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Contrasts
Today was my last day of tuning up before I head off to Philly. I did a 30min trail run with Dot (dog). I thought it would be neat to compare and contrast my day with Jake’s. So here goes.

May 31.08 to run, with photos Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-30
f*king twitter IM is still down. #
A few days into using the new FF3 beta. Me like a lot. #
I really like this question http://twitter.com/MarkCunningham/statuses/821981328 #
@isiva muchas gracias ;) #

May 30.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
A quickie with Dot
Today just may have been the busiest work day I’ve ever had! But it was fun. Anyhow it did mean I had no time to go for a ride, which I’m a bit choked about. I did get out for a run at the end of the day with Dot. I’m feeling really good on [...]

May 29.08 to run Add a Comment
Just so you know
I didn’t do anything today. I was going to head out for a ride with Sheri at the end of her day. But she came home a bit late, and then my calendar popped up a reminder of an appointment I had at 5:30. That meeting ran late and before you know it, it was [...]

May 28.08 to fatman, rest Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-27
making my bed. #

May 27.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Turning point
Today I ran 30mins in the wood with Dot (the dog) and Sheri. Until today Sheri has been fitter than me running. However, I think I’ve hit the turning point in my fitness. The long ride on the weekend did the trick and I’m getting fitter and fitter. I felt great, good flow.

May 27.08 to run Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-25
I get cheesed whenever Zoolander is on TV and it gets a 1 Star review. #
Wow…. you can spend 160.00 ea on water bottle cages these days. Whodathunkit? #

May 25.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
A rare occurance
Today I did one loop of the gatineau parc. 21km, 1hr and 8 mins. I went with Sheri. That is a pretty slow pace and that is not the rare occurrence. For some reason today when I rode I decided to wear a helmet! I have no idea why, but I think its because I [...]

May 25.08 to bike, with photos 1 Comment
40 Seconds at the Giro
Today’s Giro stage started in Arabba. Last year OneFatMan was there on vacation … since flickr now supports video I thought it’d be a kick to post this video from the Passo Campalongo. The Campolongo is just above Arabba and looks across the valley at the Marmolada—the highest point in the Dolomites— where today’s [...]

May 25.08 to fatman, video Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-24
Today my bottle cage came loose on my bike ride. If anyone has any tips to prevent that, let me know. #

May 24.08 to Twitter 1 Comment
Keeping up with the club
I created this dandy little snippet to search GoogleBlogs and GoogleNews to find news items about the club — the S-Team or Symmetrics. This page will always show the latest 20 news items from the internets related to Symmetrics for the last month as of now.

Symmetrics Team Twitter Updates

Follow the team on Twitter

May 24.08 to club, fatman Add a Comment
Wa bonk
Today I did my favourite ride. But I’m not quite ready for it and got pretty tired in the last 30minutes and came home with a pretty bad bonk. Maybe that’s good, I haven’t bonked in a long time and it kind of felt good. Anyhow the ride was amazing and I did it in [...]

May 24.08 to bike, with photos Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-23
I wish zoho invoice would let me export data to a spreadsheet… #
I’m at the parkdale flower market getting pansies. #

May 23.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Jake’s take on Hood
Amigo Jacob had this to say about Mt. Hood which the club recently wrapped up:

May 22.08 to club, with photos Add a Comment
The flow was back today
30min run in the woods. I felt awesome. Went out late in the day with Dot. Talked to Bucker on the phone for a while today.

May 22.08 to run Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-21
Installed google calendar sync for blackberry. nice. #
Exciting finish at the giro today. I had dinner with Allesandro Bertolini in Como last year. #

May 21.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
30 minute run
It was kinda rainy again today so I just went out for a 30min run again at the end of the day… with Dot the dog.

May 20.08 to run Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-19
Pinner wins final stage in Hood http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetfuel/2503271477/ #

May 19.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Rainy run
It was raining today. I wanted to ride, but I don’t ride in the rain… because then I’ll have to wash my bike sooner. So I went for a 30min trail run with Sheri and Dot. Sheri runs a perfect pace.

