The psychological progression of waking up early for hard workouts always entertains me.
5:30am Alarm: Roll over. Hit snooze. Tell myself I should send a cancellation text because doesn’t it look kind of gray and cold outside?
5:40am Snooze Alarm #2: Roll over. Hit snooze again. Tell myself I will get up […]
Mile 35: I hate Natalie Ramsland’s guts.
Not because she climbs like a scared monkey, or because she’s the primary reason I am stuck on this mountain pushing gears, but because she knows what to expect next. She’s done a pre-ride.
Who is she to know what agony lies around the next corner? Who is she to […]
I’m about to bite off a little more than I can chew and, you know what? I plan to survive.
Moreover - I plan to take it by storm.
Tomorrow I’ll do the biggest climbing day that I’ve attempted to date. My "normal" (read: non-cyclist) friends think it’s nuts. My hardcore cyclist friends think it’s no big […]
"You’re in a slump. Put your kit on." Sal is standing in the bedroom holding my bibs.
I am laying on the big king bed holding my ugly doll with a pillow over my head: "I DONT WANT TO GO!"
That is only half true but I am throwing a tantrum so this has to be dramatic.
"Yes […]
I have been sitting here trying to write about something - anything - besides the crappy weather. It’s impossible. Every start degrades quickly into some rant about Sal calling me a "hail magnet".
I have decided to give in and just get it off my chest.
I am enamored with the rain and cold in the winter […]
I did not TT today as planned. I left the snow and sleet and rain to the hardmen and I followed my gut, which was following my heart, which was following my joy.
I rode my new mountain bike in Forest Park with friends. Then I went into the darkroom to do some printing. It was […]
At mile 54, Steve Brown rolls up to me with his big three million dollar grin.
"How ya feelin’?"
There is no room for pretense at this point, no room for bravado. I checked my ego at the door after the 26 mph "warmup".
"Steve. I am in so much pain. I want to chop my legs off […]
The sun came out. Portland stretched and yawned and shielded her eyes.
The bike called, so I came.
On Thursday Sal and I hit the road together for the first time in a long while. We took an old familiar route south to Oregon City, around Lake Oswego, back to Terwilliger and home. The last time we’d […]
I want to tell you about how yesterday my furnace broke and the house was 49 degrees when I woke up. I want to tell you how I had to wait all day long for the tech to show up during the window that the company gave me of "sometime today".
I’d like to share how […]
Actually, I’m pretty sure that most of you already do.
But, just in case you don’t, I have to take this moment to point you to it.
This is one of those rare blogs that is both extremely informative and impeccably well-written. Besides that, this guy truly knows the meaning of PRO and reading this blog will […]
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