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Peg’s Post: Slipstream heading into final stages of Giro d’Italia
It’s been a long, grueling three weeks for Garmin-sponsored Team Slipstream/Chipotle racing the Giro d’Italia. Today, they’re riding the 228 km stage 19. Tomorrow’s stage includes three significant climbs over the course of 224 km (see course profile, left). Team leader David Millar wrote an introspective post regarding the race and what the riders have [...] The post Peg’s Post: Slipstream heading into final... -
There’s a Plane in the Store!
Had you walked by the Garmin Store on Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue yesterday you probably would have done a double-take when you realized a Cirrus SR22-G3 airplane was in the middle of the store. As many pilots and avid blog readers know, Cirrus and Garmin announced the Perspective glass cockpit last week, an all-glass Garmin [...] The post There’s a Plane in the Store!... -
Jake’s Journal: It’s official – I finished the Chicago Marathon
Sure it was nearly eight months ago, but it's nice to have closure. Yesterday, I received the official Results Book from the 2007 Chicago Marathon, my first 26.2-mile outing. And sure enough, there I am, on the ninth page of marathon finishers: 3:49.28, 1 second ahead of a three-way tie between a German, a Minnesotan and a home-state favorite from Illinois. I know they're...