Getting rich quick is about as likely as getting fit quick. I’ve been moving and riding, but not training in any structured way. Am I fitter? Getting stronger? Can you just go out and ride and be random and end up stronger? Not at my age and with my lifestyle. I believe you need targetted,…
Explain Pain. No really. What hurts you right now? And now? I’ve been in and out of pain in my life from injuries and self-inflicted over-indulgence in endurance sports. So what? How is this any different? My skin has been hurting when I ride. I imagine the capillaries are shunting all possible blood to brain…
Yesterday for our 10th wedding anniversary we did this: With this guy: He left the fish. We took the bicycles. He rode the Nomad. Notably deserted trails from Dutchman Snow park all the way to Happy Valley. We didn’t encounter anyone. Not a soul.
This morning my daughter, who is pre-pre K aged, and I replicated an experiment we learned at the library. We put a tsp. of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) into a cup, added a little dish soap, and then dropped in some lemon juice. Instant fizz! Bubbles! Exciting. Pour this into a tiny cloisonnee tea…
I wonder how the trails are enjoying you, who is padding through you silently, sleeping in holes beside you, readying for a day of gathering, hunting. Who is bedding down in you for the first time in hours, who saw your first glimmer, who regrets your arrival? Not a poet, but rising before the sun…
Posting today about a super-secret underground backroom PT treatment. Can’t tell you more than that, other than it went just like this: muscle energy technique si joint tom ockler And it worked. The idea was to move a stuck sacrum AND re-set the muscle spindles that hold it in the messed up position. Getting the…
And I’m a lying liar. One text from Kat, who just finished an IronMan in Whistler — yeah, I know her — and I’m going mountain biking. I was elated when she invited me, because I’m elated when anyone invites me to do anything anywhere, except try on Mary Kay. Is that sad? Oh, and…
No biking news to report, since I am now for the first time in months about to complete a full week off the bike. Last week I visited a chiropractor, Dr. Josh Kuhn of High Desert Chiropractic. He was very rough with me. He said no biking for the interim, and that if I…
I haven’t ridden since Sunday. And here it is Wednesday. Tooling around town with the baby does not count. Riding to fetch ice cream with the baby trailer (“You forgot the baby,” according to beardy smartass) doesn’t count. I need to get my HR up. Yesterday I was flat on my back most of the…
Not every ride is harrowing, plagued with near misses or shooting corisol levels up to red line. Some rides are fluid, smooth and delicious. Today’s was like that. Left out with the baby just before 10am with a short list errands including bank, library, treat. Our route would first take us through a busy commercial…
According to me, and I’m an authority of note, cyclists are equal to motorists on roadways. They have an EQUAL RIGHT to safe and legal use of the roads, according to Oregon Statute, common sense, and the US Constitution, which gives all people a right to freedom of movement in the public right of way.…
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