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I finished "base" riding today which means I should be fit, not necessarily fast though. I was trying to explain to Jamie that riding 5 hours a day brings you the fitness, but not really speed and that is the second part of training. This spring has probably been the most successful base training I have finished in a long time. I managed to stay healthy throughout and I can only think of a few workouts that didn't go as planned, and other the wedding/honeymoon, I stayed extremely consistent.

Moby's latest album Last Night is out now. Been listening to it for the past few weeks. Good stuff. Check out the album sampler on MySpace.

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From Tokyo to Oakland to NYC. A rare pair of Ato Matsumoto's (made famous by a Mr. West). Thank you Rob.

Atlanta — Official Team Type 1 cycling uniforms and casual apparel is now available for sale, courtesy of the team’s clothing sponsor, Champion System.

Jerseys, shorts, gloves, technical T-shirts, technical polo shirts, and cycling caps can be ordered through the “TT1 Gear” link on the team’s website, teamtype1.org.

TFK's Bicycle Thrift Shop booth sold merchandise to and formed new partnerships with Sea Otter attendees and participants

San Rafael, Calif. - While attending this year's Sea Otter Marketplace Expo in Monterey, California, Trips for Kids (TFK) made a profit selling surplus merchandise from the Re-Cyclery Bike Thrift Shop and met up with the bicycle industry to raise awareness of TFK programs.

Lance Camisasca will continue to provide strategic development insight and industry relations for Interbike, while Tompkins assumes top post

Received a pretty funny email the other morning from athlete Carrie's and Kellie's dad Terry (pictured below) about my recent sneaker post.

Dave, just read your blog on "sneaker surprise" and you're right. I came across these "Air Wals", which are only available at select WalMarts (that is any WalMart you select). They, of course, are only worn on special occasions.

Taped a short interview for a company video today. Funny thing is that I actually felt fine in front of the camera. Quite the contrast to a year ago when I sat down for my Plum TV interview nervous and nauseous. It was one big blur (where's that easy button).

The miles are adding up fast these days. The last two weeks have been solid 20+ hour weeks with some long days in the saddle being put in. I can't say the weather is still that much fun to be riding in, today was the first day the sun was out in a while, but I still battled the 20mph crosswind at 10mph for a good couple hours. Riding into the headwind is the equivalent of climbing up a pass so instead of suffering into the wind I envision mountains and a steep road in front of me, it doesn't really work but you gotta think about something during some of those mind numbing rides.