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		<title>The Race to 10,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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So I was looking at my TrainingPeaks software last night (after a 27 mile ride in the pouring rain with Kevin D.) and I noticed that I&#8217;m at 6,200 miles for the year. That&#8217;s easily more miles on my bike than on my car. So I decided that I&#8217;m setting a goal of at least 10,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Love the 80&#8217;s - ThinkCash Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Every quarter we have a company &#8220;Town Hall&#8221; at ThinkCash. It&#8217;s a great way to update all employees on the state of the company (financially, marketing campaigns, IT improvements, etc.). Last town hall we decided to &#8220;spice-it-up&#8221; with a funny video to open the event. It was such a hit that we decided to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Tour de France Cleaner?</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/is-the-tour-de-france-cleaner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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Even though I am a huge fan of professional cycling, I don&#8217;t often get on my soapbox about drugs/performance enhancers in pro cycling. However, I read a very interesting article in Scientific American that paints an interesting picture. The chart above shows the average speeds for the Tour de France winners over the last 60 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wild West Weekend</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/wild-west-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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 Grant spent this weekend in Dallas with his Pop and Granny June (my Parents). This was the first time that Jess and I had just Lauren (with no Grant) since she was born. It was nice to have some time to focus 100% of our attention and affections on Lauren. Jess and I often found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Favorite Rides - Crazy Kicker (Mineral Wells)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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This ride is a about a hour drive from Fort Worth, but well worth it. This is the same course as the Kiwanis Crazy Kicker rally in October.  This course has lots of wide shoulders, rolling hills and Cherry Pie Hill (1.5 mile climb at 6%-8%).  As outlined above it is a 66 mile ride with about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lance Armstrong and Dave Wiens duel in Leadville</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/lance-armstrong-and-dave-wiens-duel-in-leadville/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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So I didn&#8217;t do Leadville this year (still one of my future goals), but Superhumanmag.com has a great video on the battle between Lance Armstrong and Dave Wiens at Leadville. Watching the video makes you realize just how brutal the climbs at Leadville really are.
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		<title>TXTough - 38 days and counting</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/txtough-38-days-and-counting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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With just 38 days until TXTough, I decided to take another look at the course map today. The 112 mile route basically does the 56 mile route twice. This is actually pretty cool because it means we will get to ride twice through Victory Park. Since I&#8217;ll be riding a single speed, it will also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is HOT!</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/it-is-hot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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Kevin had a great post about how hot it has been in North Texas. 17 of the last 18 days it has been 100+ degrees in Fort Worth (today should make it 18 of 19).  Sunday was 107 degrees! I rode on Thursday and yesterday after work and it is just too damn hot - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBNC 2008</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/226/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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So I&#8217;m headed to BBNC 2008 in Houston tomorrow. We&#8217;ve previously done BBNC in Austin, Dallas and Destin, FL. This year almost didn&#8217;t happen, but Jake G. came through in the end. Looking forward to having some fun with the fellas. My predictions for BBNC:

Lots of good food
Lots of good drinks (probably too many drinks)
Lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TXTough - Raising money for Children&#8217;s Medical Center in Dallas</title>
		<link>http://texastailwind.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/txtough-raising-money-for-childrens-medical-center-in-dallas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		
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I really got into cycling about two years ago. One of the first challenges I set for myself was to do the Lance Armstrong Foundation LIVESTRONGride in Austin. The ride was 100 miles (at a time when the longest ride I had ever done was 40 miles). I put a lot of time and energy into [...]]]></description>
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