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Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge - Climbing and Heat

July 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I am in charge of a training program here in San Diego for the Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge. The ride is to support CAF which is the Challenged Athletes Foundation. I absolutely love this Foundation, and I am so excited to be a part of the organization this year.
The actual ride is from San Francisco […]

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Torrey Pines

May 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Every town has certain climbs or rides that all cyclists consider milestones. From my previous posts, you can tell that one of the main climbs in the San Diego area is Palomar Mountain. This is a milestone for cyclists who have been riding for awhile, because it is a long ride and a hard climb. […]

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Best Buddies Ride: Boston

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

This weekend I flew to Boston to do a ride for a foundation called Best Buddies. I have done this ride on the west coast for a few years, and was invited to ride in the east coast version from the JFK library to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port.
One of the things I swore […]

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My Birthday Ride

April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well, I just had my first birthday in San Diego. It was a great day even though the weather didn’t treat us well.
I’ve never had a “Birthday Ride” before and there was definitely a lot of hype leading up to it. I was on email chains that had all kinds of interesting banter going on […]

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Rancho Santa Fe to Palomar Mountain Ride

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

On Saturday I went on a ride from Rancho Santa Fe to Palomar Mountain and back. It is a round trip of about 90 miles, but it was super windy, and COLD!
I have been riding a bit, but I have just started to do some longer rides. This was far and away the longest ride […]

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Tour of California

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I spent the last couple weeks working at the Tour of California. It was a great, but nerve wracking experience. I have been racing my bike forever, but I have never seen a bike race from the inside perspective that I had at the Tour of California. I took on two roles, my first was […]

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Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s that time of year again when trying to decide what to wear on the bike becomes a bit more challenging. Today I am packing for a ride from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. It is for the Qualcomm Million Dollar Challenge. Our ride was supposed to be a few weeks ago from […]

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