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Australia… in a blog.

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It was difficult to convey the daily occurrences in a trip which was both monumentally busy and also quite uniform.  In addition, being in a country that routinely charges upwards of dollarsignr30 for internet access makes it a bit challenging to provide constant and well thought out updates. Having made the decision to come to [...]

Le Fin.

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Friday was a typical Italian day – lazy… the plan was to drive to France, a supposedly short drive to the town of Orcieres, France for the second Super Enduro Euro Cup race.  Initially the plan was to leave at 10 am.  That plan was changed after the determination was made that it would be [...]

Exploring AlpiBike Resorts

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The past 8 days have consisted of more time on a downhill bike then I usually put in during an entire summer.  In addition to the riding at Sauze D’oulx, the town that’s served as our base camp for the past week, we’ve been traveling to nearby resorts to check out the trail systems and [...]

SuperEnduro sufferfest…

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Saturday in Italy was spent at the Sauze d’Oulx bike park riding in preparation for the race on Sunday.  In addition to feeling pretty drained of energy from all the riding we’ve been doing over the past few days, I have developed a complete aversion to all Italian food; meaning I am not eating… anything. [...]

Another day another photo shoot…

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After 8 hours of death sleep, I woke to birds chirping and a mountain of downhill trails calling.  A lovely Euro breakfast (rock hard roll, coffee – thank god, and jam) fueled me for a day that shaped up to be very eventful!  Fraser and I spent the morning riding the trails to be used [...]

Ambien is my best friend.

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Today, or rather, in the technical sense, yesterday, began at 4:15.  4:15 am is not my preferred wake up time, while I consider myself generally a morning person, that’s pushing it.  I struggled through a stress and sleep deprivation induced breakdown after discovering that my Bar study materials were making my bag to heavy to [...]

Finishing the Ride the Rockies

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Six days is a long time to spend in a half inch thick bike “saddle” (torture device if you ask me).  However, having the opportunity to ride my bike with fellow enthusiasts, assisted, for almost 400 miles is an experience that few are lucky enough to have.  I cherished the chance to see new parts [...]

Monarch Pass and sunshine.

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I am very vain.  I’m constantly concerned with maintaining my appearance and thus, this week, since I am a roadie, I am highly invested in upholding my appearance as a roadie.  I wear my bike shoes into coffee shops, obsess about hydration, the pros and cons of various nutritional aides, and ardently discuss wheelsets. I’m [...]

Ride the Rockies! Days 1 and 2 (and likely the only update till the end…)

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I’m not sure what sort of seriously disturbed parents gets their child a 380 mile bike ride for her birthday.  Unless perhaps they’re trying to kill said child… Nonetheless, I was given the opportunity to “Ride the Rockies” this year, my first, despite having lived in Colorado most of my life.  The tour this year started [...]

The Last 3 Months…

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Maintaining a daily blog was never really the plan… so my apologies for not keeping interested readers abreast of the exciting events and circumstances of my life over the past three months.  It went a little like this: eat, sleep, study, ”work”, ski.  Repeat with change of seasons.  Substitue biking for sking.  Substitute law school study for Bar [...]