2008 in review
- Discovered kettlebells
- Buncha rock climbing, including once outside on real rock!
- Followed dad on his travels through Guatemala
- Took Ace on an adventure through Santa Cruz county for his birthday
- Bought my first case of wine
- Attended a Tufte seminar
- Took Ace's dad through a wine and food extravaganza
- Had my picture in Bicycling magazine (very very tiny!) and posed on the Specialized website
- Followed the Tour of California again!
- Got to see the prologue from the inside of the Quickstep team car
- Cipollini signed my bike tire
-
manufracture &
bork appeared!
- Kicked booty at work
- Started training for Deathride, but gave up
- Howard died
- I bought a steel cruiser bike and gave up Cheddar, the old roadbike
- Started getting the veggie box delivery
- Bought an XBOX360
- Was elected president of the Genentech Bike Club
- Went to San Diego for a work-conference
- Started enjoying beers
- Passed second semester chemistry
- Saw the entirety of Costa Rica
- Bought a mountain bike
- Went to Wisconsin for the yearly pilgrimage
- Camped and hiked through the High Sierras
- Tried velodrome and cyclocross seminars
- Conquered Zion during an impromptu weekend
- Started going through the lessons of "Wear More Cashmere"
- My net worth plummeted
- Won a bunch of prizes with my halloween costume
- Elected a president
- Treated my dad to an awesome bike ride, plus much food and wine
- Dropped my calculus class
- Hired a coach
- Biked around Santa Monica
- Interviewed for a new position (same company!)
- Assembled a ton of kids' bicycles
- Celebrated in Canada and tried poutine
- Fell in love over and over with my Ace
- Ended up bicycling 3553 miles with 153,882ft elevation over 257 hours - easily reaching beyond level 10 (!)
- Buncha rock climbing, including once outside on real rock!
- Followed dad on his travels through Guatemala
- Took Ace on an adventure through Santa Cruz county for his birthday
- Bought my first case of wine
- Attended a Tufte seminar
- Took Ace's dad through a wine and food extravaganza
- Had my picture in Bicycling magazine (very very tiny!) and posed on the Specialized website
- Followed the Tour of California again!
- Got to see the prologue from the inside of the Quickstep team car
- Cipollini signed my bike tire
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- Kicked booty at work
- Started training for Deathride, but gave up
- Howard died
- I bought a steel cruiser bike and gave up Cheddar, the old roadbike
- Started getting the veggie box delivery
- Bought an XBOX360
- Was elected president of the Genentech Bike Club
- Went to San Diego for a work-conference
- Started enjoying beers
- Passed second semester chemistry
- Saw the entirety of Costa Rica
- Bought a mountain bike
- Went to Wisconsin for the yearly pilgrimage
- Camped and hiked through the High Sierras
- Tried velodrome and cyclocross seminars
- Conquered Zion during an impromptu weekend
- Started going through the lessons of "Wear More Cashmere"
- My net worth plummeted
- Won a bunch of prizes with my halloween costume
- Elected a president
- Treated my dad to an awesome bike ride, plus much food and wine
- Dropped my calculus class
- Hired a coach
- Biked around Santa Monica
- Interviewed for a new position (same company!)
- Assembled a ton of kids' bicycles
- Celebrated in Canada and tried poutine
- Fell in love over and over with my Ace
- Ended up bicycling 3553 miles with 153,882ft elevation over 257 hours - easily reaching beyond level 10 (!)