I’m finally feeling urgency. I have only a bit over a month until the century and I seriously have to get miles in–so I’m finally doing them. I wish I had done this before, but for whatever reason it wasn’t happening. But regular multi hour rides on the weekends are now the norm, and a […]

The morning is the best time to do a bike ride. It’s not hot (yet) and sunrises are their own rewards. But for whatever reasons–I mostly attribute it to outright laziness–I’ve not been able to get my morning rides in like I have in the past. That has to change, and it did this morning. […]

Every so often I try to reinvent myself. That doesn’t mean that I become a different person, just skilled in a different area. A few years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to write computer programs, so I went ahead and did it. I decided not long ago I wanted to try to […]

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 […]

I’m running out of time for the century. It’s only a little more than a month away and my training has been sporadic. Part of it is just me sleeping too late, part of it is my other obligations, and part of it is the weather. Those don’t add up to a successful 100 mile […]

I’m getting back to where I need to be. I was on the bike for two hours yesterday and a little over two today–the goal today was three but the weather looked like it was deteriorating, so I headed back a bit early. I’m sure I could have made it the three, which would basically […]

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: I had modest goals during this past trip of a week to Kansas City, hoping only for two runs […]

I’m sick. Not sick with diabetes–well, I am, I guess–or its complications, but with a cold. How best to deal with this kind of illness? It’s a question with many answers. The first is to try to prevent illness. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Still, someone like me who works in […]

In my quest to improve my swimming (my coworker is totally killing me swimming, but she’s been going up to six times a week versus my one!), one of the things I’ve done (in addition to trying to figure out another time or two a week I can swim and borrowing a book from the […]