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Battle of the Bulge
Well, as it always seems to now, summer has arrived in May in the Mid-Atlantic. We opened the pool last weekend, and the water temperature is already pushing 80°. By Sunday, it’ll likely be up to 82 or 83. Amusingly enough, we had the cover off the pool at 9:30am and the kids were in…
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Bike to Work Day 2011
Today is “Bike to Work Day” in central Maryland, so I did what I do pretty much every other day: I biked to work. Unfortunately there are no BtWD “rallies” anywhere near where I commute, so I didn’t register for the event, nor did I attend a rally. My hope is that eventually, this will…
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Yay.. more crappy weather for Bike to Work Week
Next week is “Bike to Work Week” in Maryland, and the weather looks like a carbon copy of last year’s Bike to Work Week: rain as far as the eye can see. With any luck, we’ll dry out by Friday, which is “Bike to Work Day.” But unfortunately, it’s not the kind of weather that…
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Time Trial
I found myself in an uncommon situation this morning. Normally I ride for about an hour to work each morning, taking various routes, and ultimately arriving at work between 8:30am and 9:00am. It works out great because I typically don’t have meetings before 10am, which allows plenty of time to cool off, freshen up, change…
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Long Road Home
I changed things up a bit for my ride home yesterday. I typically mix my routes up on my commute to work in the morning, but for the ride home, I take the same route every day. It’s relatively fast, traffic is not too bad, and it gets me home right around dinner time, so…