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The Mileage Obsession

On an almost summer-like Hill Country ride this morning, I caught up to my friend Barbara with several miles to go. “I want to do 100 miles this weekend,” she said. “I’m at 91 right now. It’ll be close.” I … Continue reading

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A Look at the Numbers

Guest poster Don Blount has been looking back at the year through his riding figures. Lies, damn lies and statistics. Can you really trust those numbers that you download from our bike computer? I recently reviewed my biking stats for … Continue reading

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Year-ender

We’re at the end of another year.  Bike-wise, it was a good year for me.  Among my personal highlights: A new yearly mileage record: 4,100 miles. Two century rides Completion of the full two-day MS 150 from Houston to Austin … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals

Forget resolutions. I usually break mine within a week, anyway. Instead, I’m going to recap 2009 through my biker’s eyes, and look ahead to 2010. 2009 stats: Total miles: 3,053 Avg. speed:14.9 Highest avg. speed on a single ride: 17.2 … Continue reading

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Ringing out the old – 2008 biking stats

On this New Year’s Eve, it’s time to look back at where I’ve been, biking-wise, over the past 12 months. First of all, let’s recap the last four months, as I have done in April and August. Then we’ll recap … Continue reading

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Biking stats update

Back at the end of April, I took a look at my riding stats for the first four months of the year. Now, the second four months has gone by, so it’s time to update those numbers: May-August: 54 rides … Continue reading

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