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		<title>Cyclists and Home Decor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not about bike racing. But there is a connection for you cyclists out there. I am on vacation this week, and normally I would spend my vacation week trying to ride my bike at least 18 hours in total from Saturday to the following Sunday. This year, in lieu of training, I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I am Quitting Cycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I am Quitting Cycling Recently, circumstances beyond my control forced me into a 5 week hiatus from cycling, leading me to make the decision to not renew my racing license this year. And I am relieved. For over 13 years, I devoted myself to pedaling a bicycle with a number pinned to my back, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The joys of being married to a person who grew up someplace else.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband is from South Africa. He grew up in the heyday of apartheid, when the only television and radio was state run and heavily censored. Although he moved to the States in 1995, his general knowledge of popular culture is somewhat lacking. Case in point: Me: We have tickets on Saturday for the school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This time, it&#8217;s personal: The Republican and Religious Right&#8217;s War on Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics was never one of my focal points for writing, but it is something that I can go on about at length if I feel passionate enough about it. I had been sitting idly by the last few months, watching the Republican primaries with a mixture of fear and amusement, fairly content to let professionals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff I Like &#8211; Anthony Bourdain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently discovered a show on the Travel Channel called &#8220;The Layover&#8221;, with host Anthony Bourdain. I caught an episode that featured Hong Kong and I found the concept of the show interesting, so I started watching more episodes. Then I started watching his other show, &#8220;No Reservations&#8221;, which I have to admit I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NH Law of the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This could easily become a daily feature. The current list of bills up for consideration and possible action in the NH state legislature this week is so far out there, it sounds like a feature news article from The Onion. Among them are such gems as HB 542, which overrides the governor&#8217;s veto to enact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff I Like: J.R. Watkins Natural Pain Relieving Liniment / hot frothy mix*</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* This one&#8217;s for you, Iowa. Actual Audio: Rick Santorum vs Gay Soldiers from scottbateman on Vimeo. In case you haven&#8217;t heard, Rick Santorum narrowly missed winning the Iowa Caucuses last night. WTF Iowans? Who votes for this guy? Granted, I am not a republican, but really? This guy almost won? What kind of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 &#8211; The Year We Make Contact Controversy (again)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t ever make New Year&#8217;s resolutions because in my world, January 1 is not the start of a new year &#8211; it&#8217;s a random date in the middle of my year that starts on or around August 25th and ends around June 20th. Being a teacher after 18 years of being a student has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Course Review: BRC Cyclocross at Shedd Park</title>
		<link>http://www.kerry-litka.com/main/wordpress/2011/11/29/course-review-brc-cyclocross-at-shedd-park/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kerry-litka.com/main/wordpress/2011/11/29/course-review-brc-cyclocross-at-shedd-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was initially going to make this post a dual purpose entry, highlighting not only the race course review, but also detailing how the most crash prone rider in the history of New England Cyclocross managed to whack me in the head with his pit bike rear wheel&#8230;while he was walking, and I was standing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff I Like</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am starting a new feature on here. In addition to doing thorough, articulate, unbiased reviews of cyclocross race courses, I am also going to provide you with reviews of various things that I use in my daily existence as a cyclist, so that you can make more informed decisions about upcoming purchases. Ok, actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minuteman Road Club Cyclocross: Singlespeed Race</title>
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		<comments>http://www.kerry-litka.com/main/wordpress/2011/10/23/minuteman-road-club-cyclocross-singlespeed-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I slept late on Sunday (see previous entry about not getting up stupidly early two days in a row on the weekends), so I missed the opportunity to make it in time for the women&#8217;s race at MRC CX. However, in the back of my mind I was more interested in trying the single speed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>According to Colin Reuter, YOU need to downgrade (and so should I)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, a few posts ago I proposed an idea that might help the development of women&#8217;s fields in cyclocross. It was an idea that I proposed because I thought that the current structure was still somewhat limiting and that for the best type of growth (in terms of increasing numbers as well as improving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casco Bay Cyclocross: Diamond in the Rough</title>
		<link>http://www.kerry-litka.com/main/wordpress/2011/10/16/casco-bay-cyclocross-diamond-in-the-rough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday I decided to travel 2 hours to Portland, ME for the Casco Bay Cyclocross Race. I had never done this race before, but it looked interesting, and it was just inside my required travel distance for race days (2 hours of driving is my limit). The start time for women was 12pm, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh right&#8230;the Tour de France&#8230;you wanted to know about it?</title>
		<link>http://www.kerry-litka.com/main/wordpress/2011/10/15/oh-right-the-tour-de-france-you-wanted-to-know-about-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europhilia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I forgot that most of you couldn&#8217;t care less about my assessment of cyclocross and would much rather hear about my trip to the Tour. Right on. Well, we were there for 9 days, and that is a lot to cover in one blog, especially when you&#8217;re not blogging live. Trying to recall the details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Were King and Tyrant: plans for women&#8217;s cross racing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not complaining about a lack of racing opportunities for women in cyclocross &#8211; I think the sport has grown quite nicely in the last 5 years and it is great to see numbers approaching triple digits when you include all female participants at any given cross race. But I am really confused as [...]]]></description>
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