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This is what happens when you watch too much Tour de France coverage
I’ve been thinking and talking about getting a road bike for a while. It was one of the reasons that I had my wrist operated on, so I could hold drop down handlebars again. So last weekend we went out and did some test rides – I did some test rides, I should say. Chuck
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A life well-lived: Bobbie Messina, 1944-2006
Last Monday a good friend of Chuck’s passed away. She was only 62, and in today’s world that seems crazy young. She had a sudden heart attack, sitting in a chair reading. We’re getting accustomed to a world when 50 is the new 30, and 70 is the new 50. Bobbie lived in the Baltimore
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So cute you may explode while viewing
I found this site on Yahoo today. I really must stress that this site is SO OVER-THE-TOP CUTE you may immediately keel over from a sugar overdose. Bring on the baby animals!
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Awesome new workout toy
I have to rave for a minute about a new tech toy we recently bought (we don’t share tech toys too well, so we each bought one): the Nike + iPod Sport Kit. This is truly the coolest little lowcost ($29) gadget I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a two-part thing: you get a
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I have about 60 seconds before I have to be somewhere else, so…
A quick update on stuff. First off, I filmed Chuck and me finishing the Carneros Half-Marathon. It’s two and a half scintillating minutes of heavy breathing and me trying to run, talk and film at the same time. But it gives you a flavor of how tired and hot we were. So here it is
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What I did for love
This past Sunday dawned clear and sunny in the Sonoma Valley, not a good sign. The alarm went off at 5:45am, and we rolled out of bed into our running clothes, heading out the door around 6am and walking the half mile to the place where the buses waited to take us to the starting
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