Yesterday’s group ride ended up not happening since there was a tremendous storm that blew through and supposedly there was a lot of debris on the route that we were going to take. In addition, we were still under a tornado watch and the sky looked like there would most likely be some thundershowers. I [...]
Well, I survived the race. I didn’t get dropped until just after the beginning of the third lap. The third lap turned out to be the final lap, since apparently there was lightening on part of the course. {Note: sorry Heather- I mislead you in my response to your comment- it was only a three [...]
I’m in my pre-race nervous stage at the moment. I’m actually not as nervous as I often am the night before a race. I think this is for a couple of reasons- 1. I’m fighting off a cold. I don’t have the energy to waste on being nervous. 2. It’s really not that long of [...]
I was a lucky girl and got a new mountain bike on Friday for my “gradbirsary” present. {note: gradbirthsary=graduation, birthday, anniversary). I now own a ti hardtail- with gears!! Not that I don’t love my Surly 1×1, but let’s face it, there are more hills here than in Kansas City, so I want options. For [...]
Alright, so I’m officially registered for my first duathlon. So I really can’t back out of it now. Unfortunately I won’t have my support crew (Zach) with me since he has already preregistered for a stage race the same weekend. I was actually going to do that stage race too, but didn’t preregister because the [...]
I had to catch up on writing to a penpal so I ran out of blog time. I did want to write a quick note on my progress towards my duathlon goal. I rode almost 48 miles yesterday (tandem) and rode up the mountain (solo) today. It may not be a really big mountain, but [...]
I’m going to do a duathlon. Or a few. Road and off-road. Since I have to start somewhere, I’ve chosen the Fredericksburg Off-Road Duathlon (F.O.R.D.) Series race #2 on June 21st. I would have done race #1, but it happened in April, and I’m pretty sure I had a lot of other stuff going in [...]
I went for a wonderful bike ride yesterday. I went for just over 30 miles, and used my new gorillapod tripod (as recommended by Heather). It didn’t quite stay put during the one section of gravel road that I have to travel on, but other than that, I think it was pretty handy. It was [...]
I’m connected back to the outside world via the internet again! Of course, I haven’t had a moment to sit down and update my journal. I really need to make myself write even when I’m tired, so I can remember what the heck it was that I thought was worth writing about.
I’ve started my new [...]
Zach and I went for a really wonderful tandem ride on Saturday. The weather was beautiful and sunny, maybe a little chilly. I think we ended up wearing knickers rather than tights. W e rode from the base of Bull Run Mountain to the base of another mountain at Bluemont, VA. It was about 44 [...]
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