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Daily Canal Biker: Off Road Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Friday, July 10, 2009. Off Road Canal Biker. 15min total for school duty. Today I was just the writer. Not the rider. Had day off Friday. Last Day of School. It's about the journey. I got on the scale today. Determined that I must have lost weight after pumping my chubbin...
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Daily Canal Biker: Rocky Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Thursday, July 30, 2009. Record in 32.01min. Record home 33.58min. Morning forgetable, maybe tailwind, blinding sun. Cue the Henderson Jr. High Band version of Rocky Balboa. Stair climbing music. Didn't think "quitters" because I was very pleased that 3 of them had quit&#...
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Daily Canal Biker: Heavy Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Thursday, July 9, 2009. 43min going. 45min back. Blue, gray. Windless to work. Headwind home. The Rabo guys are taking turns falling off the bike. Can't get a break, says the press. Except Gesink, rookie Tour rider who snapped his wrist and rode another 70km/50miles t...Maybe...
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Daily Canal Biker: Confrontational Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Sunday, July 12, 2009. DAY 7 Saturday, July 11. 44min total to shop and back. Sunny, insignificant wind. DAY 8 Sunday, July 12. 1 hour approx. family ride. Perfect temp, puffs of wind. Will Ride for Food. Little 'Nolte Farms' sponsorship. Snapped pics of the boys on the canal...
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Daily Canal Biker: Rain or Shine Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Rain or Shine Canal Biker. 1 Friday, July 3. 55min going. 47min back. Monday, July 6. 40min going. 45min back. Tuesday, July 7. 41min going. 46min back. Crosswind to work. Rainy home. And a cool, moist towelette. View from canal bridge. What's silly, I ...
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Daily Canal Biker: Ordinary Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Thursday, July 16, 2009. Spectacular, not normal. To the American audience, this bike riding gig is extraordinary, ha, perhaps. Riding a bike or walking is just not done in Texas. Too hot. And just not enough bike riding going on. No place to ride safely. Have become so commo...
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Daily Canal Biker: July 2009
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Friday, July 31, 2009. 3206min (PB) coming home. Record daily total 64.09min. Fantastic.70F/21C degrees, puffs of wind. How long do you have to do something before it becomes a routine? Tammie: 355km or 220 miles. Tour de France: 3500km or 2174 miles. Rabo Riders who fell: 8.
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Daily Canal Biker: Discouraged Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. 4307min going, 38.33min home. Morning was clear, bit nippy. Afternoon was dark, looming clouds, lightening, thunder, smattering of rain made me ride fast before the bottom fell out. Rabo Mood Sours, Too. Team Leader Breukink was speaking to all of us w...
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Daily Canal Biker: Convertible Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Friday, July 17, 2009. No riding time today. Morning, storming. Afternoon, clear. He jumped in, gave it the experienced shake of the stick and it started. Now that I think back, he said, "This only happened a couple of times to me." But he had developed a quite extens...Parke...
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Daily Canal Biker: Bionic Canal Biker
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Goal was to bike to work and blog daily during the Tour de France from July 4 - July 26, 2009. My round trip was 20km/15miles down a Dutch canal path. I'm a hefty, lazy Texan writer living in Holland, hence the challenge and comedy. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. 37 going, stopwatch quit,. 3836 coming back at night. Gorgeous almost cold, going in. Sweating coming home. Do you have the time, to listen to me whine. lyrics to Green Day song. Nudie Runner Companion for the Day. Type in nuderuns.com to see if th...
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