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		<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:58:27 GMT" ctSaves="22" flPreview="false" id="2011.07.05.1116" server="xmlrpc://cms.scripting2.com:5337/RPC2" storySerialNum="1116" text="Biking vs skiing" type="scripting2Post" url="http://scripting.com/stories/2011/07/05/bikingVsSkiing.html" username="davewiner" versionClient="0.44" versionServer="0.44" whenLastSave="Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:24:39 GMT">
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:51:39 GMT" pgfnum="7752" text="This weekend there were &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/no_charges_likely_in_deadly_postal_eDIuvmsRofCIiTzr8VLlMK?CMP=OTC-rss&amp;FEEDNAME=&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/07/marilyn_dershow.php&quot;&gt;notable&lt;/a&gt; bike deaths in NYC, and I gotta say that spooked me. But this afternoon, I got on the bike anyway, and ten minutes into the ride, I was in the zone, and at the end of the ride, as usual, I didn't want it to end."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:52:34 GMT" pgfnum="7753" text="I realized the other day that for me biking is like skiing, but only the good stuff, none of the schlepping and none of the pain. Skiing is a lot of work and relatively little time enjoying the thing you like about skiing. Okay biking isn't quite the rush of a great run down a steep mountain with great snow and a clear blue mountain sky, when you've done enough working-out during the off-season. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:22:01 GMT" pgfnum="7764" text="And there's nothing like the view from the top on a bright Utah day."></outline>
			<outline text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/5393790912/in/photostream/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://scripting.com/images/2011/07/05/parkCity.jpg&quot; width=&quot;350&quot; height=&quot;229&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;A picture named parkCity.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:07:59 GMT" pgfnum="7761" text="But then again biking isn't struggling to get the boots on, or the feeling of lameness in your legs 3/4 the way down the slope realizing even if you don't want to you have to make it down the remaining 1/4. And it isn't shivering on the lift on a cold snowy day, trying to cover every square inch of your skin, and realizing there's a place you didn't get (but it's too cold to take your gloves off to try to fix it). Or trying in vain to keep your goggles from fogging up. Or ice. Or crowds. Or snowboarders."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:59:09 GMT" pgfnum="7759" text="And in all my years of skiing, and there are a lot of them, I don't recall ever feeling at the end of a day that I wish I could keep going. Usually I'm exhausted and in pain and totally ready for the end. And we joke that the best feeling of the day is taking the boots off. :-)"></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:55:07 GMT" pgfnum="7754" text="And biking is a lot cheaper. A whole lot cheaper. "></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:55:19 GMT" pgfnum="7755" text="On the other hand, it seems it's easier to get yourself killed biking than skiing. But that's not to say you can't get yourself killed skiing. It &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; be &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skiing_deaths&quot;&gt;done&lt;/a&gt;. But you only need to get killed once to spoil the whole thing."></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:02:16 GMT" pgfnum="7760" text="You don't share the slopes with skiers who weigh tens of tons. On your bike you do share the road with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+do+trucks+weigh&quot;&gt;trucks&lt;/a&gt; and buses. (Buses are the worst!)"></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:55:47 GMT" pgfnum="7757" text="But both sports give you the feeling, in the best moments, of weightless soaring. But biking can be done with five minutes of prep, starting right outside your front door. "></outline>
			<outline created="Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:09:49 GMT" pgfnum="7762" text="Today's ride was perfection. The weather simply could not have been better for riding. Low 90s. Nice breeze across the trail from west to east. No head wind or tail wind. Not too crowded. The best."></outline>
			<outline created="Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:57:17 GMT" pgfnum="7758" text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/b471/d234/4c67/7083/Cyclemeter-Cycle-20110705-1258.kml&quot;&gt;Map&lt;/a&gt;: 1 hour, 2 minutes. 11.36 miles."></outline>
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