I did it. I started a “I hate running” FBook page. We’ve got 15 members as of today. I giggle every time someone else “likes” it. Let me tell you why I hate it (and, if pressed, why I love to hate it): 1. I can’t find my pace. In the first 100 steps, I […]
Author: Kandace Chapple
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 […]
My secret (training) weapon: A nemesis
My training this year is better than any other. It’s because I’ve found the perfect training weapon: A nemesis. It all started a month before last year’s Iceman when I met and rode a few times with a guy we’ll call “Jake.” Sure, I liked him well enough when we met. We were about the […]
The pleasure of a fall day
I love this time of year when our Michigan maple forests are turned on end. It’s like being able to walk in the trees. Their beauty, having spent the entire summer decorating the sky, comes down at last for mere humans to revel in, a pool of color. I spend fall days looking for reasons […]
Book Excerpt: Building a Home
Here, an excerpt from my novel and work-in-progress, Monday Night Bike Club: They built their house, officially, in the middle of nowhere. They spent hours after work, after college classes, before breakfast and during lunch working on the house. It was his idea, a terrible one she thought. Her dad had looked at Lainey and said, “Your […]