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Dano – Remember where I said it was a good sign when Armstrong led out Max van Heeswijk’s sprint at the Tour of Murcia? This is even better news – when the Texan wins the sprint himself: Who knew the boy could sprint?

Second race of the season. This time no major mistakes, except for maybe not being quite fast enough. But that’s a deeper issue. Damn fast fun, though.

So the ride was great. Aside from the fact that my feet were soaked through 10 minutes into a three-hour ride. And the fierce howling wind in our faces climbing the Tramway hill. And the driving rain at the top (and the gust there that literally nearly blew both of us off of our bikes). …

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Just yesterday I was praising Tim Noakes’ The Lore of Running to a friend who recently started training to run his first marathon. Then this morning over breakfast I stumbled across a fascinating article in the March 20 New Scientist (paper only, not the web) about new research Noakes and colleague Alan St. Clair Gibson …

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I did some smart things, made a couple of big mistakes, and made, for about an hour and forty seven minutes, the hardest physical effort of my life. About an hour and a half into it, on a long gentle climb on a clean, clear road with the wind at my back, I had a …

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Lissa nailed it when she observed that I hate to go to parties where there are going to be a bunch of people I don’t know. Add to that the fact that I don’t have those cool wraparound sunglasses and you’ll understand why I woke up with a nervous stomach this morning, an hour before …

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I now think Lance Armstrong has a good chance of winning this year’s Tour de France. I was not so sure. The machine no longer looked invincible last year. He looked good, but it did not look like fun. This year? If there’s a moment, a clue, it perhaps is the third stage of the …

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