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Red Ribbon Ride 2008

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Two weeks from today I will be on my 4th Red Ribbon Ride. I am very excited as usual. The RRR is a 4 Day, 300 mile bike ride throughout southern Minnesota. We ride out of Mall of America and make our way down to Rochester and then back up to the […]

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Mission Accomplished

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

 I am back home after completing my third Red Ribbon Ride.  What an adventure it was.  For those of you that don’t know what the Red Ribbon Ride is, it is a bike ride throughout southern Minnesota.  It is four days and 300 miles.  Its purpose is to raise funds for eight organizations in Minnesota that […]

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www.mapmyride.com

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

If you are into biking I found out about a website from a co worker this week.  It is great if you are trying to to make new routes.  It uses google maps.  It has a feature that automatically follows a road and better yet, it shows elevation so you know if you are going […]

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Summer Rides

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

This past weekend I did the Tour of Lakes.  Group rides are a lot of fun.  I thought I would try some new ones this year.  I also thought I would post them in case anyone is also interested in doing some rides.  There are a bunch of people at my work that are into […]

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1015 down, 485 to go!

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

As many of you already know, I am doing the Red Ribbon Ride for the third year in a row.  One of the biggest challenges in doing this ride is raising the money.  Most charitable rides in Minnesota have 100-500 dollar requirement to ride, however this ride has a 1500 dollar requirement.  Today I […]

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18th Annual Tour of Lakes

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

This weekend I participated in the Tour of Lakes ride for the second time.  This ride is known for the food and this year was no exception.  At the pit stops we had breakfast burritos (made to order), donuts, cinnamon rolls, tacos in a bag, hot dogs, root beer floats and much more.  Not to […]

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