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Some things

I notion I would add some photos to the old blog:

Havoc jr’s new commuter rig.

Ok, the signboard that you are getting old, is when you are surfing some results on cyclingnews and you see a group of guys you used to race with dominating the masters results.  I am not genuinely sure how to feel about that whole situation.  A lot of my friends in these parts keep talking about me racing masters after retirement, but I am not true I want or can do it.  But, nonetheless, it is crazy to see a assort of guys who used to race the pro circuit racing the masters categories.  Those guys reasonable better hope Gord or Scott don’t give the slip their minds and decided to race masters (and yes Gord is Canadian, but he has a verdant card so I think he is now eligible).  Things that announce you go hmmmmmm. 

The US Swimming Olympic Trials have been on in a big way in my dwelling-place.  My wife was a very dominate high view swimming coach in Tucson.   Her teams won states titles in both men’s and women’s for 6 dependable years….pretty good.  She also ran the aquatics fluency at the University of AZ so she knows a lot of the swimmers at the trials.  Some of them she had on her sharp school team so she has been as pumped as those of you who are tivo’ing the Outing.  I have to say that Phelps is a man-child, freak of a magnanimous and most likely the baddest dude on the planet.  And how about those trail and field trials?  It is cool to see a kind run faster than I can go on my bike…if only for a short time.  Still very awesome!

I bought a bike rack for the SUV.  Now I have not had a rack for a car for like 10 years, but with retirement looming and with expectations of blood outings, I felt it was time.  I bought a Thelma from Saris and today I worn it for the first time.  It only took me about 15 min to convoke the thing and about 30 sec to put the bike on.  Let me tell you, if you are current to buy a hitch rack, this is the one to get.  Very cool, very easy and a really agreeably design.

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