{"id":2333,"date":"2009-05-08T22:11:24","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2009-05-08T22:59:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T04:59:02","slug":"daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/08\/daily-blog-and-news-roundup-for-may-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Blog and News Roundup for May 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/wrmcayey.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/ghorba-big-ring-challenge.html\" href=\"http:\/\/wrmcayey.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/ghorba-big-ring-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Willie&#8217;s GT Coalition Training and Racing Blog: GHORBA Big Ring &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Cayey<br \/>\nThis past weekend it was more than a killer bicycle event. GHORBA Big Ring Challenge was the # 2 of the golden bike series. They were 470 racers and over 250 spectator. Vincent Lombardi retained the golden bike, smacking down our local amateur experts. Louis, Paco and Mike Pluto did a fantastic job with the demo experience, wrenching for many &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/sosovelo.com\/2009\/05\/return-of-the-rajin-cait-jun\/\" href=\"http:\/\/sosovelo.com\/2009\/05\/return-of-the-rajin-cait-jun\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Return of the Ragin&#8217; Cait-jun | So So Velo | Cycling in Oregon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Cait<br \/>\nAs we continued our quest to experience every seedy RV campground that the state of Texas had to offer, it became more and more apparent that mysterious forces. &#8230; Well, either that, or the existence of a city in nearby Duval County with the audacity to call itself \u00e2\u20ac\u0153San Diego\u00e2\u20ac\u009d meant that every other Texan we encountered simply assumed that we were out on a day ride. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ridin&#8217; up from San Diego, &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/2009-goal-update.html\" href=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/2009-goal-update.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>331 Miles: 2009 Goal Update<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby 331 Miles<br \/>\nUnless I am training for an event, it makes more sense to set my goals as stay fit, ride often, and ride hard, but since I&#8217;m an analytical, obsessive-compulsive dork, I set goals. Here&#8217;s a quick update on my 2009 goals: &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/poweredbyusana.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/usa-speedweek.html\" href=\"http:\/\/poweredbyusana.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/usa-speedweek.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Daniel Carruthers: USA Speedweek<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Daniel<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve arrived back in the deep South of Austin, TX after spending most of the month of April on the road for a couple of major cycling events, first being racing over in California. I was back in Austin for a couple of days before going down to San Antonio for one &#8230; Have a Texas Premier Cup next weekend at the Houston Grand Prix. So, at least I need to get the legs turning again so I wont be completely out of touch despite a really sore butt!!\u00c2\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/k-to-the-j.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/lake-lake.html\" href=\"http:\/\/k-to-the-j.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/lake-lake.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>K to the J: Lake Lake<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Kyle J.<br \/>\nI actually remember when this race was! Last weekend I made the trip to the booming metropolis of Coldspring, Texas &#8211; they have a stoplight now! &#8211; for some mountain bike racing action. After the broken frame incident at Comfort, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/6415511.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/6415511.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3 former football teammates stop in Houston on trek for orphanage<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy PEGGY O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122HARE<br \/>\nJohn Shinsky never forgot the pain of being given up by his mother and turned over to an orphanage when he was 8 years old. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie&#8217;s GT Coalition Training and Racing Blog: GHORBA Big Ring &#8230; by Cayey This past weekend it was more than a killer bicycle event. GHORBA Big Ring Challenge was the # 2 of the golden bike series. 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