Author Archives: 21cm

Hump Day Miscellany – At’s all about Momo!

In honor of my dear friend Momo I bring you the return of Hump Day Miscellany. She said she missed it. 1). I tried the tire levers – really I did. The tire was just too tight even for them … Continue reading Continue reading

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Monday Monday – Rosy Palm is your Friend

I wrote recently about a ride up Mt. Diablo that was accomplished in spite of a slow leak in my rear tube. That was on a Saturday. On Monday I changed the tube. I think Tuesday’s ride went fine but … Continue reading Continue reading

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Monday Monday – Climbing the Hard Way and a PSA

Triathlon training is going very well these days. I have a new riding pal we will refer to as Dr. McBikey because he’s a doctor and he’s attractive enough to warrant the reference. This is just a biking thing so … Continue reading Continue reading

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You Know the Sport Has Gone Mainstream When…

I was looking at an ad for a very swanky, high rise condo building I found on the back cover of the New York Times Sunday Magazine today . The amenities for these condo units include 4 bedrooms (or 3 … Continue reading Continue reading

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Monday Monday – Golden Bear Race Report

The tagline to the Golden Bear Triathlon is ‘This Bear Bites’ and they are not kidding. I thought this race was way harder than Wildflower Short Course and I’ll show you why. Let’s compare and contrast. A swim is a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Race Report – Golden Bear Triathlon

3:28:28 which included going the wrong way for a bit (probably cost me 2 minutes) and a mess in T2 where a girl gave my bag to someone else and I had to hunt it down. Not bad for a … Continue reading Continue reading

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Season Opener – Tomorrow!

I have my first Triathlon tomorrow. I’m racing The Golden Bear which is a 1K swim (2 loops with part of it coming out of the water and running to the entry!), 28K bike and a hilly 10K run on … Continue reading Continue reading

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We Have a Winner!

I took the names of the people who are interested in winning The Wisdom of the Peaceful Warrior and put them on little pieces of paper and shook them up and picked one and the winner is…. The Black Knight! … Continue reading Continue reading

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Monday Monday – Life is Beautiful

This weekend I had my metric century ride up in Sonoma. It was 4 hours of looking at this sort of thing And maybe a little of this It was one of those things where you ride for 10 miles … Continue reading Continue reading

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One of the Many Advantages of De-Starching

I’ve mentioned that I’ve lost 6 pounds in the last 3 months, right? (about 100 times, I know – SORRY!) One of the things I did was have a come to Jesus meeting with myself over how much whole grained … Continue reading Continue reading

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