May 19.08 to run Add a Comment
Photos from Mt. Hood
Jake sent in these photos from the club’s trip to Mt. Hood last week.

May 19.08 to with photos 1 Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-18
I’m testing the Flock browser… It might make me switch. #
freakazoid http://tinyurl.com/6r3d4j #

May 18.08 to Twitter 1 Comment
unLoops
I’ve been riding around Chelsea Quebec for a long time. The ‘loop’ around the Gatineau Parc is classic, but I’ve done it so many times it gets boring. I try to create little hybrids of it that I find more entertaining. Here was today’s ride. All in all it doesn’t really carve that much distance [...]

May 18.08 to bike, with photos Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-17
sometimes I wish wordpress wouldn’t nag me to upgrade so much. #
Disco will make a comeback. #
Please, please, please tell me how big a file is before I choose to download it. #
It’s raining. I want to go ride. I don’t ride in the rain. I guess I’ll drink instead. #

May 17.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Lazy days
Today I woke up kinda un-motivated. I lounged around all day and started drinking beer at 2PM. Didn’t ride, didn’t run. Took a nap and watched movies.

May 17.08 to broken, fatman, rest Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-16
BMC won a race. hooray! #
Waiting for takeout. #
Call (925) 788-6615 #

May 16.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
biking… with …
As the youngman would say – my lady friend. I did a hybrid loop of the Gatineau parc in 1:20 or so. I’ve ridden outside twice and my crotch is so tore up from saddle soreness I can barely sit down. I think I’m just gonna try to keep riding 4 times a week and [...]

May 16.08 to bike Add a Comment
Millar goes mental
From yesterday’s Giro stage. Who’d blame him really, I woulda done the same thing…

Tip: when your chain breaks with 1.2km to go in a Grand Tour stage and you are in the winning break, it’s OK to yell f*ck at the top of your lungs and hurl your bike as far as your rage driven [...]

May 15.08 to life-balance, tips, video Add a Comment
Guess what, today I ran
30 minutes in the woods, with Dot again. Yesterday I got sidetracked with life… I’m still struggling to get back into the routine after the trip to Georgia. I didn’t feel great today on the trail. And my ass is all tore up from one day of biking. You know, people always used to ask [...]

May 15.08 to run Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-14
I wish the United States would convert to the metric system. #

May 14.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-13
The latest issue of cycle sport is still talking about Lance’s legacy… when will it end? #
Ricardo Ricco is ‘the Cobra’. Italians like to give themselves dramatic nick names http://tinyurl.com/6qf3bb #
Apparently most things in chelsea are closed on Tuesday. #

May 13.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Everthing is closed in Chelsea on Tuesday
Today I went for my first ride outside. It was amazing. Not a cloud in the sky, 22C. I rode around the Parc de la Gatineau and there wasn’t a car in sight.
For someone who loves Bike-ling as much as I say I do… maybe I should do it more often.
NOTE: Everything is closed [...]

May 13.08 to bike Add a Comment
Zip
I got side-tracked today and didn’t do shit. Maybe tomorrow I’ll exercise twice. I just got my new Bryan Kest yoga DVD and want to try it out… after I, errrr, go running with dogs.

May 12.08 to fatman, rest Add a Comment
Tweets on 2008-05-11
The Giro is way more exciting than the Tour. Today’s finish was a good example. #
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams #

May 11.08 to Twitter Add a Comment
Flow
So today—as I was running through the woods with a dog again—I thought about what I miss the most about being fit. Flow. When you’re fit you can do things with a flow that isn’t there when you’re fat. Like today, I was plodding away all heavy and fat. I’m blown from the 11min uphill [...]

May 11.08 to run Add a Comment
Today I did cross training for Jake
30 min. run in the woods with Dot.

May 09.08 to run Add a Comment

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