{"id":596,"date":"2010-03-29T19:29:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T02:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:20:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T00:20:20","slug":"always-something-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/always-something-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Something To Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, with my season pass for Mt. Hood Meadows in somebody&#8217;s drawer up at the resort, the snow season is over(at least here in Oregon), so it&#8217;s back on the bike. This is the rainy season here in the PacNW, so it&#8217;s only the hardcore riders that get off the couch and out the door. Until today, the offroad riding has been great, but with rain the past couple days, I&#8217;ve switched to the road bike for rainy rides in the hills around the ranch. I&#8217;ve always been a fan of European bike racing. Races like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/milano-sanremo-his\/results\">Milan-San Remo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tour_of_Flanders\">Ronde van Vlaanderen<\/a>, Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letour.fr\/indexPRX_us.html\">Paris-Roubaix<\/a> have always fascinated me; really tough men riding bikes. Whenever I ride in the rain and it is uncomfortable, I think I&#8217;m Eddy Merckx and I have to keep peddling so the peleton won&#8217;t pass me at the finish line.<br \/>\nBeen working on MTB videos from the early 90&#8217;s; the glory days of NORBA mountain bike racing, should have them up on the website soon.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re up there at Meadows and holding my season pass; at least scrape the ice off your windshield with it; get it out in the snow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, with my season pass for Mt. 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