05/30/2009 RouteFind more Bike Rides in Concord, California After a bunch of rides in the 70-86 mile range you’d think this one would be a piece of cake. Not so much. I think mentally I didn’t prepare as much as I did for the long rides and well, 50 miles and 3000 feet of...
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I got a copy of Rita’s test results. My regular vet was out of town and I guess his father or someone was running the practice. At the end of the day the guy’s accent was so thick I really don’t know what was up with Rita or her test results. He put her...
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That ship sailed under the Bush regime. Here’s an old NYT story about a young soldier trying to armor a HumVee with old police vests. Those who have been coming here for any length of time know that I am opposed to the war in Iraq and think we should have turned Afghanistan into...
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Today’s post is like tapas. Little tasty plates. I’m still following LandAmerica, for all you former employees. I’m sure a lot of you are as well. I will say it’s becoming a fascinating bankruptcy. And I’m spending a lot of time reading the Times Dispatch. This one’s kind of interesting to me....
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It kind of looks like a child drew on a map. 05/22/2009 RouteFind more Bike Rides in Concord, California The roads are that windy. There is 4400 feet of climbing. This is the last long ride before the Sierra Century. The Sierra Century has 6500 feet of climbing. Last weekend I was a little...
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Yesterday I bought myself a little present. I’m sure there are more economical ways to do what I did, but it’s a present. And it will change the quality of my life. And it was totally worth it. Yesterday, at the request of my chiropractor, I went to PK Cycling and got my bike...
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I was going to write about wine today, but I’ve got a great story, so I’m rolling with it. And the story has evolved as I told it to The Brother and it started getting intertwined with several other recent events. Now I feel like a Brady Bunch episode where various events lead to...
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When I went to work for LandAmerica’s National Commercial Services, Jan Alpert was the CEO. She came up through the NCS system. She knew what it was like to actually work for the company. And it ran pretty well. Of course, not well enough for Wall Street, so in comes NASCAR Teddy. And we...
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A Road Less Traveled 05/16/2009 RouteFind more Bike Rides in Concord, California Yesterday’s training schedule called for 83 miles, rolling hills. I probably failed on that because I went over Morgan Territory, which isn’t so rolling and isn’t so much of a hill. And it was 102 degrees when I got home. I did...
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