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I called the segment Alexandria ZigZag.

I have a friend in a wheelchair that I’m going to have sign up for Strava, just to KOM this thing

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I spent a few days once at Mt Weather. Very interesting place. 😎

thanks for posting the route, I just saved it! Now hopefully I’ll get a chance to ride it

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Just an update (for those interested). I really appreciate all the advice.

I rested until Saturday morning, then went with the Proteus group ride. It was a nice easy pace for 18 miles. My knee gave me very little trouble. I got home from that, choosing not to try the faster, longer ride that morning and decided I needed to ride more. I took a easy little 10 mile trip up to REI, where I found a Garmin 800 sensor package on sale! (couldn’t pass it up )

Sunday morning I took another 10 mile, somewhat off-road (on a road bike lol) trip around Bethesda. Again, the knee complained very little. Magically, this morning most of the pain is gone. I just have a bit of IT band pain, which is really typical for me. I continue icing and stretching, and I’m mostly convinced I didn’t actually rip or tear anything. I started to have some pain in the other knee late last week, very similar to the pain I was worried about. I realized that it had to be plain old arthritis pain, and not an “injury” of some sort. The other knee started to hurt because I was walking with more weight bearing on the good knee. I think the little twinge I felt in the kneed that day was my IT band not happy with the longer mileage of the day, and riding with my knees out a bit. I’m concentrating on keeping those things in (AERO!).

getting old sucks.

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26AUG12 005 by certifried, on Flickr

26AUG12 002 by certifried, on Flickr

Just some cool pix I thought I’d share from a trail I probably should not have gone down on a road bike! It started off single-track, then turned in to old pavement, so I thought I’d be OK. It got worse I couldn’t bring myself to turn around until I found a locked gate and had no choice.

26AUG12 009 by certifried, on Flickr

Highlight the hidden text below this line if you want to not guess
(I was up somewhere around the Walter Reed Forest Glen annex)
see! cool huh?

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Yep, I’m a member, so um.. yeah, investment! haha Not that it matters with no wife or “serious” girlfriend right now To quote Mel Gibson, “freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedoooooooommmmmmmmm”.

I’ve been using my Droid Razr for a while now. I love its battery life, love Strava, etc. I hate that it won’t navigate for me, and I’m sick of missing my turns. I also don’t want to fork over a few hundred more to get Bluetooth 4 sensors so my phone can record everything. The sale, having another set of sensors for my second bike, made some sense.

In closing, none of the above matters. It’s an electronic toy, I’m a geek. Resistance was futile.

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I was coveting the Garmin 800. REI had a sale, $499 for the all-inclusive package with the heart-rate, speed, and cadence sensors. Cha-ching, REI, now I’m eating Top Ramen for a month

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And,I think I read that UCI was already somewhat on Lance’s side about USADA not having jurisdiction. That might make them even more reluctant to drudge all of this up. I think that if this does go on,it will take years to straighten out. Few will care by then, if they do at all right now.

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I guess I’m a little slow on the uptake here, I didn’t realize that was a build YOU did! I thought it was just someone else’s bike that you were snapping pics of. That is such a beautiful build, classic and so clean. Grats! I hope I get to see it in person some day

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/if-armstrong-loses-7-tour-titles-who-gets-them-his-podium-partners-have-checkered-record/2012/08/24/1d370294-ee1b-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html

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Just to be clear, but I think I already am, fed means “full time employee of the federal government”, right? Contractors are not eligible?

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I want to carry one of those Dog the Bounty Hunter mace paintball guns. I’d mace the shit out of their car and watch the A/C suck it in. Or day-dream about how when they get out of their car, they get it all over their hands, then rub their eyes and start to scream.

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My x-wife and I both went to a spinal surgeon a few years ago. We were both having significant lower back pain. Hers was years of slips and falls, mine was just overuse from the Army and general arthritis. The surgeon determined she needed a spinal fusion and she went under the knife. The surgeon determined that I wasn’t a good candidate for surgery and, literally, said “I can’t do anything for you”. Nothing. Basically just brushed me off. Aaaaand I’m so glad he did. I’ve gone on to dealing with my spinal issues in non-invasive and “lesser invasive” methods, physical therapy, etc. My X went on to have 6 weeks of excruciating pain where she couldn’t even get out of bed much of the time, and still has as much (if not more) pain now than previous to the surgery.

I’ll wait until the already proven disc replacements are possible* in the US like they are in other parts of the world. Third world medicine here sometimes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervertebral_disc_arthroplasty#History

* while “approved” for use, many insurance plans won’t cover it.

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R. I. C. E.

R I C E by certifried, on Flickr

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Dana, was this the one you had requested be moved a little for better line of sight? Did they take your recommendation?

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*IF* they strip the titles, they don’t have to take action, in fact they supported Armstrong in his battle against USADA.

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