Month: February 2012
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Prickled
Clothes were shoved into bags with great haste; somehow it seems that an evening flight enabled me to delay the packing of all things essential until the last minute. Alas, I was on the bus chugging to DIA at 6pm, wishing I had forethought buying a burrito before lift off. Denver was cold. The airport […]
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Seasonality
Finally sense has prevailed. It took a seriously large push of persuasion from mother nature who decided that below zero temperatures were appropriate for the weekend, to match the snow that’s been sitting for the last week or so. No more of this bull-headed “its not winter” pretence – I went skiing. Despite looking like […]
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Stud Race
Although I am steadfastly doing my best to deny it, February is here, and that means my first masochistic adventure of 2012 will be taking place in a couple weeks when I head down to Arizona and ride through cactus infested single-track for 24 hours with four other like minded team mates. With such a […]
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East
The sun isn’t gaining much height at the moment. Its warmth is in colour only. Straight roads allow plenty of time for contemplation. The mountains frame my mood – they are the distance. The lines smudge seamlessly into the horizon – that’s where we’re going Empty and wide.