[Dodgy iPhone photo by Olivia Bleitz. What better way to celebrate corner-turning than with a nerdy photo vest and a row of porta-potties?] If you’ve been reading my weekly training updates for Peloton Magazine, you may have picked up on a certain darkness there. I’ve been heady, agitated, worried and a little depressed. I haven’t [...]
Continue ReadingOn becoming the lazy bastard I was meant to be
Sal finds me back in bed at 9:00am. I got up at 5am and started working. He’s been on an early conference call with China. When he’s done he creeps up the stairs to see me there, curled up. With the cat. (After a few hours of work, I’d made a dramatic retreat.) “What are [...]
Continue ReadingOh, Did I Mention I’m Riding the Tour de France?
[Photo: Michael Robertson] I apologize for the long gap between posts. Allow me to explain myself. Earlier this year, Michael Roberston and I decided to build a team to ride the entire 2012 Tour de France course. It started as a story idea and became something infinitely bigger than that. It has consumed most of [...]
Continue ReadingPSA: How to Remove Embrocation FAST
We had an embrocation emergency here at Grit & Glimmer HQ over the weekend and I was forced to do some lightning quick internet research to determine the best way to remove the stuff quickly. It took about 10 or 15 minutes of reading through forum threads and long blog posts to find the best [...]
Continue ReadingShut Up Legs as Life Principle
There are a lot of things to love about Jens Voigt, his famous “Shut up, Legs!” quote notwithstanding. He is a classic hard man, hitting the gas when the tank is empty, boggling minds with his incredible strength and unmatched will power. He’s also quietly modest about the whole thing and endlessly kind, which makes [...]
Continue ReadingGuest Post for Light & Motion: Going Places
Today’s post requires some traveling. Head over to the Light & Motion blog to read “Going Places“, a short rumination on the beauty of bike rides that actually take you somewhere. End the circle cycle! This is the third post in a four-post commuting series I am doing for Light & Motion as part of [...]
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