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Current forecast appears to be for less than 1/10 of an inch of rain coming tonight and clearing up by start time, albeit still cloudy for the duration of the event. Temps should be in the 50s throughout.

Not local but I was introduced to them locally ….

Accudata but now it's reduced to 50%. Hopefully that will diminish even further between now and Sunday.

Forecast right now is 70% chance of rain Sun morning. Sure hope that changes, especially given how nice the weather is going to be today and tomorrow. Would be nice to at least get one extra day like this!

Wow I'm surprised it hasn't sold yet, even at the $1400 price with those upgrades and how well maintained it is. I have the same bike, which has been relegated to my backup bike but I still love riding it. I've made similar upgrades.

I rode all of Double Down, 1/4 Notch, and Rim today and all were OK. Didn't check any of the other trails, but saw somebody who told me that Peddlers was definitely too wet.

I rode Double Down, 1/4 Notch, and Rim today and all were OK for anybody trying to go out in the morning. I'm out for this week though due to other commitments.

I noticed that my Strava didn't register the SSlayer segment, although my miles were actually greater - 26.6 vs. 26.4. Could just be because I started at CB instead of Russel, although I didn't thing that mattered on Strava as long as you cover the complete segment. It does look like I added a short triangle at Walnut Springs, but I'm pretty sure I was following whatever signs were posted there. Also looks like either my GPS failed or I got off track going through Russel Park. I do remember at one of the crossings cutting across a grassy median to get to where the Race sign was on the other side. Suppose I should have looped around on the street instead. https://www.strava.com/activities/1965255238/overview

There were probably half-a-dozen or so spots on the trail where you had to ride through some mud, but other than that the conditions were perfect. I walked all but 2 of the crossings I think, which was made easy by rocks and branches that had been placed for that purpose.

I've been registered since Aug 16 and finally made it out there today for a practice lap. Finished in 3:45 without pushing too hard, but it still took a lot out of me. I'm still planning on 2 laps though …… the one I did today and another one on Sunday.

Any advice on rest days prior to the event? I'm thinking that I'll take my final training rides Wed-Thu, take a light ride Fri, and then have a complete rest day on Sat. Thoughts?

Watching some of his behind the scenes stuff let's you know just how sketchy some of these moves are. Hard to believe he could even come back from the kind of injury he sustained back in 2011.

But what happens when the ice melts?

Nice looking Carbine! Bet it delivers a plush but efficient ride over that treacherous terrain.

It will be interesting to see if the Blazers and Nuggets can keep it up. I'd of course like to see the Rockets turn things around and expect that the Jazz and Pelicans will do so as well. No surprise with Toronto or Milwaukee in the East, but expected the Celtics to get off to a better start. I'm sure they'll pick up momentum as the season progresses. The Rockets looked more like last year's team last night against the Pacers. Lights out 3-point shooting. Live by the sword or die by the sword.

Exhilarating! Dude combines so much raw power with all of the finesse - nobody else quite like him IMO.

Double Down was fine yesterday afternoon and this morning. I was even able to traverse Snot Rock without putting a foot down today. No mud anywhere on DD really, but I can't attest for any of the other trails since I confined myself to DD. Came across a few other riders out there; so I'm assuming some of those ventured into other areas of Brushy.

I'll probably be riding Brushy at least one mid-morning this week, although if possible I want to try and get a lap in out at LGT as well in prep for DS next week. I'll send you a PM. I rode Double Down in both directions yesterday afternoon and this morning and it was fine, albeit with some slick rocks. I didn't ride anything else out there though, and suspect it is probably quite wet in spots. If it doesn't rain too much today or tomorrow, I think it will be fine at least on Wed.

This works well when industrial leaders are well principled. Unfortunately greed has gotten in the way of that over the years and it isn't working so well anymore. When I worked for a catholic health system, one of the founding Daughters of Charity told me that the original leaders had a self-imposed rule that the top pay in the organization could only be 20 times that of the lowest pay, e.g. if the housekeepers made $25K per year, the CEO could only make $500K. That seemed fair to me, but at that time our system-wide CEO made 250 times that of a housekeeper. And that was in a not-for-profit, faith-based organization! A for-profit health insurance CEO makes 700 times what a claims examiner makes. I'm all for rewarding talent, hard work, results, etc, but free enterprise has become more about greed and corruption than about building the strength of our nation in my opinion. Even the CEOs and other top executives who fail miserably end up leaving companies with enough money to retire on. Where's the equity in that, and how is that helping the vast majority of Americans who struggle to just make ends meet? The era of the 1%ers, who by the way control 38% of the nation's wealth, is going to get worse, not better, unless something changes.

@Schrute nice win for your Spurs last night. Despite the high turnovers, they were hitting clutch shots consistently, which is what wins games. The Rockets are a mess and I really don't even know what to make of it. We did lose some key defensive role players, but the bottom line is that the FG% and especially 3-pt FG% are way off from last year. They can't even make easy layups this year. Unfortunately D'Antoni is not the kind of coach who is going to get them passionate about winning or create the chemistry that creates better ball movement. I'm just glad that I didn't purchase a League Pass subscription!

Supposed to rain later today; so riding early is best option. I would think City Park is probably the best close-in option, but RPR is definitely the go-to on days like this if you don't mind making the trip.

I have not seen the studies, but would guess that this is very true. My dad was homeless for periods of his adult life and would have likely remained that way on a permanent basis had his bipolar disorder not been designated as 100% service connected. That kept him closely connected to VA social workers who worked with my grandmother to keep him institutionalized. When the related violence became too much for my grandmother, I took over the role of legal guardian and the unpleasant task of keeping him locked up. He had $90K in the bank at the time from his disability checks piling up, but was not capable of independent living. When he was given access to his cash, he blew it on who knows what. There is no doubt at all that he preferred the streets over institutionalized living, especially during his manic states. I hated having to keep him locked up, sometimes in really horrid places that were extremely unpleasant to visit. Despite feeling guilty, I knew it was the right thing to do, especially given his propensity towards violence. I did my best to make things as bearable as possible for him, plenty of Kools, chocolates, clothing updates, portable radios, etc. Had the VA not arranged for and financed his lock ups, I'm really not sure that I would have intervened in the same way. In the end, he died a withered-up shell of the young man barely out of adolescence who was ushered onto the battlefront in Korea. I was with him at the VA hospital in San Antonio when he took his final breath, sadly feeling a huge sigh of relief myself knowing that he would finally find the solitude that had escaped him for the past fifty years. Even then it was only through the DNR under my hand that his wicked disease was conquered, with sepsis serving as the ultimate killer. As others have stated, homelessness will not go away until we as a society figure out how to cope with mental illness and substance abuse. It's not going to be an easy problem to solve, especially considering that funding for mental illness pales in comparison to heart disease, cancer, etc.

A Fender and a Gibson - aren't you lucky!

What's sad is that we haven't had a drop of rain since Sun, and yet the trails seemed wetter yesterday and today than they were Mon evening. The dirt on Deception has been fine with the exception of the same few wet spots, but the limestone has been super slick. Might be better now, but with the lower morning temps and high dew point we've been experiencing, the rocks just seem to stay wet until very late in the day. At least after this next wave of rain, we're supposed to be left with cooler, dryer air.