I realized the other day that my default emotion is Stress. But by the end of the day I had found a way to be totally relaxed and content, the way I ought to be a whole lot more often. Life really is good, but somewhere along the way I programmed myself to […]
Got a question today from Spokane, WA:
“I recently saw a picture of you flexing your bicep. Nice! Clearly you do some strength training….As a female beginner mountain bike racer I would like to know your opinion on how much strength training one should do and when in the season you should stop (if […]
Everyone who rides bikes on roads where cars drive inevitably has a book full of stories about times when a car buzzed them too closely, gunned it next to them just to blast them with exhaust, nearly ran them off the road, beeped, yelled, etc etc ad nauseum. It seems I’ve been having this […]
Yeah! I successfully finished another base training period, and this year I did it with much more energy in reserve than in past years. The last two years I did so many hours that I would stumble as I walked because I could barely lift my legs up. This year I scaled […]
And I’m back down in Phoenix once again. This one was a planned trip because tomorrow I am leading a women’s mountain bike ride down here. But it is great timing because it is seriously chilly in Flagstaff right now. We finally got some of that snow we’ve been doing dances for, […]
I’m back home now, but boy did I get in some sweet road rides down in the valley. On Sunday I rode with my friends Jen, Brian, and Janet, around Fountain Hills and up 9 mile hill. It was a windy ride home, so I sure was glad for the company to suffer […]