Posted in Cyclocross, Marquette, Racing on Oct 2nd, 2008
Sunday, we headed down to Marquette to race at the “Fit Strip.” This was a fun course. It emphasized more bike skills and less hurdling. Don’t get me wrong, there were plenty of hurdles, but I personally felt the course was more diverse allowing riders of different talents to race well 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 Advocacy, Cyclocross, Fall, Ishpeming, Racing on Sep 23rd, 2008
Waking up at 7:45 with a hangover and three hours of sleep isn’t exactly the prescribed plan for preparing for a cyclocross race, but I did it anyway. The team carpooled down to Ishpeming’s Al Quaal recreation area for the first race in the UP Cyclocross Series. Having a bottomless pit for a [...]
Posted in Collegiate, Mountain Biking, Racing, Rain on Sep 15th, 2008
I was in an interesting situation. I am a 31-year-old woman. I had a career and traded that in for a part-time position of the same job so that I could return to school. Don’t think for one minute that this post is about a woman choosing an education over family and [...]
Posted in Mountain Biking, Racing on Sep 6th, 2008
Tomorrow, unless unacceptable weather hits, is the Peaks Tour in the Keweenaw. It is a group of riders who will ride all day. I wanted to sign up for the half day portion, but I quickly realized that my sink is full of all my silverware, every bowl, and many glasses, water bottles, [...]
Posted in Copper Harbor, Mountain Biking, Racing on Aug 31st, 2008
More bottle stuffing!! I helped out with registration, again, from 11:00 ’til 1:00. This is where it gets really interesting. All but about four pre-registered people showed up. We had about 130 registrations. I was thankful I wasn’t taking care of race-day registrations, though. The line got very long. [...]
Posted in Beer, Racing, Training, Weight Loss on Aug 22nd, 2008
Beer . . . or ride? Hm . . . well, I could sneak a ride in tomorrow even though I’m on call. I’ve done it several times before. I used to do it all the time when I worked full time and fifty percent of my free time really wasn’t free [...]
