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		<title>Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mountain Bike Team</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/salinas-highs-mtb-team-hosting-twilight-ride.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/salinas-highs-mtb-team-hosting-twilight-ride.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Duke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school MTB team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laguna Seca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mazda Raceway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nor Cal High School Cycling League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salinas High Cowboy Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salinas teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight Ride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The only high school mountain bike team in Monterey County, Salinas High Cowboy Racing, is hosting the February 15 Twilight Ride at Mazda Raceway--and benefits from a share of the proceeds.  Come on out and support these young female and male athletes!]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycling Castroville</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-monterey-county-its-not-just-about-the-peninsula.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-monterey-county-its-not-just-about-the-peninsula.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artichoke capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artichoke center of the world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artichoke inn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling in castroville]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[central coast bicycle touring]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hanabi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haute Enchilada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juan bautista castro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lemongrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Bay Coastal Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moss Landing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Monterey County Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[round table pizza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second oldest town in monterey county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spanish language bike resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Barrientos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Want a change from the Monterey Peninsula? Bike Castroville! Kids can practice bike skills on a quiet Class I path just outside town.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting on the right path&#8211;a bike path! Help provide Bicycle Safety and Repair training at Monterey County&#8217;s youth treatment center.</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/getting-back-on-the-right-path-the-bike-path-that-is-volunteer-to-teach-bicycle-safety-and-repair-at-monterey-countys-youth-treatment-center.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/getting-back-on-the-right-path-the-bike-path-that-is-volunteer-to-teach-bicycle-safety-and-repair-at-monterey-countys-youth-treatment-center.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bear Bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycle repair instruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike maintenance skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike safety instruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobcat Bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gang violence prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light & Motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County Youth Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventing youth violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Bike Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SIDI America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teens bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteer with youth in Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth crime prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth treatment programs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Join two Salinas bike shops and two world-renowned local companies in supporting Monterey County youth in moving out of gang relationships and into the bike community! See who's helping already--and what help is still needed.]]></description>
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		<title>Best of Monterey County.  Also, restaurants to bike to before you die&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/bike-to-the-best-of-monterey-county-2011-her-helmet-thursdays-winners.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/bike-to-the-best-of-monterey-county-2011-her-helmet-thursdays-winners.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agnieszka Simpson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of Monterey County 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of Monterey County 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Dibble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County Weekly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County Weekly's Best of Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Readers Poll 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can't recall your last meal? See HER Helmet Thursdays restaurants honored in the Monterey County Herald's 1/31/12 feature, "Top 100 bites: Local restaurants to try before you die."

Then vote for your favorite bike-friendly restaurants, as well as hotels, educational and entertainment spots, wineries, spas, and more.  Help them win a coveted spot in the upcoming Monterey County Weekly's Best of Monterey County 2012!  
