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az_cyclist

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  • Birthday 07/27/1952

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    2018 Trek Domane SL6, Richey 2020 Outback

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  1. I would like to lost about 4-5 lbs. I know to do that I need to quit snacking in the evening. as for food not tasting right, with me it becomes what do I want ..... what sounds good. right now that is a tough question to answer. No, I dont want to go out for food, at least not very often
  2. I liked Natasha, of Boris and Natasha " Moose and Squirrel "
  3. I was 2 S for August 1970, then 1 D until May 1972. 1 H after that
  4. I thought this was about draft cards. Yes I still have my draft card, and my last classification card
  5. 3/25/24 :55 minutes lifting session in the morning, 28 miles Monday afternoon on the bike, 2 mile walk after dropping off the car for service
  6. Double double as in hamburger, or, beer, or scotch?
  7. It is a beautiful place to ride, the entire route. I forgot to mention earlier that it was the first time I had ridden that part of Foxen Cyn Rd in the daylight. Always before we were leaving at 4:30 or 5:00, and it didnt get light until almost the first sag stop at mile 40. This morning I saw pictures on the CTC Facebook page from the first sag. The road was absolutely wet, and there was a huge puddle. I am guessing I would have gotten wet multiple times, and, the wind was chilly and out of the NNW. Of course I am disappointed that I didnt ride the entire route, but, no regrets on the decision I made. There is always next year (yes, I was a Cubs fan when I lived in Indiana and Illinois).
  8. I would not mind some rain enroute (and I have done that at on the Spring Solvang DC at least 3 times), but steady rain in the dark, at 50 degrees.....................
  9. Multi tasking at the moment, but, it was a steady rain (and had been for 3+ hours) Saturday morning at 4:30. I needed to leave the hotel at either 4:30 or 5:00 for a 5:00 or 5:30 start time for the double. Steady rain and 52 degrees didnt equate to an enjoyable ride, so I did not start (DNS). Also, the weather channel was showing that rain would be possible for most of the route during the day. I texted and talked with my younger son (in MSP, who has taken up cycling). I was thinking of just heading back to Phoenix, but the thought occurred to me that I would still be charged for the room for Saturday. My son said can you get in a shorter ride, since you do enjoy cycling in California. Darn it! I thought about bringing my laptop, but didnt. It would have been relatively simple to create a new route. While I was talking with him I got an idea: ride the first part of the double route, then take a detour to where the last sag stop is, in Los Alamos. It was somewhat difficult to judge the distance, but I figured it was at least 50 miles. The "detour road" I was going to turn on is actually on the return for the regular route. There was plenty of elevation gain in what I did, mainly on Foxen Canyon Rd. That road was on the Tour of California race at least once. I did a couple of extra detours, and ended with 62.5 miles and 3632 ft of elevation gain. I left the hotel at 9:45, and was back about 2:20. I did get a few sprinkles about 2 miles from the end. It was a quality ride with all that climbing (the complete route had 8400 ft of elevation gain). I didnt stop for more than a few minutes (taking off arm warmers, taking a couple of pics), so it was like I rode straight thru. An added benefit was, I was back early enough to shower and have an early dinner (with 2 beers) at the Firestone Walker Brewery in Buellton. I drove there, even though it was only about a mile away, and that was a good decision since it did rain. Breakfast this morning was at a local place, Ellens Pancakes. 2 Danish pancakes, 2 over easy eggs, bacon, and coffee. Enough food that I didnt need to stop for lunch on the drive home.
  10. well , it didnt. Update coming this evening
  11. Woke up again , and wanted to get ready for breakfast and the drive home. Had the alarm set for 6
  12. I had red beans and rice in New Orleans, back in the late 1990s. It was good
  13. I woke up at 3 am. Not sure why . Read for a bit then slept until 5 am
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