I’m learning, really, I am. I’m learning that as I get older, stubbornness and will power aren’t always enough to make up for whatever I lack athletically. Last year when I did the century, it was outrageously hot. This is a ride where it usually rains at least a little bit, but not one drop […]

Since I’ve been having such difficulty getting up for five o’clock rides, I’ve been asked why I try to do them. The number one reason is simple: time. Time is the most precious of all commodities, and once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Running this blog, my other blog, and with my vocational and personal […]

I’m feeling better. I’m still not back on my best sleeping schedule nor am I riding the way I want, but I’m starting to get back into a workout routine–and just in time. My schedule has little room for error–which is becoming very clearly a flaw. When I have a setback of some kind, I’m […]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post for this moment to honor someone: Recently I started reading Fat Cyclist, a blog that started being about bike related jokes but ended up being about fighting cancer, both on a macro level (Team Fatty is the largest LIVESTRONG Challenge Team) and a micro level (the author’s wife, […]

I’m trying. I feel like I’m without the time or energy to reach all of my goals–but I think I always feel like that. My weight is back down to 184 post trip, which is essentially the same as it was. I’ve done a couple of bike rides, I’ve gone geocaching, and I’ve run. I’ve […]

One of the biggest issues I run into while traveling is that I lose my sense of routine. It sometimes sounds odd that I follow a pretty strict regimen, but it makes it easier for me (parents can usually appreciate this as well). It goes like this: 4:45 am wake up, work out of some […]

I’m running out of time. In more ways than one, I’m running out of time. I have one more day of vacation after today, and I’m trying to squeeze in too many things, to make triple workout Thursday, for instance, into quadruple workout Thursday with a run to meet friends afterward, then to hike on […]

While I’m technically back at home, I’m still on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: There’s no question there’s a cost to working out. In some cases […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Accountability is a word I hear thrown around a lot at work. Basically it’s used to let people know […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: My story, if nothing else, is about not giving up and just starting over. I’ve lost some fitness the […]