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Regular readers might remember that I’m riding my bike again and training for a race. Well, some of that has changed. I’m still riding, but the race is out. I’m too far out of shape to jump from the couch to a “sprint” triathlon in only 8 weeks. In addition, my early discipline was poor so it’s been more like 4 weeks of real training. Yuk.

Today I headed east of Springfield to hit some backroads with a group of people training for our local MS150 fundraiser. I got there late, got lost on the course and finished a hilly 6.5 miles in about a half an hour. I definitely got a workout, but it wasn’t the 24 miles the rest of the gang was riding.

Good things to note:

• I’m riding about 20% faster than when I started
• I’m able to out-ride the gears on my bike on level ground
• I bought “tri-shorts” and they make a world of difference
• I feel great because I’m making a difference in my life.

Bad things:

• I need better gearing on my bike.
• Spandex stuff only looks good on supermodels
• I need places to store stuff when I ride.

• Eating with the gang at Buffalo Wild Wings. Feeling pressure to be clever when I write these Tweets. #

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From here to there and back: “To paraphrase a friend, every family has its own level of disfunction; those who say their family doesn’t is just lying. It is so true - I saw every bit of it firsthand over the past week. But it’s what you deal with. And in the case of my family, it just adds to the … well, we’ll just say ‘character’ or ‘color’ of the group.”

• Decaf coffee is a poor substitute for regular coffee. Discuss. #

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• Tammy made it in to Winterfest in Springfield. #

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• Finished the second Brick session. Ugh… #

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The cryptic title doesn’t tell you much but I’d bet you’re interested, eh?

I ordered the second edition of Agile Web Development with Rails today via the magic of the mobile web. The first edition was so good (and Rails development has changed at lightspeed) that I figured the $50 was worth it. I’m still working on my wife’s site but the new book with it’s updated practices and sample code would benefit significantly.