Welcome,

In the summer of 2008, I started my blogging experience. I wrote about the Epic Summer, my trip to the Tour de France. It was, for sure, a bucket list item for me. I liked blogging well enough that I thought I'd continue to blog about my cycling experiences. It will be an infrequently updated blog, but I hope the updates will be interesting. If nothing else, the exercise should prove useful to improving my rather weak writing and communication skills. Thanks for checking in and I hope you enjoy.

Take care,
Jim Dennedy

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Grand Depart

Rode for 2.5 hrs last night, moderate pace. Organized my piles to pack, but did not pack anything until this morning. Still need to break the bike down, but took a break to post and articles and get some breakfast: Cheerios, blueberries, and chocolate chips. Breakfast of champions, particularly the chocolate chips; semi-sweet.

I have to say, even though there is a ton going on right now, I am pretty amped for this trip and fairly focused on the training benefit this trip will offer. The sights, towns, race and people will be intriguing, but from a fairly selfish perspective, the anticipated training benefit and experience of working the climbs holds the strongest entertainment value for this 'vacation'. As with most things in life, I am sure there will be surprises along the way that may changes this perspective. I look forward to these 'surprises' and will do my best to share the experience through articles posted on the blog.

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