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Saturday Morning Ride

I had a 42-mile ride scheduled with Sven this morning and met him on the corner on Scholls-Ferry and Murray. The weather forecast was not promising, with a good chance of rain, but I decided to chance it and left the rain gear at home. Sure enough it started to come down early on; enough that I was damp throughout.

I had mapped out a new course and didn’t know that a considerable portion of Firdale Rd was actually gravel. We decided to take our chances instead of turning around and, amazingly, made it through without any flats (instead, my front tire went “psssssh” later on, as we were heading south on OR-219 from Hillsboro).

The pace was a little slower than I would have liked, my flat tire cost a few minutes, and Sven bonking at the end forced us to stop for some Snickers bar and Gatorade. But all-in-all a decent ride.

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Blue Lake Bonus Pic

My friend, Randal, was a volunteer at Blue Lake and was stationed at the start of the bike course and took this shot when I came out of T1.

Some one made a comment that I looked so serious in all the pictures. I think this is the only one where I have a smile on my face.

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Family Fun At Hagg Lake

Yesterday promised to be a beautiful day, so the whole family went to Hagg Lake in the morning so the kids could play in the water/sand and pappa could do an open-water swim and a bike ride.

Hagg Lake is not known for its sandy beaches. As the water recedes, it reveals some sort of clay/mud mixture along the shore. This time of year the water is still a bit to high, but we found a spot that the kids liked well enough. It was also a good place to start a swim.

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