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Literally. At last check Id lost six pounds, down to 149. Thats the same I weighed when I graduated high school 19 years ago. Luckily for me, Outside is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at an altitude of 7,000 feet and right at the base of Replica Audemars Piguet watches some 12,000-foot peaks. Its an ideal training ground: mountainous, at high altitude, and close enough that I can easily ride before work or during lunch hours. Ive begun working with Allen Lim, PhD., trainer for Slipstream/Chipotle, the American pro cycling team that just earned its first invitation to the Tour de France.

Ill be blogging here regularly about my training, races, nutrition, and gear—and by the way, how Im balancing all this with my June 7 wedding.On the gear front, Ive already been measured for a custom Independent Fabrications XS. And Rapha and IF have agreed to give one away to whomever comes closest to guessing my total time for the Replica Chopard watches two days (even more pressure for me not to quit). You can enter here.Ill also be uploading the training data from my PowerTap 2.4 power meter and the route profiles from my Garmin Edge 705 GPS unit, so everyone can see exactly how much Im suffering and where. Check back next week to see how I did in this weekends La Tierra Torture mountain-bike race. (Im guessing poorly). —John Bradley

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