Operation Gadget
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On the Road for a Couple of Days
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI realize that we are leaving just as the Tour de France is beginning to get interesting, but Kathleen and I are heading to the Jersey Shore for a couple of days to visit some members of our family that we don’t get to see too often. I hope to have…
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5th Week of June 2005 Workouts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a quick summary of the workouts that I did last week: Monday, June 27: Unpacking at new house. Tuesday, June 28: Biked 8.2 miles in 41 minutes 25 seconds. Wednesday, June 29: Unpacking at new house. Thursday, June 30: Biked 6.4 miles in 28 minutes 45 seconds. Friday, July 1:…
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June 27 – July 3, 2005 Weekly Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the fifth week of June 2005. I’m experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all of the articles published each week. I will post a mechanism…
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Al Trautwig Using LiveStrong Special Edition Notebook During Tour de France Pre-race Show on OLN
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJosh Hallett of hyku.com asked: Did you notice that {Al Trautwig} had a LiveSTRONG laptop on the desk during the OLN pre-show? I missed that the first time I watched the Pre-race Show, but I was able to go back and look carefully at the lid of Trautwig’s laptop, at the…
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Ullrich was Helmetless When He Crashed into His Team Car
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn reading about Jan Ullrich’s crash into the T-Mobile team car, I hadn’t heard that Jan wasn’t wearing a helmet when he crashed. Analysts on OLN reported that fact early in this morning’s Stage 1 Pre-race Show. How he went through the rear liftgate glass without being seriously injured is a…
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The Effect of Periodization on Tour de France Results
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRich Young of Experience Plus wrote a very good article called Periodization and Predictions for the ’05 Tour de France where he briefly explained the concept of periodization (“you can’t be superhuman all twelve months of the year”) and went on to discuss the prospects of each of the major Tour…
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2005 DC Fundraising Ride to Include 10 and 50-mile Options
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI got an email from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope yesterday announcing that registration has opened for the 2005 DC Fundraising Ride. The first 1,500 riders to raise the required $500 in pledges will be able to join Lance Armstrong in one of two rides through Maryland and the District…
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LiveStrong Notebook PC Now Available at Retailers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy friend Bruce from AMDprocycling.com pointed out that the LiveStrong Special Edition Notebook PC is now available from authorized e-commerce resellers and will be available shortly at electronics retailers across the country. The e-commerce reseller that we recommend most at this time is Amazon.com because they’ve offered the original version of…