Bicycle summit March 21

From the city’s website:

Mayor Henry announces bike summit as extension of bike use survey

Thursday, 19 February 2009

More than 4,000 survey responses indicate desire for additional bicycle infrastructure
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry announced today a community bike summit March 21 at the downtown branch of the Allen County Public Library [...]

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First tempo run

I’ve been running 13:21 miles for four weeks now, and yesterday I did my first tempo run.  I ran the first mile at 13:21, the next three at 11:55 and the last at 13:04.  Whew!  Those middle three were a killer.  I got all tense, had trouble breathing, but I didn’t stop.  Funny, though; by [...]

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15 minutes in the morning

Wow, I did something this morning I never imagined.  I got up a half-hour early, did a 15-minute walk/run on the treadmill, and ate breakfast.  Crazy stuff!
I am SO not a morning person.  But yesterday, I was dragging.  I had decided to take a book I’m reading to work with me, Prevention’s Shortcuts to Big [...]

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Community Organizers Fight Back

Community Organizers Fight Back
September 4, 2008 · 382 Comments
Community Organizers Fight Back « Community Organizers Fight Back.

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I went out looking for…

I went out looking for some Olympic t-shirts this morning and there aren’t any out anywhere in any store which is kind of surprising. I want to wear my t-shirt while the Olympics is going on, but I guess I’ll have to wait. listen
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Teresa & Robert

Teresa & Robert

Originally uploaded by mekiser

I had some visitors today! Teresa and Robert came by to drop off some school supplies they had bought to donate to Burmese kids here in Fort Wayne. Pencils & crayons! Fun stuff!
Thanks Robert & Teresa!

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Gas prices are falling

Check out this post from one of my new favorite blogs, The Consumerist, which is like Consumer Reports’ sassy teenage sister.
US Vehicle Miles Traveled Drop 3.7% In May; Experts Think Could Possibly Be Related To Higher Gas Prices Or Something

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Social un-networking

I’ve been messing around alot with social networking tools since I started this job: Flickr, Twitter, Goodreads, Last.fm mostly.  A while back I heard about Friendfeed and decided to try it too, but it seemed kind of boring because only one person I knew was a member.
Then a few weeks ago, I started using it [...]

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Babe’s ride across Indiana

My fiance, who is my personal hero and dreamboat, is going to do his big bike event starting Thursday of this week:  he is going to ride his bike solo across Indiana.
Friday morning he will be leaving from Ade and riding across Indiana, mostly on State Road 16.  He’ll stay overnight in probably Wabash and [...]

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