I have always complained about the way cycling is all-consuming. I complained about it in the beginning when I was a Cycling Widow and I will complain about it now that I am a Cycling Harlot. It takes over everything. Everything. The clothing – it must be constantly washed and cared for. The gear must [...]
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Training While Sick: What’s the Verdict?
My cousin asked me about this a little over a month ago when she was down with some really nasty cold/flu stuff. "Should I run?" I told her to stop and get better. Or, if she did want to get a few miles in just for sanity’s sake, to go someplace warm (a gym) and [...]
Continue ReadingWow. I Heart Analog Saturday.
I missed you. I missed you so much. In the morning I woke up and thought about you. I wondered if you had watched the video and what you would think. I wondered what you were wearing… wait. I didn’t wonder that. But I did miss you. Analog Saturday was hard at first. I wanted [...]
Continue ReadingAnalog Saturdays: What’s Next in Sanity
I have often joked that I am surgically attached to my laptop. I love my laptop. I sometimes sleep with it on the nightstand next to me. All my precious work is in my laptop. All my little internets are in the laptop. When I go to bed, I tuck them in. I know they [...]
Continue ReadingYoga for the Non-Yogi
Tony Horton is many things, but a yogi he is not. (Aside: Tony Horton is the guy behind P90X, the program I am doing right now.) As I’m watching his impressive legs move in his little tight yoga pants, I’m thinking more about the fact that he looks like a kid who is ready to [...]
Continue ReadingGoing Dry: Giving Up the Bottle
Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you that I like my beer. Specifically, I like it dark and strong. When I moved to Portland, it was like moving to the beer-lover’s wonderland. This place is wall to wall with absolutely stunning brews. In San Francisco, I was more inclined to order a good [...]
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