So, for the first time since 6th grade, I picked up a baseball bat and attempted to hit a ball with it. My office has joined a softball league for advertising agencies, and our team name is The Foul Balls. For some reason, everyone in my office thought I would be the best [...][...]
Archive for July, 2008
July 29th, 2008 - 2:50 pm § in Food & Diet
On Weight
I found this rather interesting article about cycling, weight, and body image by a pro female cyclist, while I was nosing around the interwebs about average body fat percentages in elite cyclists. The first time I heard a male member of the spandex set complaining how big his butt was this season, I[...]
July 29th, 2008 - 8:39 am § in Race Reports
You know it’s bad when…
…you have a nightmare that your seat tube and saddle get stolen from your mountain bike and you can’t find a replacement. Last night was the last short track of the year :*( It was the best course yet, pretty technical, lotsa fun, something challenging for everyone. No crashes or mechani[...]
A new record
My bike club’s century was Saturday; we did it in just about 5 hours, ~19mph average, which is a new record for me. Woohoo; the route was beautiful through Yamhill wine country, and the temps were perfect. What a great ride, with great people! I also added about an inch to my farmers tan; ther[...]
July 25th, 2008 - 11:05 am § in Uncategorized
Dear Mr. Car Vigilante
I was having a perfectly good morning. The sun was shining, I was on my bike, it was Friday, how could things get better? Well, I can tell you exactly how they get worse. You see, some people think that they are perfect. They think they have the right to point out when you mess up [...][...]
July 23rd, 2008 - 10:06 pm § in Food & Diet, Workouts
Sundrops : My Nemesis
Warning: this post is boring unless you are psycho about weight/food issues. So read on if you dare. At $7/pound, Sundrops are not cheap. Sundrops also involve getting in the car 10 minutes before New Seasons closes and rushing over there, mouth salivating, brain focused on “sugar sugar sugar[...]
July 21st, 2008 - 8:17 pm § in MTB, Race Reports
Women’s Mountain Bike club/team?
First, let me say I raced Short Track…I was doing well, but then I dropped my chain on the second lap. That kinda sucked. But what DIDN’T suck is that a few women from my mtb camp came out and raced their first bike race ever! I know so many great women getting out there and [...][...]
July 21st, 2008 - 9:52 am § in MTB, Uncategorized
On Dirt and Courage
This weekend I went to Hood River for a weekend of mountain biking at the Dirt Series, a women’s mountain biking skills clinic. I carpooled out there on Friday afternoon with a woman who had just moved to Portland July 1st. So I got to play tour guide all weekend, which is fun in Hood [...][...]
July 16th, 2008 - 3:49 pm § in Race Reports
Finally: Success!
At short track that is. I came in 6th in the preliminary results out of 22 finishers. Woo hoo! I get some series points after all! It was, technically-speaking, an easy course, which actually had me a bit worried. But I calmed myself down at the start so as not to repeat last week’s crash, [..[...]
July 16th, 2008 - 9:08 am § in Deep Thoughts, Uncategorized
Why do people get Road Rage?
I’ve been pondering this question for the past week, as the Oregonian continues to batter us over the head with reports about angry cyclists, angry drivers; basically everyone’s really angry. Why is that? What is it about trying to get from point A to point B that’s so unbelievably[...]
