Rolling, Rolling, Rolling….Rawhide!
Me and my riding shadow. Tonight the kids are staying with their aunts, so hubby and I are enjoying a quiet, relaxing dinner and a bottle of wine, right? That’s what any rational American couple...
View ArticleIt’s Not All Or Nothing…A Little Something Will Always Beat A Lot Of Nothing
Yesterday I wrote that we would be riding 80 miles today. Our bike team calls this particular route “The Flat 80,” presumably because there is only 1100 feet of elevation gain in a nearly 80-mile ride....
View ArticleThe Quickest Way To Forget Your Troubles Is To Help Someone Else With Theirs
Bright and early on the second day of the MS150 last year. Cool enough for arm warmers. Wearing our team jersey. Go Goons! This week I am focused on only one thing. Five mornings from now, hubby and I...
View ArticleUnderdog Would Have Wanted Me To Have This Sports Watch
The Bia Sports Watch I must have. (Photo courtesy of Bia…www.bia-sport.com) Yesterday, a triathlete friend of mine posted a link to a Kickstarter project she had decided to back. I was curious. I had...
View ArticleZen And The Art Of Arm Flaps
The point when I stopped to ponder my arm flapping. So, after six solid weeks of not doing any sort of regular physical exercise, the kids went back to school and my workout time miraculously returned....
View ArticleI Was So Hungry I Ate My Words
Finishing the most difficult part of the climb Colorado is filled with extreme sports enthusiasts — marathoners, triathletes, cyclocross racers, river kayakers, rock climbers, mogul skiers, and myriad...
View ArticleA Perfect 97/100
A few weeks ago I watched an internet video made by a young man who spent 10 years traveling around the world on a shoestring budget. In the video, Benny Lewis discusses 10 lessons he’s learned while...
View ArticleSwitching Gears
Full disclosure: My husband advised me against writing this post. He did this because he is embarrassed for me by what I am about to disclose. He suggested I might not want to share this particular...
View ArticleIn The Middle Of The Peloton Pack
Last weekend, we went into the Peloton store at the Cherry Creek Mall in Denver and ordered a spin bike. We have been wanting one since the lockdown began last year, but we were too late on the draw...
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