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Moab: Our First Visit

September 22nd, 2006 6:46 pm by Matt in Biking, Trip Report | 3 Comments
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So it’s Friday night (around 11pm) and Colleen and I decided we were going to take a couple days from working and go on a vacation somewhere. Expedia has great reviews on many places to visit and we decided on going to Mexico. Yes, Mexico.
Problem #1: Flight leaves at 6am Saturday Morning (less [...]

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Cycling in the Rain

July 9th, 2006 8:52 am by Matt in Biking | 6 Comments
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So yesterday, after being inspired by watching the Tour de France on TV and hearing from Shannon that she is going to get to ride with Lance, I decided that even though it was lightly sprinkling to go out and go for a ride.
A few days ago, I had purposely driven around up here to [...]

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Softball and Biking

May 31st, 2006 11:37 pm by Matt in Biking | No Comments
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So our church softball team isn’t the best. It doesn’t help that we entered the competitive league. Oh well, it’s fun. The only part I dislike is how many people we have on our team and I always get taken out of the game in the 3rd inning so somebody else can [...]

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Biking…second time this year

May 13th, 2006 11:33 pm by Matt in Biking | 3 Comments
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So, I got out on my road bike today, for the second time this year and it was much better than last weekend. I actually managed to average 16.7mph for the final five miles coming home (and NO it’s not downhill!) My rear end also didn’t get sore, although I did develop a [...]

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Elephant Rock

June 7th, 2004 12:16 am by Matt in Biking, Trip Report | No Comments
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Date: June 6, 2004
Event: 2004 Elephant Rock Ride
Distance: Century (100.0 miles)
Location: Castle Rock, Colorado
Team: Matt Esser (Toid)
Results: 7h 50m (13.0 mph)
One hundred two point-one. That’s the total distance my bike computer read when I crossed the finish line of the 2004 Elephant Rock Century Ride. However, it should be noted that the greatest emotion for [...]

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