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Belize? Perhaps but I am waiting on hurricane Dean to run its course before I will know if I will be able to go there this Friday. It’s beginning to seem unlikely but I am crossing my fingers. If I do get to go it may become as a volunteer to help rebuild San Pedro.

JJ’s 9:00 PM.

Well it is over and I shaved 7 minutes and 33 seconds off my dismal time of last year. My swim and run times were a slight bit better than my times of last year but my bike time and transition time in the first transition were much better. I am not sure how much better in each because they did not give splits for those two sections but my overall time last year for both was about 6 minutes more than this years time.

I also purchased another bike to go with my steel frame Bianchi Volpe and this one is a true race machine. Carbon fiber frame, mid range Shimano components and an overall long distance champion, the Bianchi 928 with Shimano 105 components. It should be here tomorrow or Friday and I can’t wait to get this baby out on the road for a long ride. This should make my training and performance in the Sequatie Valley Century much more pleasing.

Fall is coming sooner than you think! Some of you are thinking of calling it a bicycling season and staring at the tube until next spring. NO WAY! On Saturday, October 6, 2007, the Chattanooga Bicycle Club presents the Sequatchie Valley Century. Take a ride that’s guaranteed to invigorate all of your senses. Pedal along the roads of the beautiful Sequatchie Valley. Surrounded by mountains, friendly communities and terrific fall scenery, this is a must do event.

After the last election when the Democrats took the house and senate I exhaled a great sigh of relief that finally some oversight over the Bush administration would come to Washington and hopefully reign that crazy bastard in. All those hopes were destroyed the other day when the Senate approved the presidents Domestic spying program rather than shutting it down. What they have done in case you were not paying attention is made it perfectly legal for the Bush Administration and his lackeys to spy on you without any judicial approval.

Yes, that is correct, they made it legal. I have always told you hard core Democrats that they are the biggest bunch of spineless idiots imaginable and given the chance would screw things up worse than they already are. This is the proof in the pudding. When they should be starting impeachment hearings on the President and his yes men for the myriad of lies and scandals they are involved in they go and give him the unchecked power he needs to become a more effective tyrant. Thanks guys, way to go!

This got me to thinking. Why would they cave in and give him this power and it occurred to me that since they are still very likely to win the next presidential election it sure is convenient that they pushed this through while a majority of the Republican Minority still support the president. It sure does make it easier to get Republican votes when the legislation is giving more power to the Republican president. Then when they take the election they will have the same power and in the hands of those idiots look out.

We should all be very afraid of the dark path this country is turning down. When both major parties are in cahoots to spy on the citizens of this country where do we turn? Is there even the possibility of a 3rd party to rise up and challenge the authority of those two? Have the 2 parties even allowed room for this to happen any more? I sure hope so!

Wish me luck this Sunday at 7:00 AM as I compete in the Sports Barn Sprint Triathlon.

My training for the upcoming Sports Barn Sprint Triathlon is coming along well. I am swimming the distance pretty effortlessly (unless the water is very choppy) and the running is going to be OK. I am again this weekend doing the trial run on the entire event which we did 2 weekends ago. I expect I will be doing a much better time this year than last year. I hope to take my time last year down from 1:12:05 to below 1:00:00. I will know for sure if this ig going to be possible on Saturday’s trial run. Wish me luck and come out and see me finish.

Nik and I are going scuba diving in San Pedro, Belize!

7:00 AM Chickamauga Damn, Chattanooga, TN