]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Twilight Rides at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/nps-sponsoring-holiday-twilight-ride.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/nps-sponsoring-holiday-twilight-ride.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobcat Bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hennie Kuiper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Warwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joselyn's Bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koos Moerenhout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lars Boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Postgraduate School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPS Cycling Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPS Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Grove Kiwanis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plus 3 Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabobank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salinas High Cowboys Racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports Center Bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight Ride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The only high school mountain biking race team in Monterey County invites you to meetup with them on the Mazda Raceway, Feb 15, 5:30 p.m. for the next Twilight Ride. Come see why these teens, along with Ghost Tree and Monterey Bay Racing, and MORCA, NPS Cycling Club, and Velo Club Monterey are among the many who typically turn out for these rides.]]></description>
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		<title>Imjin Parkway Bike Lane Project</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/imjin-parkway-bike-lane-project.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/imjin-parkway-bike-lane-project.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling to Salinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking in Marina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State University Monterey Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Henderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imjin Parkway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Bay Coastal Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County bike infrastructure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A connection from the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail to Salinas and a critical link for CSUMB students to housing areas is coming!]]></description>
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		<title>Bike to Worship</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/bike-to-worship.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/bike-to-worship.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Teens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethlehem Lutheran Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon Heath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Presbyterian Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden State Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Bas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Bartow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Peake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Wickham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rougeau McWhorter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brandon Health rocks out at a downtown Monterey worship spot  2/2/12. Family complains about going to church? Then Bike to Worship--to church, mosque, synagogue, or other place of worship. Your crew will likely arrive smiling! Monterey County has joined its Monterey Bay neighbors in San Benito and Santa Cruz in encouraging worshippers to bike there during Bike Week (May 7-13, 2012), or anytime!]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re All Heroes on This Bus:  How Clark Sleeth and Ma Earth Inspired My Return to Cycling</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/were-all-heroes-on-this-bus-how-clark-sleeth-and-ma-earth-inspired-my-return-to-cycling.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/were-all-heroes-on-this-bus-how-clark-sleeth-and-ma-earth-inspired-my-return-to-cycling.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bike Anywhere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eco Actions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mari's Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Eco/Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best of Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling for transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Coast Public Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clark Sleeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clyde Roberson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Person Singular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Lasnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KUSP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County Weekly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How a 20-year-old med student, and a Weekly "Best of," inspired a return to bicycling for transportation. How that led to bike advocacy projects.  And how others can help me reclaim those hours in the saddle.]]></description>
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		<title>TAMC Transportation Excellence Awards for 2011</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/tamc-transportation-excellence-awards-for-2011.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/tamc-transportation-excellence-awards-for-2011.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airport Blvd Interchange East Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycling Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Sur Highway 1 Slide Repair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike advocacy in Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHISPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana Cleary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Delfino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Hale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Bachman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaki Cheung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristen Koschouer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luis Alejo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mari Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Zeller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Salinas Transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rita Goel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Bill 436 - Habitat Preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teresa Acuna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation Agency of Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation Excellence Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bicycle advocacy was among accomplishments honored at the January 25, 2012 meeting of the Transportation Agency of Monterey County.  Among recipients at the 10th Annual awards ceremony was Mari Lynch, for the Bicycling Monterey website, HER Helmet Thursdays project, and other local and regional bike advocacy.]]></description>
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		<title>Tell us: New bike rack locations for Downtown Monterey and Wharf I</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/tell-us-best-new-bike-rack-locations-for-downtown-monterey-and-wharf-i.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/tell-us-best-new-bike-rack-locations-for-downtown-monterey-and-wharf-i.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ariana Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycle infrastructure in the City of Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycle parking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycle racks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike infrastructure in Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike parking bike racks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Fisherman's Wharf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Racks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wharf I]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perfect time to speak up! Residents and visitors are asked to suggest Downtown Monterey and Wharf I (Old Fisherman's Wharf) locations where bike racks are needed. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, Cold Temps, and More: Biking through the Seasons</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-through-the-seasons.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-through-the-seasons.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bicycle Leadership Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike-and-ride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boys and Girls Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burnham Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Burnham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Pedal Couriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[League of American Bicyclists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Otter Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seaside]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bike when it's cold or raining?  Tips to keep you going, or just some bike-love things to do if you're hunkering down to dream about another day's ride.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling Chic á la Monterey County</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/cycle-chic-monterey.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/cycle-chic-monterey.