Posted in Commuting, Cross Training, Keweenaw, Lifestyle, Winter on Oct 31st, 2008
I had enough foresight to make arrangements with my friends to meet them at the Keweenaw Brewing Company on Thursday night. I had a biochemistry exam at 7:00, and I knew I would need moral support in the hour following that exam. My evening progressed to The Library to see if one of [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Commuting, Cyclists, Road on Oct 4th, 2008
The battle between cyclists and drivers continues, and it even worsens in some areas where driving is the predominant mode of transportation, as in Southeast Michigan. With high fuel prices and a dragging economy, the bicycle has become a popular mode of transportation. Unfortunately, many roads were not built with the cyclist in [...]
Posted in Climbing, Commuting, Racing, Training, Weight Loss, Weight Training, Winter on Sep 25th, 2008
In March, I wrote about my goals for 2008. I have shown some definite improvements, and have failed miserably in an area that is most important to me. The point of today’s post is to review those goals, assess my strengths and weaknesses, and make a new plan for the fall and winter.
Podium [...]
Posted in Climbing, Commuting, Cyclocross, Equipment, Fall, Kona, Michigan Tech Trails on Sep 9th, 2008
I set out for my very first fall commute with my cross tires. I wasn’t quite sure how long it would take me to get to class and it didn’t help that I was running late, anyway. It’s funny how a chronically late person can continue to run late even though he or [...]
Posted in Commuting, Finding Time, Lifestyle on Sep 4th, 2008
This is my first week back at Michigan Tech for the fall semester. I couldn’t commute, Tuesday, because I had to exchange a textbook and get another one. The load would’ve been too much for my shoulders to handle for a total of nineteen miles. Ick.
Yesterday was my first day bicycle commuting. [...]
I was doing some online cycling clothing browsing and meandered over the Trek web site to check out their clothes. I like Trek clothing because they make cycling clothes that fit curvy, not-so-rail-thin women. That would be me. I never got to the clothing part of the web site, though. I [...]
We live in such a society where it is beyond the understanding of many that God simply wants us to slow down. In such a society where multi-tasking, economy, efficiency, and so on are paramount to our role as citizens, we have no idea how to not do anything. Even when we are [...]
