Your Exceptional Life

Shining in the shadow of Mount Diablo

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And the sun shines on the bay

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday was a lucky day for me in the shadow of the mountain. I started the day with a ride OVER the mountain. I’d never done that before. It was a five hour bike ride door to door. It was also the hardest thing I’ve done in years. And I’m [...]

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Tags: Cycling · Lafayette · Mt. Diablo

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

I watched a woman driving up Treat Blvd. last Monday night.  She was in the lane next to me, swerving all over the lane, not because she was drunk but because she was texting and driving.  This just came across my desktop and I’ll link to it here for all my cycling friends.  The weather’s [...]

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Tags: Around the bay

I’m running down the road trying to loosen my load

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Big props to the City of Concord for getting Clayton Road finished and open EARLY!  I noticed it right away driving up Ayers and I wasn’t sitting in traffic, then I thought “Hey, the signs are gone!”  Well done.
My latest favorite website to play with is Map My Run.   You plot out your course, in [...]

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Tags: Clayton · Concord