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On Tuesday, I head to Europe for eight days, seven of which will involve riding. So I’m cautiously optimistic. Of course, every time I’m feeling ok about my preparation, I come across something like Robert Mackey’s blog on the New York Times site. He’s riding the Etape du Tour this year and chronicling his adventure for the Times. He even did a replica Cartier watches post about our Crazy Bet to ride the Etape and the Marmotte on consecutive days. So why is his blog me feel bad? Well, his post about us was on June 4, right between his posts from June 3 and June 5, which means Robert is not only out training me—for a weekend that will involve only half as much riding as I have planned—he’s out blogging me, too.

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