Nutrition, Recipes

Super-Food Slam: The Ugliest Smoothie You’ll Ever Love

5 Comments 16 February 2010

Like most people, I go through food phases. Right now, I’m kind of over the big salads that were making me happy for the past few months. Yet I know that I’ve got to get those all-important greens and I’m really trying to stay up on my Omega-3′s and healthy fats. Earlier this week, I [...]

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Cycling, Reviews

Best Cycling Websites: Part One

5 Comments 13 February 2010

This week’s Oregonian column is all about super fantastic cycling websites. Below is a list of some of my recommendations for superior consumption of what is good on the internets (this includes the sites that made the “short list” for the Oregonian as well as a few extras). In the next installment of Best Cycling [...]

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Gear

First Look at Rapha Women’s Line

37 Comments 12 February 2010

I can’t wait to get back to Portland to get my hands on this stuff but, in the meantime, Rapha has finally released some images of their new women’s line. They started with the basics (a very good place to start) – classic jersey, jacket, shorts. As a bib-wearing mama, I’ll be waiting for the [...]

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Cycling

“Real” Women and What We Want from Cycling Gear

51 Comments 11 February 2010

One of the interesting things that came out of the discussion of women and bike shops from a few weeks back was the apparel and accessory tangent that manifested. It's a conversation I've had many times before. We lament the "pinking and shrinking" of everything. We lament the lack of "real" sizes. We hate that women's specific jerseys are too short in the torso. We hate when the length of the leg on the short is too long, too short, or too anything.

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Photos

Photos: Asphalt, Steak and Corpses

6 Comments 10 February 2010

Images from the iPhone Leaving Colossal Cave Mountain Park. * Geoff, the owner of Miles Ahead Cyclery, models my Tom Ford’s while I try on a pair of the Oakley jawbones from his display. * From a training ride on Mt. Lemmon. The 8th Street Owl House is down in that valley somewhere. * Front [...]

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Dear Diary

Dear Diary 003: Black Magic and Sharpee Pens

3 Comments 09 February 2010

I can’t remember what my house in Portland looks like. More disturbing, that doesn’t bother me a single bit. I thought I’d miss it by now, but all signs are pointing to something I already knew: there’s a gypsy hiding inside of me. It’s not that Tucson is so mind-blowing. It’s a town like any [...]

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