Bike Race Photos

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Balance trainer…. I love the warning right on the board

"use at your own risk"

Saturday was one of the best days i’ve felt on skis. It may have been because it was all flat and on Lake Minnetonka. I can fake it on the flats, but suffer on climbs so it was great to get after it. I started mid-pack and was expecting to finish there as well, but I just started passing and passing until I got into a group in 5-7th place. Luckily a crossniacs teammate was in that group and was the strongest of all and was content to pull us around. I caught this group in the 2nd lap and just hung on. On the 3rd and last lap I moved to 2nd skier and we opened a little gap on the other guy. I told my teammate to “hang on” and I went to the front and skied as hard as I could until the other guy was dropped and then let Erik pull me the rest of the way to the finish.

After the race Peggy, Sky and I cruised around on Lake Minnetonka in our cars. It’s crazy to think it gets that cold in Minnesota that you can drive cars on the lake.

Yes it gets cold enough in Minnesota to drive your car on the lakes

Back in 1995 I learned to program for the web. We didn’t have WYSIWYG editors, we had to hand code everything. I’ve played around with these WYSIWYG editors since and done some light wed design around the way. I can make my way around HTML and still program, but I’d like to continue to learn. For 2011 I’ve made the commitment to sharpen my web development and design skills and get a Web Design Professional Certificate from Minneapolis Community and Technical College. I’ll be taking the following classes:
* HTML I & II
* Dreamweaver I & II
* CSS
* Creating Graphics for the Web
* Flash I & II

Nothing in the World can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. -Calvin Coolidge

gets his first 30 second spot. It’s hard to believe 3 days ago he was homeless.