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Don Yaeger's 16 Consistent Characteristics of Greatness

Don Yeager has a small book mark sized card on 16 Consistent Characteristics of Greatness. I got my card at a PMI conference where he spoke. I'm repeating them here. Don's talk was about sports people he interviewed for magazines... Read more →

Staying on Plan Means Closed Loop Control

For most projects showing up on or near the planned need date, at or near the planned cost, and more or less with the planned capabilities is a good measure of success. Delivering capabilities late and over budget is usually... Read more →

If you want to pretent you're a Pro, then starting acting like one

In the cycle game, there are all sorts of riders. Here in Boulder, Colorado we have several professional riders currently in France. As well there are several development teams feeding riders to the pro teams. Our (left picture is Dave... Read more →

New Android App for Cycling - Sportstracklive

New Droid App that tracks our cycling route, elevation gain and loss, and when I hook up the heart monitor, the stats on "zone training." This was a training ride yesterday. Leaving from the meighborhood (bottom middle), up 75th the... Read more →

First Big Ride of the Season

Elephant Rock is the first big ride of the season. It was a beautiful Colorado day, blue skies, cool, and not much wind, until the end. Didn't have good training weather in March and April, so the last 15 miles... Read more →

Ride the Divide

With the season just starting, motivation movies keep us focused, since we're out of shape, over weight, and pretty much whipped from skiing all winter - that is letting gravity do a lot of the work, except in the bumps.... Read more →

Rocky Mountain Cycling Season is Offically Open for Business

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Oh Canada!

I'm married to a French Canadian. The Olympic win of Canadian is a mixed emotion of our house. The country that invented hockey, put in the "best team won," performance O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love... Read more →

Moab Century Ride Video

OK, a diversion from the heavy lifting of managing programs. There are two rides, spring and fall, in Moab Utah for the Lance Armstrong foundation. Most years there are celebrity riders. I never get to ride with them, because our... Read more →

The Century Session as Started

I do have a life outside of Program Planning and Controls! Here in Colorado cycling is a very popular summer sport. The Garmin/Slipstream Tour de France team is based in Boulder. In the winter of course skiing and boarding takes... Read more →

The Season is in Full Bloom

It's that time of year again here in Colorado. Skiing is done, the Bolder Boulder has been run, with Moroccan Ridouane Harroufi running a 28m 32s 10K. Now the cycle season starts. I was supposed to ride Elephant Rock Century,... Read more →

Cycling

Pics just in from the Moab Lance Armstrong Foundation ride in early March. My partner here is the local MSFT sales guy - Tad. He's not behind because I'm ahead. He's just trying to stay warm along with the rest... Read more →

The Hour Record

David Anderson posted a nice movie notice about the "Hour" record. I've heard of the movie. David's backgrounder provides some insight, as well WikiPedia provides some more background on this epic challenge. I grew up in the era of Eddy... Read more →

Pain is Weakness Leaving Your Body

Pain is Weakness Leaving Your Body - Nietzsche A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts - Prefontaine Finished the Buffalo Classic Centruy last weekend, back on... Read more →

Race Across America

For any avid cyclist the Race Across America is a well know event. For those not acquainted with RAAM, it started in 1982 as the longest ultra-distance cycling event in the world. RAAM 2006 has many categories, but the men's... Read more →

The Century Session has Started

I've been spending every free moment on my bike and taking a break from Program Management this weekend, when our local group is riding Elephant Rock this Sunday. Our small group includes nearly all techie riders from Microsoft, Trident Energy,... Read more →