My favorite time of year is here. When in air is crisp and your lungs lightly burn at each breath. Got this shot at one of my favorite breather stops on the way to work.
Oklahoma FreeWheel Appoints New Director
After being FreeWheel Director for six years, Ellen Proctor has stepped down and Joy Hancock has been appointed as the new Director:
The Board of the annual cross-state bicycle tour, Oklahoma FreeWheel, is proud to announce that Joy Hancock has been appointed Director, starting October 2011.
Joy, 31, brings a history of event and volunteer management and is an avid cyclist, having competed in a number of triathlon and cycling events, including FreeWheel in 2008 and 2009. Her involvement in Freewheel has gone beyond just riding - she has also given talks at FreeWheel seminars on how to train for this cross-state bicycle tour.
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Oklahoma Gazette on the Oklahoma Bike Summit
The Oklahoma Gazette has written a nice piece about the upcoming bike summit:
A group of Oklahomans is holding the state’s first-ever bike summit in the hopes of making Oklahoma more bike-friendly.
This two-day conference in Oklahoma City in early November, coordinated by the Oklahoma Bike Coalition, will be geared toward engineers, city planners and cycling advocates.
via Oklahoma Gazette News: Pedal power.
As a reminder, the conference will take place on November 4th and 5th. You can register at http://okbikesummit2011.eventbrite.com/. I will be attending most of the session on November 5th and will be tweeting from the event.
[Read More]Prison Sentence Reduced for Tausha Borland
The Tulsa World is reporting that Tausha Borland, who killed two cyclists in 2009 while driving under the influence, will now serve twenty years instead of the original 24 year sentence:
At a one-year judicial review conducted Tuesday, Kellough modified that sentence to 20 years in prison plus four years of probation.
Kellough indicated that punishment, rehabilitation and protection of the public were factors he considered in reaching his decision.
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Project 365 - Day 38: Illness Still Life
Woke up feeling pretty low. Spent the day with Tylenol and thermometers. Hope to be back up and running tomorrow.
UCO to Host "Tour de Central"
UCO is putting on a fun event designed to “simulate” the Tour de France on the UCO campus. All bikers will be riding bikes from UCO’s bicycle rental program, Bum-a-Bike. The event is open to UCO faculty and staff:
The University of Central Oklahoma invites its students, faculty, staff and alumni to compete in the Tour de Central bicycle relay race at 3 p.m., Nov. 2.
As part of Central’s Passport to France semester of activities, the race will simulate the Tour de France, the annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries.
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Project 365 - Day 33: Pelicans
The pelicans have been at Lake Overholser for a while now on their way south, but I finally got there at the right time of day for a close shot.
Dawn at Overholser is always really pretty so here are a couple of more runners-up from the same day:
Project 365 - Day 34: End of the Biking Day
My view at the end of my cycling day.
Project 365 - Day 35: Dominique is Back
After almost two months of sitting around with a dead battery, Dominique is revived and happily running. I still love the Mini, but I haven’t really been missing driving a much as I would have suspected. Still, I’m glad to find out that the fix was pretty simple and that I have a car again when I need one.
Project 365 - Day 36: Peter
It is always a little strange running into people from your distant past. Peter and I went to high school together though we never really knew each other. Still it’s fun to see what people have gotten up to 15 years after you knew them.
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