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chic-Style in Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annabelle Bull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Cycle Chic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InterContinental The Clement Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurel Thomsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Bellas Day Camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Otter Classic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Copenhagen, New York, Portland, Monterey...bicycling beauties are everywhere!  Check out who's biking sans spandex on the Monterey County bikeways.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for President Obama to Declare Fort Ord a National Monument</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/ft-ord-proposed-trail-master-plan.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/ft-ord-proposed-trail-master-plan.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecorecreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecotourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Ord Friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henrietta Stern]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keep Fort Ord Wild]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kera Abraham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hikers, bikers, horseback riders, and ecorecreation enthusiasts of many stripes--including enthusiasts of the positive economic impact of ecorecreation on our county's economy--showed up at U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's America's Great Outdoors listening session about Fort Ord Public Lands.  Check out a range of media reports and learn how you can take action--and stay in touch.]]></description>
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		<title>Lovely Laurel Steps onto the Front Page of the New York Times</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/lovely-laurel-hits-the-new-york-times.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/lovely-laurel-hits-the-new-york-times.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Live Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Saint Louis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurel Thomsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skype music lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viola instruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violin instruction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Best known for her phenomenal violin performances, Laurel Thomsen has another, quiet career--but it's quiet no longer.]]></description>
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		<title>Bike infrastructure: Making the future brighter</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/dont-just-complain-about-bike-infrastructure-and-other-challenges-do-something.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/dont-just-complain-about-bike-infrastructure-and-other-challenges-do-something.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Bike News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycle infrastructure in monterey county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike advocacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[donate to make bicycling better in monterey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Safe Routes to School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Dad,  why aren't there bike paths from our house to our school?" They can trust your encouraging answer if you're being a part of the solution!]]></description>
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		<title>Who says girls don&#8217;t mountain bike? Not the Little Bellas. And their Monterey Sea Otter Camp is back!</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/little-bellas-day-camp-never-had-it-so-good.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/little-bellas-day-camp-never-had-it-so-good.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Anywhere]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Children and Teens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cycling news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[day camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls ages 8-14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lea Davison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Bellas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mountain bike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain bikers at the London Olympics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sabra Davison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sea Otter Classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Olympic Long Team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Girls ages 8-14: Little Bellas Day Camp returns to Monterey County April 19-22, 2012 for local girls and visitors.]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycling Pebble Beach</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-17-mile-drive.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/biking-17-mile-drive.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chic-Style in Monterey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Doc" Reichbaum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[17-Mile Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Golf]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campagnolo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Cosentino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classic Italian Bicycles at Concorso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classic Italian Bicycles at Laguna Seca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claude Pope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concorso Italiano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecotourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Kenney]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heller Estate Organic Vineyards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian bicycles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Lopez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Humphrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Merfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links Magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCall Motorworks Revival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monterey Bay Area Green Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naval Postgraduate School Cycling Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pebble Beach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pebble Beach Golf Tournament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Tanguay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather in Pebble Beach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feb 6-12, Pebble Beach closed to bicycles, and tourist vehicles, due to AT&#038;T Pro-Am and high volume of traffic. Check this post for additional tips on bicycling Pebble Beach, plus how to make use of your bike in Monterey County to get around during busy PB and other special event weeks.]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycling Carmel:  Traveling with Fido, and Other Tips</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/bicycling-carmel-where-to-bike-with-your-dog-and-other-tips.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/bicycling-carmel-where-to-bike-with-your-dog-and-other-tips.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Bikes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling in carmel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking in carmel-by-the-sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carmel Bicycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carmel valley bike route]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cypress Inn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog-friendly carmel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog-friendly monterey county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forge in the forest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jody Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lanee lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HuffPo is on to Carmel-by-the-Sea's dog-friendly HER Helmet Thursdays spots, visitors tell tales of biking to Carmel, and Mari shares 15 tips and 15 pics on biking Carmel.]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate the Old, Ring in the New</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/celebrate-the-old-ring-in-the-new.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/celebrate-the-old-ring-in-the-new.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mari's Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugenia Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mari Lynch's farm roots]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What's behind Bicycling Monterey's affinity with agriculture?  Memories of farm life across the generations!]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s winter! Who&#8217;d be out biking? In Monterey County, lots of people.</title>
		<link>http://marilynch.com/blog/its-december-20th-whod-be-out-biking-in-monterey-lots-of-people.html</link>
		<comments>http://marilynch.com/blog/its-december-20th-whod-be-out-biking-in-monterey-lots-of-people.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bike Monterey County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Monterey County, winter days often see thousands of people on bikes--like the 40 folks captured on December 20 in these images, all out biking the City of Monterey to get where they wanted to go--or just to get an extra burst of holiday cheer.]]></description>
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