Cycling enthusiast and geeky dad. Talks about Cycling culture and industry, IT, and world events. Living by intent, not by accident.
I miss this show…
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unique course feature
If I ever get to design a cyclocross course this will be in it.
Manana Trail. Should be called “trail of roots”. It was fun and challenging to run today. I use to ride this trail when I lived here in Pearl City. I ran it today as I did not bring the bike with on this trip. Vibram FiveFingers pack better than Surly Karate Monkey’s. The trail was the same as I remembered, but harder on foot. The roots seem bigger now, like hopping cyclocross barriers!
It is hard to explain, but there is a sweet smell to this trail in certain areas. I wish I knew what the plant is that grows out there. It is only in certain area, but it fills the area so when you run by it you take a deep breadth and smile. I think it is a Hawaiian herb, but can’t place it. Maybe a sweet type of basil(?)
This is a video highlighting some of the trail. it is not mine, but looks great and gives you the idea of what the trail is.
Kind of a interesting thing for Beaverton, I will have to check it out.
Bike Gallery converts space to tri shop BEAVERTON, OR (BRAIN) Jan 23, 06:55 MT — To serve the surging triathlon market, Portland, Oregon-area chain Bike Gallery has converted the upper floor of its Beaverton location into a separate store, Epic Tri Shop. A grand opening is set for this Wednesday evening. “Triathlon has been growing in Portland for sure. There’s been a real plethora of events the past three or four years,” including the launch of half-Ironman and Olympic-distance races, Epic manager Gordie Cumming said. “We’ve seen a lot of growth in the number of people participating.” The 1,000-square-foot store-within-a-store has its own register, a modern, boutique atmosphere and custom racks made by a local fabricator, said Cumming, who competes in Ironman and half-Ironman events, XTERRAs and other tris.
This is an avocado from that tree in the previous post.
As big as my hand.
Just in case you didn’t know a couple hours drive north of Portland was blasted with a super winter storm. We got lucky and had rain mostly.
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I always hate the day before travel. I always feel like I am missing something. The way I get through it is I say to myself “if you forgot it, you didn’t need it.”
Maverick shuts down
Looks like Maverick stopped operations on Jan 1 according to BRAIN.
