Cycling, Training

Ruminations on Cold Nights and Winter Light (via Wend Magazine)

Comments Off 20 January 2009

From the Cycling Diaries… The sunlight is obscene. It comes on strong in that all-consuming way that lovers do. Blinding. Disorienting. White hot. Dangerous. We don’t want to fall for it, but we still do. There isn’t really a choice.  December’s snowfall finally chased us inside onto trainers or rollers and we kept spinning the [...]

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Cycling

Veloforma Release Party Snapshots

6 Comments 18 January 2009

Damn.  That was some of the most bizarre fun I’ve ever had in my life.  In one moment there was a delicious Laurelwood IPA in my left hand and in the next I was hanging from the monkey bars with the formidable and super-strong Kristin Wille swinging toward me, attempting to “take me down”.  I [...]

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Fitness

The Everyday Athlete Store!

1 Comment 18 January 2009

Nope, not mine! Last night at the Veloforma Pro Team launch party I learned that one of our elite riders, Robin Secrist (she’s pretty incredible!),  is dating a nice fellow named Wade Praeger who just happens to be the owner of a store in Kirkland, Washington called “Everyday Athlete“. Wade was super gracious and did [...]

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Cycling, Racing

Tonight! The Veloforma Pro Women’s Cycling Team Launch Party

6 Comments 17 January 2009

  If you’re near North Portland tonight, consider dropping by Therapeutic Associates/PACE (4829 Martin Luther King Blvd) for the Veloforma Team Launch Party.  If I can stop sneezing and coughing long enough to pick out a black dress to wear, it should be a good time. I heard they might even set up a fan [...]

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Nutrition

Wait, Did You Just Say “Diabetic”?

22 Comments 15 January 2009

Actually, she said “pre-diabetic”. But the D word still came out. I held the phone away from my ear for a moment and made a “WTF” face. “Really?” “Yeah, your glucose levels are really high.  Not in the diabetic range yet, but very close.”

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Life, Running

“Beyond the Epic Run” – Inspiration in Doses

2 Comments 13 January 2009

I’ve always admired ultra-distance runners.  Their sheer will is mind-boggling (and a little nuts, in the endearing way). Running 100 miles?  Insane.  There are people who get all worked up about riding 100 miles for Pete’s sake. Running around the world?  What are you, crazy?

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