First Spring Bike Ride – yeowza

Notice snowmobile parked behind me. I just went for my first bike ride since Peak2Peak. Last fall, I finished the 22 miles of P2P, got off my bike and didn’t look at it again for THREE MONTHS. Very unlike me. I’m not sure what happened, but I think it was one of those “let’s end […]

Not biking the Iceman: Why taking a break got me going again

  I didn’t ride the Iceman this year. Or last year. In fact, I swore I was retiring from my so-called secret-weapon training. Ask all my friends, I was adamant that I needed to quit racing altogether. I made them promise to not let me do it. It was no fun anymore, it took up […]

Money Man: How to find inspiration for a race

It’s our health issue and my sister and I both like to work out (bike or hike or run or walk). Nothing too crazy although we sometimes teeter on the brink of obsession — inspired by “incidents” along the way. Mud, Sweat and Beers 2010, complete with jammies. Here’s an example:In our first mountain bike […]

Watching the clock at work

Careers are a lot like sports. Both involve training, sweat equity and “most improved” players. And after our many miles of biking and running, we’ve come to realize that all we need to know for our careers, we’ve learned from our Garmin. These sports watches analyze your every step, whether you like it or not. […]

Peak2Peak – 4th place! And my nemesis.

I raced Peak2Peak this weekend at Crystal Mountain! I was hoping (praying) for Top 10 (I was 12th last year), so imagine my face when I saw the results… and I was 4th in my group. Before I could help myself, I leaned over to the guy next to me and was like, Do you […]