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Things I bought today:

1. Pearl Izumi Rain Jacket Barrier
2. First to the Line (Bike Racing Card Game)

Very stoked for them both.

Five Random Facts:

1. I lettered in Ice Hockey in high school. I played goalie.
2. I love the sound of bricks hitting other bricks.
3. On my desk are two Spy-vs-Spy bobble-heads.
4. I spent eight years in the Navy and never went out to sea.
5. I once broke my foot dancing.

My favorite cycling races…

I’ve been watching highlights of Spring classics for the last hour and wanted to make my top 5 cycling races:

1. Paris-Roubaix
2. Giro d’Italia
3. Hour Record
4. Ronde van Vlaanderen
5. Kierin racing (in Japan, not Olympics)

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Goals for Winter Break:

1. Start base training. 1 hour of cycling training a day (weights, rollers, or running)
2. Lose 3-5% body fat
3. 1 hour of Arabic reading/transcription a day
4. Read Richard Clarke’s Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It, George Tenet’s memoirs - At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA, and reread Michael Scheuer’s Imperial Hubris, maybe sneak in W’s Decision Points too
5. Write every other day 350-500 words about counterterrorism, Islam or military action in the ME
6. Find pillow cases

GTD: Weekend Edition

1. Tonight: 10k run
2. Tomorrow: OSU v Penn State, have some whiskey with thebikenerd
3. Day after tomorrow: Infirmity Mound Cyclocross race

This week…

• Return of college football (OSU v Marshall, Thursday)
• Off-season training (starting Wednesday)
• Back on a more “controlled” diet
• Try to get an EP for a Blue Competition cyclocross bike
• Finish “This Side of Paradise”

My goals for this quarter:

1. Learn to solidify good language study habits and engulf myself in Arabic colloquialisms.
2. Read “This Side of Paradise” and “Ulysses” for fun.
3. Develop into a decent local cyclocross racer.
4. Increase my squats by 25 pounds.
5. See one ocean. 

Next 30 Days:

• Tonight, Summer Solstice ride in Canal Winchester
• Tomorrow, England v Slovenia (for the knockout stage!)
• Saturday, Hyde Park Blast Criterium in Cincinnati
• Sunday, Tour of Grandview Criterium in Grandview
• July 3rd-25th, Tour de France!
• Build up my cross bike for the fall… Gin and Trombone or Conquest Pro?

Things awesome about today:

1. Last day at University IT Help Desk
2. Rode 60miles yesterday in 90degree heat and feel amazing today
3. It’s FRIDAY! GET UP AHH!!!
4. HUGE Mountain stage at the Giro d’Italia
5. Tomorrow is the Buckeye Criterium in Columbus

Awesome things I did today:

1. Raced OSU Criterium
2. Lunch with my family & @lexasaurus
3. Watched Clippers game with @lexasaurus
4. Enjoyed the sun
5. Smiled a lot aka realizing my life is awesome (and I am unflappable)