Re: RE: Unusual Ride Today

One year my one mile swim in Long Beach had to be moved out of the ocean and into Reynolds Channel due to rough surf. This may happen this Sunday.
Triathlon results: I swim fast, I bike OK, and lets not talk about the run.
Why not Beast and Lady Beast for Barry. You know he has issues with getting enough beauty sleep. Just a thought.

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Leighton
Date: Monday, August 30, 2010 10:34 pm
Subject: RE: Unusual Ride Today
To: 'Oriel Mor' , "'Wargin, David'"
Cc: bfeir@yahoo.com, isaacsei@optonline.net, quasiguru@gmail.com, northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com, david@shereckvideo.com, condiles@verizon.net, GKeller@chitwoodlaw.com, george@visionimportgroup.com, wjeis@aol.com, mitchel@klearview.com, larrynipon@gmail.com, todd.manas@towerswatson.com, krabice.sirek@seznam.cz, yihaoou@yahoo.com

> What an optimist!
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> _____
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> From: Oriel Mor [mailto:oriel61@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:14 AM
> To: Wargin, David
> Cc: bfeir@yahoo.com; isaacsei@optonline.net; quasiguru@gmail.com;
> northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com; david@shereckvideo.com;
> condiles@verizon.net; GKeller@chitwoodlaw.com;
> george@visionimportgroup.com;wjeis@aol.com;
> rleighton@leightonassociates.com; mitchel@klearview.com;
> larrynipon@gmail.com; todd.manas@towerswatson.com;
> krabice.sirek@seznam.cz;yihaoou@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Unusual Ride Today
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>
>
> As you may well know, the path of any storm can be
> unpredictable. Weather
> forecasters can usually project - with somewhat reasonable
> accuracy - the
> likelihood of a hurricane hitting our area only several days in
> advance. How
> hard any one location is hit depends on the strength of the
> storm, its
> overall size and the proximity to its center.
>
>
>
> Earl's future path, as projected by WeatherBug, shows it
> accelerating toward
> our area early in the week, while losing some of its strength
> later in the
> week, and grazing eastern Long Island over the early weekend.
> With any luck,
> it will head out and die in the northeastern Atlantic by
> Saturday, leaving
> us free to enjoy a long weekend of riding.
>
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>
> On Aug 30, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Wargin, David wrote:
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> We all obviously missed a spirited ride with the two beasts.
>
> I was finally relieved of duty and was able to sneak in a 65+
> mile ride
> yesterday afternoon. Absolutely no interesting tale to tell
> other than the
> fact that the heat and hills of the Port Jeff area completely
> wiped me out.
>
> Ori, (a.k.a beast (or weatherdude)),
> We hope you're tracking this hurricane for us that's now making
> its way
> through the Caribbean??
>
> W
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Sun Aug 29 23:49:36 2010
> Subject: Re: Unusual Ride Today
>
> Barry,
>
> Don't be so modest. You have serious wit and literary chops of
> your
> own. And your knowledge of automotive vintage is superb.
>
> Your riding isn't bad either. ;-)
>
> Ori
>
> On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Barry wrote:
>
> > The classy lady Ori references was on his wheel, then crossed
> his
> > wheel as she edged into him, coming this close to hitting him
> at the
> > red light. The light turns green, she accelerates away, the
> smell
> > of pork rinds and grape soda emanating from the sunroof.
> >
> > Now she gets brave, honking and yelling at us from the cockpit
> > (ouch) of her 1998 Nissan Maxima.
> >
> > Ori misunderstood the constructive critique I offered her,
> with
> > profanities. I merely suggested things she could do while
> alone in
> > her spare time.
> >
> > Anyway, back to the ride.... I was doing bursts that took the
> bike
> > from 18 to 27mph. But no matter how hard I tried, and I tried
> about
> > 10 times, Ori immediately closed and kept on my wheel. He
> > eventually wore me out, broke my spirit and passed me. It was
> an
> > intense series of adrenaline pumping intervals.
> >
> > By the way, I'd ride with Ori just to get his recap. He's a
> cycling
> > poet.
> >
> > Barry
> >
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