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I did a bit of a Di day, today.
My morning centered around a nice, carb-rich breakfast and preparation for a bike ride. It was beautiful and sunny, I really had no obligations, so I was going to spend a few hours with the bike.
The plan was to ride to the Tech Trails [...]
Categories: Mountain Biking
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Tags: Finding Time, Keweenaw, Lifestyle, Mountain Biking
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Up In Alaska: Jill’s Subarctic Journal is one of my favorite blogs. Jill is a journalist who is currently promoting her book, Ghost Trails: Journeys through a lifetime.
What I enjoy about Jill’s blog is that she is someone I can relate to – someone who lives in snow land and likes to [...]
Categories: Finding Time
| Tags: Bike Culture, Finding Time, Lifestyle
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Everything was packed, from my freshly waxed skis to my sauna towel to my shampoo and conditioner. I was good to go. I got out of class and, as I was walking to my car, I realized that I had forgotten my ski cap and my gator. Go figure.
With [...]
Categories: Finding Time
| Tags: Cross Training, Finding Time
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Today officially began my winter training regimen. I decided to pack my duffle bag with my gym gear and take it to Tech with me. As a tradeoff, I accidentally left my backpack with my biochemistry stuff at home. That’s ok.
I knew I had to make today happen, rather than [...]
Categories: Finding Time
| Tags: Finding Time, Weight Training, Winter
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Most students are relieved when Friday rolls around. Their busy, weekly schedules come to an end. Saturday brings free time – time to play, time to catch up on homework, time to just do nothing. Things are a little different for me. With Saturday and Sunday comes more time already spent. [...]
Categories: Mountain Biking
| Tags: Finding Time, Lifestyle, Michigan Tech Trails, Mountain Biking
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It probably comes to no surprise by you that cycling is a top priority for me. However, it is taking a backseat, today. It is almost painful. It is beautiful and warm in the Keweenaw. It is almost 70 degrees F. I really want to ride. I need to [...]
Categories: Finding Time
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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. [...]
Categories: Commuting
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I set out, yesterday, with fellow mountain biker, Dan, to commute via rail-to-trail to Calumet to help lop some of the Swedetown trails in preparation for the upcoming Great Deer Chase. Six of us set out on bikes to lop trails. Dan and I cleared the Lakeview Trail.
See Dan lop. [...]
Categories: Trail Work
| Tags: Finding Time, Mountain Biking, Trail Work
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It’s Monday, so this is the first day of the week for me. I rode for two hours and forty minutes. This is a great start to reaching that ten hour mark! I rode Churning Rapids, again, and managed to squeeze out a little more mileage. I hit twenty. Man, [...]
Categories: Finding Time
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I was going to set out for a long ride, but thunderstorms were forecasted. Instead, I weight trained for 75 minutes – it’s been a while – and I pulled up some grass where my garden was going to reside, now resides . . . yes, I know it’s late. The gardening caused [...]
Categories: Finding Time
| Tags: Beer, Finding Time, Lifestyle
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