite donut was the Boston Crèam. Chocolate on the top, custard filling- not quite as sweet as an eclair, but still a tasty treat. Post College, I had a tryst with the French twist. Although it never really took the place of the [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 6:30am EST

  • 233: let me be your let down

    Number of comments: 9
    As if getting my fat, old ass handed to me on every ride I go on isn’t enough, now my dog is punking me.Riley now refuses to go into his crate in the morning. I tell him to get in the "house" and he just sits down at the doorway [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2009, 3:36pm EST

  • 232: observation

    Number of comments: 7
    Here is an observation on the local trail systems:The trail systems that are the most engineered, the ones that have been grated, and approved and praised by everyone, and have been developed so anyone can ride them take the worst beating.I have a theory about that. First the trails that [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2009, 9:11am EST

  • 231: Bad Economics

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    Bad Economics:½ priced Nachos at local college bar: $5Adding chicken for a little extra kick: $1Two glasses of water with lemon: $0Parking for 1 hour: $.75Tip for the very nice, but not so cute waitress: $3Total expense for dinner: $9.75Dinner Economics= Success.Parking Ticket because of slow service due to lots [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2009, 6:28am EST

  • 230.5: Update

    Number of comments: 3
    hypothetically speaking.Taking the advise and philosophy of the commenters on post, I contacted the promoter this morning. The promoter contacted me back with in minutes.The puncher DID NOT register for the race, but was entered by the promoter to cover an entry from last season. The promoter will be removing [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2009, 6:25am EST

  • 230:hypothetically speaking of course.

    Hypothetically speaking, a teammate contacted me about entering an upcoming road race with him. I'm a little skeptical about entering road races, hypothetically speaking of course, so I was in theory reviewing the entrants list when I admit that I came across something that could have shocked me, had it' [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2009, 8:51pm EST

  • 229: DEVO

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    This weekend Zach, my C3-Sollay.com cross teammate, brought to town the Fast Forward Racing Productions Junior Development Team for a little training camp hosted by the Bohnson/Webber Clan. I have already long been impressed with the level head, and vision that Zach brings to the table. The way he pulled [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2009, 5:49am EST

  • 228: eighteen

    Number of comments: 6
    Today is the eighteenth anniversary of the first time Monkey and I went on a date.In the morning of our first date we went to the university and bought books, and then went to McDonald's where I only had enough money to get myself a burger, and didn't get her [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 6:02am EST

  • 227: thanks for the love man...

    Number of comments: 5
    So lets pretend for a second that some Jackass race promoter told you that if you could wear the cow wristband that they required for entry into the staging area at their race for a year, he would give you free entry to the next year's race, could you do [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2009, 7:25pm EST

  • 226: that dutch bitch!

    Number of comments: 2
    That sentiment and many more colorful ones came spewing out as members of the DCCoD huddled in Jan's living room watched the women's pro championship unfold.Clearly we are all homers and were cheering for Katie, but any of us would have been okay with watching Hanka take the win. At [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2009, 9:18pm EST

  • 225: Granogue MTB is May 3, 2009

    Number of comments: 23
    This is the race bible. Let me know what you think:And so it has been written, and re-written:The Escape from Granogue Race is dedicated to the loving memory of our dear friend Andrew Mein. Andrew was a founder of the Wooden Wheels Mountain bike team, a stalwart in the cycling [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2009, 6:12am EST

  • 224: passing the time

    Number of comments: 4
    This is my MP3 player: It was a gift from my wife for Christmas 5 years ago or so.It has been one of my most valuable training partners over the past 5 years.Countless hours in the basement on the rollers or trainer seemed to go by so much faster listening [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2009, 8:26pm EST

  • 223: message in a bottle

    Number of comments: 4
    With the recent up roar over Mr. Armstrong’s bottom bracket message:I thought it would be interesting to check some of my friends bikes, just to see if they had anyspecial or motivating messages for 2009.First was L-Web,That was nice. Jebalicous and Meghan must really appreciate that.Speaking of ole Jebalicous, wonder [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 1:26pm EST

  • 223: splish splash

    Number of comments: 8
    Last night I rushed home. A snow ride was in the making. I was super stoked to get out.I finally get home, and rush into the house to kit up and grab my gear.Monkey exclaims as I walk in the door, “we have a major issue here!” I charge into [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2009, 6:54am EST

  • 222: DCCoD Prom

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    this past weekend Monkey and I hosted the 3rd annual DCCoD Prom.Thanks to everyone who made it out, and for those who missed, we'll try to catch you next year.I need to thank a few folks who helped pull this off:Dennis Smith for a great slide showJan for setting up' [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2009, 4:14pm EST
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