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Mid-Atlantic Time Trial Series: Impact on my Racing Plans
This past winter I purchased a Jamis Xenith T1 time trial/triathlon bicycle, as, last season, I had some good results in the three time trials I entered on my road bike, which I hoped to improve this season. I have since upgraded some parts of the bike, including a disc rear wheel (Zipp 900), deep rim front wheel (Zipp 808), and a Quarq Red power ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2016 Tour of the Battenkill, Men's Category 4 Open/Team
Race: 2016 Tour of the Battenkill ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2016 Argyle Time Trial, Men's Category 4
Race: 2016 Argyle Time Trial ( Read more... ) -
Race Report: 2016 Jefferson Cup, Men's Category 4
My coach, Charles "Chuck" Kyle, who owns Kyle Coaching/ suggested I write a race report for all the races in which I participate this. Here is the first such report ( Read more... ) -
Liechtenstein, or Snow in June?
As promised, here is a post on our recent trip to Liechtenstein, where we decided to visit after I remembered that it is one of two doubly land-locked countries in the world (I have already been to the other: Uzbekistan, where I spent a couple of months just before and just after my first deployment to Afghanistan in 2001/2002). Photos to accompany ( Read more... ) -
Visit to Amsterdam
It has been forever since I used LJ, which is unfortunate. This is a much better medium for conversing with my friends than any other social media site I currently use. FB is mostly junk now, and my other social sites are devoted to special interests (sports cars, mountain biking, etc.) I plan to slowly convert this one to my travel logging, when I ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on 12 Years in the Army
So, two days ago was my twelfth anniversary of service in the U.S. Army ( Read more... ) -
Christmas Abroad
Well, Christmas is here again, and I find myself far from home. I have been home for Christmas more often than Thanksgiving, for which I am grateful. Still, this Christmas is especially tough; this is the first time Erica and I have spent Christmas apart since we met. Never before has there been a single person I wanted to spend the holiday with ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving Abroad
This marks the fourth Thanksgiving I have spent abroad, one in Kuwait, one in Uzbekistan, one in Afghanistan, and now in Iraq, out of twelve years of service in the Army. Since joining the service, Thanksgiving has definitely changed in meaning for me. Growing up, Thanksgiving was a time of gathering together with family at my Grandma's house, and ( Read more... ) -
Almost a year
Well, I have been busy. My new job has proven quite stressful, and I haven't even thought about posting for quite awhile now ( Read more... )