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[ornoth_cycling]

More excuses. Despite having my bike in the shop for three whole days, all the idiots at International Bike did was replace one spoke, rather than rebuild the wheel as I asked them to do. If I break spokes in the next three weeks I'm going to be pissed. Between their incompetence and being too busy to ride, I only got one solid ride in, today's ride out to Malden, down to Castle Island, out the Neponset River trail, and back via the Arboretum. I'm way behind in my training, which has to take top priority next week. But I did spend my time off chasing down sponsors, so this week my fundraising has nearly doubled, to $1455; just $545 to go! Thanks, folks! In another interesting development, I discovered today that I wasn't signed up for a room at Mass Maritime Academy for Saturday night, so I've had to book a nearby hotel room for that night; we'll see how that works out...