Bike Race Photos

I just joined Netflix.There is only one place to rent movies in Breckenridge and the selection is not so great.

Sign up to be my friend so you can see what I’m watching and I can see what you are watching.

I’m working on a 2008 marketing plan for work. Below is just one strategy of many. The days of branding, awareness type marketing is over. It is all about ROI and cost per acquisition. How much are you willing to pay for a lead or customer? From there, break it down and determine the appropriate message and strategy to get there and track, track, track all your communication efforts.

Strategy: create unique identifier on all marketing campaigns to track effectiveness of all communication.
1. Tactic 1: All space ads will contain a unique URL. For example, www.keystonesymposia.org/nature will be used for space ads in the Nature Journal.
2. Tactic 2: All direct email campaigns will contain a unique URL. For example, www.keystonesymposia.org/7X7 will be used for the registration email announcement for the HIV Vaccines campaign to our internal HIV list. Separate URLs will be created for registration, abstract deadline and scholarship emails. Distinct URLs will be developed for mailing lists acquired from outside sources.
3. Tactic 3: All direct mail campaigns will contain a unique URL. For example, www.keystonesymposia.org/X7 will be used for the registration direct mail announcement for the HIV Vaccines campaign to our internal HIV list. Separate URLs will be developed for mailing lists acquired from outside sources.
4. Tactic 4: Each unique URL will then be tracked through WebTrends. We will track how many visitors are coming from the specific URL, and their path through the site. This will track all the way through registration. This will allow us to evaluate ROI on all communication pieces.
5. Tactic 5: All direct email will also be tracked internally with our email analytics software. We will track opened emails, forwards, as well as following the click from the email to our website, where the WebTrends tracking will begin.

I know it is base time, but at spinning class over lunch we did the following intervals with 2 min recoveries: 30sec, 1min, 2min, 3min, 4min, 5min. The legs and HR loved them. My body craves the intensity. Just a little taste for the season to come.

http://www.nathanspear.com/movie/2007CyclocrossWorldChampionship.wmv

If somebody knows how I can burn this to a DVD, let me know.

For you gear heads out there. Here is a 700c wheel gear guide.

If you are riding a mountain bike, or a bike with unusual wheel dimensions, you will need to use the following formula: The number of teeth in your front chain-ring, divided by the number of teeth in your rear cog, times the diameter of your wheel.

For you crossniacs, you could pretty much run a 39 up front with a 11×23 on the back and get a similar gear ratio as a 42 up front with a 12×25 in back.

I sent some picts to KHS and they posted them on their site. They then emailed me and said that they get a lot of traffic from my blog. I have them listed as a sponsor with a link to their site. They said they wanted to put my blog address under the picture. Pretty cool. So, make sure you are putting your sponsors on your sites and blogs.

This kid was tiny and totally ripped pipeline.

We climbed this. 1,200 ft climb with a zillion railroad tie steps. Great cyclocross training

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Koko Crater is a cinder cone remaining from the last active volcano that occurred on O’ahu approximately 10,000 years ago. This crater is the tallest tuff ring in Hawaii, measuring 1,207 feet in height. The slopes of the crater drop steeply into the Molokai Channel, an area which lacks protection from any offshore reefs, causing very turbulent seas in this area.
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