I have been seeing quite a few "Top 10 R.E.M. songs" articles on the we over the past couple of months. Jude Rogers of The Guardian has submitted a list and this has got to be my favorite so far. I really love all the songs listed and love even more how the extra songs mentioned in the descriptions are also some of my favorites. It's a bit shocking that "Losing My Religion" didn't make the list. To this day, that song really stands up and is a staple of the 1990's. Of course, I could never list just my top 10, it would be much too difficult. I'll just have to sit back and enjoy others lists.
If you have been following this blog you will know that I have started cycling regularly again. In my past, I tried racing. I never did exceptionally well, but I did enjoy it. Now that I am back on a bike and getting fitter, I decided to give a race a try. I saw a notification for Buddhapalooza and did some research. It looked like the perfect event for me to try racing again. It is set up as a fundraiser, 10 miles long (7 miles on road and 3 miles single track.) It looked like a fun, low-pressure event not so focused on winning and more on having fun. So I registered for the event and showed up to a course I have never ridden. Billed mainly as a mountain bike race, there were several other people on cross bikes like me. It was a Le Mans start, set your bike down in a given area, all the racers are fifty yards away on foot. When the race starts, you have to run to your bike and then start riding. I placed my bike close to the run start line. I think this was a mistake. By the ...
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