Serendipity much? Motivation in the form of five cols.
Strange how things work. I sat in front of my computer for two hours yesterday doing other things, wondering if I should post that challenge. Then I did. And then all sorts of rad stuff started happening. First, many of you got excited. Which made me very excited. Which made me happy and motivated. Some [...]
Read MoreHalf the Road: A Documentary about The Passion, Pitfalls & Power of Women’s Professional Cycling
I can’t tell you how excited I am about this project. I found Kathryn Bertine’s writing about her ultimately unsuccessful campaign to make the 2012 Olympic team both poignant and riveting – a true glimpse into what drives us as athletes. This documentary is important on many levels and as the conversation about equality – in cycling [...]
Read MoreTime Tested (and dirt cheap): DeFeet Wool Gloves
I’ve been wearing these DeFeet Wool Duragloves for nearly 5 years now. Because they’re very affordable and very popular in this house (and because gloves have a way of disappearing) I bought three pairs in the first year. The collection has dwindled back down to a single, lonely pair and Sal and I continue to [...]
Read MorePhotoGlimmer: Strangers in Hawaii
Hawaii was almost sullen. Bodies beached and burning. Languid. Languishing? We dove in, full-on tourist style except for a few excursions to secret beaches revealed to us by friends with local knowledge. At the Royal Kona Resort octogenarians in bright red lipstick and head kerchiefs owned the late afternoon bar scene. We stayed in a lovely [...]
Read MorePhotoGlimmer: Remembering Flanders
We huddled around the laptop in bed this morning, as we have done so many times before. Watched Fabian ride away this morning, as he has done so many times before. While we watched, I wondered how the women’s race was shaking out and when or if there would ever be a day when I [...]
Read MorePhotoglimmer: Good Dirt in Nobeyama, Japan
2011. Tina Brubaker. My cyclocross spirit animal. At each fork in the road in Nobeyama, Japan that day we took whichever road looked worse. Pavement to gravel to dirt to thick, tracked-out mud. We kept going. Finally, we turned up a road that looked suspiciously like it might not actually be a road. A few [...]
Read MoreSnaps
Latest Comments
“Damn straight, Carver! ”
“Oh, Heidi. He is a keeper for sure! ”
“Thanks, mister. :) xo ”
“Thanks, Jayne. I am really excited about this challenge - I only hope my words live up to the experience! ”
“you get to do all the cool things.....your writing is sublime. ”