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So yesterday I went on my second ALC official training ride. I'm definitely getting into the game a bit late - and it's been a bit rough on my body - but I got out there and rode 85 miles yesterday. It was just over 7.5 hours on the bike and a solid 12 hours from time leaving my house to time returning to my house. I'm not entirely sure but I think that's a one-day record for me.

I got an excellent night of sleep last night and awoke to a lot of muscular soreness and a bit more soreness in the knee than I'd like. I've been icing/ibuprofening in an attempt to keep the swelling/pain down. I think it had to do with seat position as I had to jack my seat up a good half cm to get better leg extension - I think that was what was causing the pain - too much bend in the knee. Towards the end of the ride the pain had alleviated with the seat height increase.

Anyways - I'm in good spirits and feeling nervous/optimistic about the ride. I was told that this 85 mile ride we did was way harder than any day on the ride - so I'm optimistic.

Also, in other excellent news: With all of you amazing people's excellent help I've hit my fundraising goal / minimum to ride! Thank you /so/ much to everyone who has donated. I've raised $2,760 so far - which is a pretty staggering number.

I've got a few mix CDs I'm going to try to pump out this week and one or two prints left to deliver.

For those who missed the Facebook message I had sent out:

Donate $100 - Get a custom mix cd (hour long one-track seamless mix style)
Donate $150 - Get a matted print (your pick from prints.nontent.net)
Donate $200 - Get one of each

http://www.aidslifecycle.org/2004 is the donation URL. I still have another week or two (I believe) to raise funds - so if you've been meaning to or have had plans of donating now is the time!

I don't even know. But it's awesome.

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68 miles, 6 hours in the saddle. So damn happy/tired.

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Made it to the summit of Mt. Diablo. Fuck yeah. 34miles in, 36 to go

Mt. Diablo is 11 miles of climbing for a total elevation gain of about 3600 feet. It's challenging.

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First ALC training ride! 20mi in, next stretch begins the Mt Diablo climb.

Ps I am /so/ the youngest rider on this ride.

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"I'd like to give the beautiful people leprosy. <3"

Made my morning.

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Random band playing ON Telegraph.

Whoever mocked up this ad has good taste in internet radio.

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So I went to the Web 2.0 Expo today for an hour or so. While a select few booths were mildly interesting the only booth to really capture my fancy was the Instructables booth. They had a setup that let you laser etch anything you wanted - laptop, iphone, etc, with your own artwork
 

As I wasn't about to leave this magic burning station without something I decided to have them cut my ID card into a much more web2.0 compatible design.

It was only after that machine stared burning my card away that I realized that those fumes were probably highly toxic. Oops.