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Cake day: March 1st, 2024

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  • Student at university shared the 2br. house with 4 other dudes, in Poughkeepsie NY in the mid 90s, 2 who lived there originally had the bedrooms, me and one guy got the dining room we dividend with furniture, milk crates & curtains… everyone had a good time in the living room hearing me and one of my dates fucking…like the entire crew and their friends lined up like judges at a field sporting event

    The bathroom was always wet… every surface

    the boiler would often shut down, freezing us…most of the time on the weekends when we couldn’t get it running again

    prostitutes would walk up to our door

    the oil pipe to the boiler leaked outside

    2 dogs & a snake as well, nothing in the fridge except garlic and weed (how my friend paid for his college tuition)





  • Nah man, you’re at the beginning

    Get an app to keep tabs on your progress (in the beginning just worry about distance, not time). Try to be consistent (I used to ‘commute’ to work…started with 20 min, ended up 1.25h 5x per week).

    The fun part is starting to figure out what gear you need, then try and not go broke… Bike Nash are has some really good deals, and also go to the same bike shop for all your repairs and once they see you for awhile they’ll know not to upsell you recreation gear.

    Keep it up and one day, you’ll wake up with a flat stomach and eat whatever the fuck you want.


  • training, conditioning (more than a month) routes, gear (you’d be surprised an how much you gain from new wheels, for example)…oh…and age?

    Basically be comfortable where you are right now, you just started. Set yourself up for incremental and sustainable gains, the when you are able to try and hit the higher speeds.