I haven't really talked about my bike this year. This was in part due to my vacation killing two prime biking weeks in April and somewhat due to other scheduling, but it was mostly due to CrossFit. Although my original intent was to only do CrossFit until it was bike commuting season again, I ended up liking CrossFit so much that the idea of ( Read more... )

As I wrote back on December 8, I've been giving Crossfit a try for my winter workout needs. From December 8 to the end of January, I'll miss four days out of a possible 24 (8 weeks * 3 days/week), and for those four I was traveling three times and the the gym was closed for Christmas Eve one. I've managed to get to work before 9:30 every day since ( Read more... )

With biking done for the year, I knew I couldn't repeat last year's mistake and not work out for four months. Many of my friends do Crossfit, so I tried it out tonight. Here are my thoughts based on a single session at one place that was recommended to me. YMMV ( Read more... )