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Best Christmas Ever
Those of you who talk to me in real life (and haven’t been driven away by my constant chatter about bikes, rides I’ve gone on recently, rides I’m planning on going on, and etc), know that I’ve been pretty intent on getting a road bike. I was originally saving up for a road bike when my beloved Bici was deemed no longer fit for the road and I ( Read more... ) -
Below Freezing Cyclist
This past week has been a pretty serious test of my bike commuter devotion as every morning and night when I've been making my rides, it has been approximately 25 degrees outside. (A little over -4 on that funky celcius scale) Having adjusted somewhat to NC, I find that pretty dang cold... especially on a bike. But we all know a bike commuter's ( Read more... ) -
Got my bike trainer!
My new (to me) bike trainer arrived a couple days ago and my roommake was kind enough to set it up for me while I slept, which is what I’ve been doing for the past couple of days. I’m comfortably shed of all the turkey and pumpkin bread I ate over Thanksgiving break and ready to get back on the way to progressing again, so I tackled it today. I was ( Read more... ) -
10 lbs by Christmas
For reasons that are undeniably foolish (fabulous prizes and the fact that the boy I date thinks I'm fat) I'm trying to lose 10lbs by Christmas. Sort of. I know it's stupid, that losing that much weight in less than a month would be a bad thing for my long term ass-kicking goals... But it's a bit of a contest between a group of local cyclists ( Read more... ) -
The Alert, Passive Cyclist
"Man," said N as I walked into class. "Are you having a bad day?"
"Er. What?" I asked, fanning out my shirt to dry up the sweat going down my spine.
"I passed you on your bike today and called to you and you totally gave me the blankest look I've ever seen. Were you all pissed off or just having a bad day on the bike?"
And I remembered what he was ( Read more... ) -
A Better Rider in 1 Easy Step!
Today I made bike riding 16% faster, way easier, and hugely more enjoyable!
How did I do this, I hear you cry? Well, it was an accident. It started because it was raining and my bike trail is littered with soaking wet leaves which... led to the Incident that caused my chain to get popped off. Being a fully capable young woman, I hissed and whined ( Read more... ) -
Running, Running, Running... Again
The ouchies in my ankle have died down to a dull roar. If I'm sensible and stick to biking for my exercise, my ankle doesn't hurt at all... So of course, I'm back to running. ^_^; It hurts when I run but only a little bit and it doesn't seem to hurt more or less any given week so I think it's just gonna be like this for... pretty much forever. ( Read more... ) -
CREE Halloween Bike Ride
(This post is also available at: http://www.awlmo.com/blog)
( Click here to read all about my first ever bike event and see pictures! :D ) -
Early Christmas Present
"Hey, hey!" said my father. "I have a question real quick. How much was your new bike?"
"Buh..." I said, buying time and squirming in embarrassment for how much I spent on something that, strictly speaking wasn't strictly necessary, especially for a full-time college student. "Whyyyy do you wanna know?"
"Because I wanna know!"
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Lousy Weekend
I had a lousy personal weekend. I had a date with this awesome guy I was really excited about which went... really badly wrong. And not for me, for him. I messed it up. I feel so stupid. Then Sunday I got the news that I friend of mine died... and then I logged onto one of those stupid social sites and got the news that an ex of mine has a new ( Read more... )