Operation Gadget
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Where You Can Find Live Coverage of the Dodge Tour de Georgia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNote to readers: This article is about the 2005 Tour de Georgia. Click here for live coverage information for the 2006 Tour de Georgia. I’m a little late with this for Stage 1, but the best places I’ve found for live coverage of the Dodge Tour de Georgia are as follows:…
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Will Lance Get into the Cycling Equipment Business When He Retires?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the things that I thought was stange about the Lance Armstrong press conference that took place earlier today was that Lance made repeated allusion to the notion that cycling was one of the best fitness activities he could think of. This struck me as strange because I had never…
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Made it to the Opening Press Conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesI made it to the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in Augusta shortly before they closed the door for the big press conference. Obviously this was a momentus event, as advertised. There was a press conference before Lance Armstrong spoke. A group of cyclists, representing a cross-section of the Tour de Georgia teams, appeared…
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Lance Armstrong Announces His Retirement
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSaying that he’s “100 percent committed to retiring” after 14 years of pro cycling, Lance Armstrong announced that he will retire on July 24, at the conclusion of the 2005 Tour de France. He said that his children are the motivating factor and he has gotten a lot of advice on…
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Tour de Georgia Starts Monday with the All-Important Press Conference
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m still at the Chicago Showcase, but the Dodge Tour de Georgia starts Tuesday, and Operation Gadget will be there. I’ll actually (somehow) be arriving on Monday afternoon, for the much-anticipated pre-race press conference, where Lance Armstrong has indicated he will tell the world some exciting new information that will pertain…
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Finally Got Online in Chicago
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have no idea what happened but I couldn’t get on-line at my hotel in the Chicago suburbs until this morning. The D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 WiFi card that I have has been flaking out ever since I took it out of my laptop to put the laptop in the bag, with…
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En Route to Chicago
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m at Newark Airport waiting for my flight to Chicago in time for the beginning of the Chicago Showcase Hockey Tournament. I probably won’t be blogging any more today, and may not until later tomorrow depending on the game schedule that I will receive when I arrive.
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Submitted Tour of Hope 2005 Rider Application
Reading Time: 8 minutesI finished and submitted my 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Rider Application. What a relief. The most important tasks for this weekend were the 2004 tax return for Kathleen and me and this application, and I’m glad to be done with both of them. I already talked about the Tour of…
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First Week of April 2005 Workouts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, April 4: Average wind speed of 18 mph with gusts of 30. Poor day for riding. Tuesday, April 5: Too busy to ride. Wednesday, April 6: 14.0 mile bike ride in 50 minutes. Thursday, April 7: 13.9 mile…