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Okay, top picture taken in Douglas Arizona at the Cochise Classic. Lt to Rt: me, Randy Nunley, Gary Burk and Kyle Jorgensen. I don't recall the distances we were doing, or if this was the trip one of us was sick all night and was forced to abandon 10 miles into the race the next morning. Okay, it was Randy. Lesson learned; never, i repeat NEVER, eat at a small Mexican food restaurant the night before a race. I work around a lot of sick people and was Randy's roommate that night and he sounded like he had gallstones AND kidney stones at the same time. I was shocked to find out he even tried to race the next morning. Now I remember...Kyle , Gary and I were doing the 252 miler and Randy was doing the 92 because hadn't trained enough. I'll have to try and find that story or write one up from memory. I lost quite a few stories because of a lousy computer shop that "fixed" my computer.

Bottom photo taken at the Tour de Tucson (2002?) Lt to Rt: Steve Hatfield, Kent Hatfield, me and David Hatfield (basically four of the Hatfield brothers) Again, I can't remember the year or outcome of this one.

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A few more old photos of the fellas...

Top: Lt to Rt Mike Norberg, Dan McGeehee, David Hatfield, myself and Rick Green at the Tour de Tucson (2002?) I think Dave, Mike and Dan finished in the lead pack.

Bottom: Lt to Rt David Hatfield, Jim Wilson, Kent Hatfield, Eric MacDonald, Steve Hatfield and Myself at Telluride and Duraaango Colorado (2003?) That was a great mountain bike trip. Hermosa Creek north of Duraaaango and the "up and down trails" of Telluride.

One month since my last entry? That's pathetic. I really just wanted to get on here tonight and say hello.

The Aussie exchange students that stayed with us for a week left this morning and there is a huge void in this home. We had a great time with them, they are good kids and we got to do a lot with them. We will miss Lukas and Karla just as we miss Shaun and Gabby from last year.

Speaking of voids, not mountain bike racing this year is a big one for me. I hurt my left knee and back on a training ride last Friday and was physically unable to go out the next morning for the first race of the series and mix it up with the fellas. I got off-balance and went over my bars and down into some decent sized granite rocks and a desert tree. Kyle Jorgensen and Jim Wilson were there to heckle me of course (just like my other spills). Jim was right on my tail and when I went down he couldn't quite stop and crashed as well. Though I think he stayed on the trail and landed on my bike so he was injured less. Kyle was strategically going slow and came up on the tangled wreckage.

I was looking forward to doing the series, riding for Adventure Bicycle and was excited about racing the Pilot 429 (29'r) Bill had let me demo. I love this bike, it's solid and stable. Best full-suspension I've ever ridden. Ask me about it...

More later...