infinitely sustainable pace

Proof that the extra day off did not go to waste. Tan lines and dirt lines. On Monday we headed up to the Kingdom Trails. I thought it would be crowded, but in fact we only encountered a couple of other persons on the trails in four hours and 27 miles. There was a pack of [...]

I’ve been reading about all these cool overnights and bikepacking trips and really wanting to give it a try myself. Although I grew up camping, it was always, always, always car camping. I’ve never loaded up and gone backpacking and I’m a little intimidated by the whole process and worried about doing it right. When [...]

I spent the past three days based out of our Las Vegas office, working with some of my colleagues from all over the world. China, Dubai, Germany, Mexico, France, etc. The meeting days were long and conducted in a darkened conference room that at times seemed far more suitable for napping than planning world domination. [...]

Woke up at 5am today to a beautiful red sunrise sky and the knowledge that today will be a very, very long day. I like naturally waking up early, you get a lot more done and I’m bummed that I’m about to spend a couple of days on Pacific Time. Just long enough to get [...]

Had to go off in search of my happy place this afternoon. Luckily I found it up there. Trails were damp, but not squishy today. Luckily the spring was so dry that our recent rains have mostly soaked right into the soil. X-kings are ruling it in every condition, the new bike is tops and [...]

Squoze in a short ride this afternoon. I thought that I’d have plenty of time to go out and climb some hills before the predicted storms arrived. But this was the view that awaited me at the top of Dewey Hill when I turned back towards the west. So much for my ride, I hustled [...]

Mother’s Day came around again and the mid-May local race opener, Flower Power, with it. Funny enough, it seems like just yesterday that I stood, pregnant, on the sidelines of that race. On Sunday I watched that baby race his bike. It was his first toe-dipping into the world of competitive biking and he did great. [...]

Starlight, starbright. This was the first star I saw Friday night. Yes, I wished on it. How can you not? Can you see the bugs? They were thick, thick, thick but thankfully not biting. Not yet anyway. Bug season starts in  3, 2, 1…. Good weekend, stories to come tomorrow. I hope you had the [...]

SSEC2012 happened in France just the other weekend. That would be the Singlespeed European Championships. Obviously I wasn’t there, though I would have liked to have been. Even though I couldn’t be there, some friends from Catalunya were there. I had met them at SSWC in Ireland when we struck up a conversation about belt drives. [...]

The Tuesday Night Ladies rides are supposed to be underway. Last week I had to cancel due to my back issues. This week it’s a no-go due to the everlong day of rain. Trails are too wet to ride and are closed. My plan was to HTFU and go out for a workout ride anyway, [...]