I finished the two-day version of STP (Map, annotated altitude Profile, Preride Guide) and lived to tell about it. Woot! Saturday Left Seattle at 4:05 a.m. Arrived in Castle Rock, WA, at 4:30 p.m. 139.8 miles, 2,559′ ascent Average speed 13.0 mph. Sunday Left Castle Rock at 5:15 a.m. Arrived in Portland, OR, at 10:47 […]
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Summary Left Seattle July 17 6AM Arrived Winlock July 17 4PM Left Winlock July 18 6:15 AM Arrived Portland, OR July 18 2PM Mileage: 205 On-bike average speed first half: 17.7mph On-bike average speed second half: 15.7mph Stops: Kent, Spanaway, Yelm, Tenino, Centralia, Winlock, Vader, Lexington, Longview, St. Helens (OR), Portland City limits. Detailed route
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Here’s a recipe for a homemade sports drink I used on STP. It’s adapted from Arnie Baker’s Bicycling Medicine. I threw in the lime because I needed to use it up before it went bad. You could use any citrus fruit or unsweetened juice. Sports drink – adapted from Arnie Baker’s recipe 4 Valencia Oranges,
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Bybee-Nims Farms, in North Bend, opened its “U-pick” blueberry fields this week. When we went on Wednesday, the parking lot was teeming with mini-vans and station wagons full of families with the same idea. The fields are very prolific, and one doesn’t have to venture far to find a good bush. Blueberry bushes have no
While reading Fran’s fitness blog, I started to think about why counting calories doesn’t work as well as it should. Even with a diet diary, tracking calories, carbohydrates, fats, and fibre is not as scientific as it should be. One problem is the serving sizes on the label don’t necessarily correspond to what we actually
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I wanted to do a warm up ride before Seattle to Portland this weekend. I noticed SIR had a 100k populaire on Saturday in Olympia, an area I know very little about. I enjoyed riding with SIR in March because they’re very down-to-earth and sociable. The ride started at the Fish Bowl Pub in Olympia.
The July 12th New York Times wrote about book publishers concerned that online, used book sales are cannibalizing new book sales. There were a few points made that I’d like to argue about because, you know, that’s what I feel like doing. “Used books are to consumer books as Napster was to the music industry,”
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Ryobi Trimmer I am finally rid of my Ryobi 720R trimmer. For nine years I’ve owned this pathetic excuse of a lawn maintenance tool. I didn’t think asking for occasional lawn edging and trimming was too much to expect, but it was always hard to get started. When it finally did acquiesce, it’s 2-cycle engine
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