It comes back.
Actually, the season is only over for lowly newbies like myself. The big-kids are still going strong.
The point of this blog is to focus on the "everyman and woman", not the hot-shots, so I don’t generally spend a lot of time covering pro news, but it’s worth mentioning that local crusher Sue Butler […]
People frequently ask me "how I stay so motivated".
It’s true, I’m a pretty high energy person (the people in my life right now are laughing at my use of understatement), but I’m definitely not always motivated. I was thinking about this yesterday because Skwigg answered this question for the second time on her blog and […]
Before I get down to nighttime eating strategies, I want to give a quick shout-out to my cousin Jenny, who is fast becoming a gigantic source of inspiration for me.
Prior to this year Jenny had a fairly low level of activity. Her eating habits weren’t the best. She, like all of us, has battles to […]
For some people it happens after the holidays. So many parties, so many gifts, so much love and lights. Vacation! Celebration! Glee!
And then. Nothing.
January hits like a ton of bricks and leaves you curled up on the side of the Holiday Super-Highway, whimpering and alone.
It’s the same with cyclocross. For 9 or 10 weeks you […]
Yep.
You read me right.
John Berardi, the guy behind the Precision Nutrition plan that I like so much, has a free eBook available for download and it’s crammed full of desserts recipes that are so healthy it’s stupid. That makes Heidi happy heading into the Dessert Landmine that is December.
You can pick up the book here: […]
Ironically, one of the big things keeping us in California while we talked about the possibility of moving to Portland someday was Sal’s insistence that he "had to ride". His insinuation in making this statement was that the weather was so bad in Portland that he would not be able to ride as much, and […]
I have been locked in the Westin LAX for 5 days straight without rest. Fifteen hours of work every day. Hotel meals. Boring treadmill runs at 5:30 in the morning.
When I step into the light outside the front doors of the hotel to catch the airport shuttle I am stunned.
This is the […]
Leif Erickson trail is dark and damp. We roll up it, turning over pedals with legs that are something more than tired.
Spent.
We’re recovering. Neither one of us really understands this “recovery ride” thing, but we’ve learned to have faith and take chances. We’re giving it a shot.
We are alone. At least so far as cyclists […]
I don’t really know how to race a bike, but I do know how to suffer.
Yesterday I proved that:
At 5:00 in the morning an alarm goes off on the other side of the bed and I lay perfectly still. There are rules in this household and one of those rules is that the The […]
Western Nationals starts today in Salem. We got a 3:00pm draw and my parents are driving down from Seattle to see the game. It’s a massive three-day, double elimination tournament. Winner goes all expenses paid to World’s in Oklahoma.
No pressure.
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