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		<title>Costa Rica &#8211; La Ruta De Los Conquistadores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[17 years ago Roman Urbina read about the Spanish Explorer Juan de Cavallón and his 20 year journey through the treacherous mountains of Costa Rica, in his attempt to explore the area.  This expedition started on the Pacific Coast and finished on the Caribbean.  Urbina, a recognized Costa Rican athlete and adventurer, decided to retrace [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/09/costa-rica-la-ruta-de-los-conquistadores/</link>
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		<title>Diabetes New Zealand &#8211; Key Note</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand was quite the change from South Africa and on the flight over I was glad to be able to stop off in Sydney, Australia.  Australia is the place I’ve always wanted to live.  It has endless amounts of wildlife and open space, the Great Barrier Reef and the people I’ve talk with from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/09/diabetes-new-zealand-key-note/</link>
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		<title>Diabetes SA &#8211; Port Elizabeth, South Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the honor of meeting with representatives from all over South Africa for the Diabetes South Africa Convention; Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pretoria, and Johannesburg all were present. The conference was held at the Protea Marina Hotel in Port Elizabeth and the management for the conference went out of their way to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/08/diabetes-sa-port-elizabeth-south-africa/</link>
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		<title>Children With Diabetes 2009 &#8211; Disney World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CWD Orlando 09- Truly the best event for children with diabetes anywhere on earth. This year we were back at Disney Worlds Coronado Springs Hotel in Orlando Florida.  The week was spent reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.  Every year I am touched by the passion and desire for knowledge each of these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/08/children-with-diabetes-2009-disney-world/</link>
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		<title>Tour de Cure 2009 &#8211; Team Red Riders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Red Rider team had about 30 members.  We had kids, teens, college students and adults. They stepped out to do the 120K, 75K or 50k ride when  they could have simply stayed home.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/07/tour-de-cure-2009/</link>
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		<title>“The Best Time Ever” &#8211; Tour de Cure June 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I’d had such a busy week hanging out with Greg LeMond and going to parties, I hadn’t reviewed the route.  No problem, It was only 120K how bad could it be?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/06/tour-de-cure-2008/</link>
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		<title>My First Bicycle Workout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was before I began competing again but I was looking for a new athletic pursuit.  I had a decent Trek bike, nothing fancy, but I rode it like it was built for the Tour.  I’d only use it on leg days and push as hard as possible – at this time I was still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/06/my-first-bicycle-workout/</link>
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		<title>The Cost Of Winning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The realization that praise was openly given to winners was not completely new to me.  I had long loved the football teams the Pittsburgh Steelers and their rivals the Dallas Cowboys.  At the time the Cowboys personified the All American team, patriotic and good looking too.  Everything I wanted to be.  On the other side [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/06/cost-of-winning/</link>
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		<title>Memories And Long Term Friendships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am still friends with a couple of the guys from back in the day, Frank Kish is now the Director of Tech for Lockheed Martin, Ray Campisi and Vinson Keyhea.  I had always been interested in exploring and discovery.  As a kid we used to trek through a secret location we had found &#8220;Shark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/06/memories-and-friendships/</link>
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		<title>Reinforcing The Foundation &#8211; My Formal Training Introduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I continued to improve in my Spartan gym along with swimming in the wolf river, weekend hikes through the woods and swamps but I new I needed to advance.  I moved from my homemade gym to a place called Rhodes Fitness Center in Gulfport Mississippi.  It was here that I found out what real strength [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dougsquest.com/2009/06/formal-training-intro/</link>
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