Cyclist speed dating.

It was pretty awesome and makes me feel like much more socially competent human being.

One of the members of my department's admin staff left this week and everyone wrote messages for a memory book that was presented to her. I wrote ( Read more... )

•Helped Jess clean out her old house ( Read more... )

Finishing a problem that I've been working on for months often feels anticlimactic. Especially when there was only a move or two that needed to be worked out. Having climbed the route over and over means that all the other moves are wired and flow once I get everything right. So the lack of effort means that I'm actually climbing better than I ( Read more... )

Note to self: try to not run into quite so many bees when next you go biking.

With that said, it's been a pretty good weekend for being on two wheels. 25 miles up in the hills yesterday and 70 miles of flatter terrain today. I'm finding that I enjoy biking a lot better now that I'm not pushing myself quite as hard as I was last year.

Excitement for the day: the odometer on my bike rolled over the 10,000 mile mark.

23:35 is a pretty decent time for a three mile run. Especially since it includes the time I had to stand around at 39th (I ran some red lights, so not all that long). I could really get used to that, even if it'll take a little while until my muscles and tendons are fully on board. Plus I can resurrect my goal of being able to run from my house to ( Read more... )

I finally broke down and shelled out the cash for a new pair of running shoes. I'm so glad that I did. While I love both climbing and cycling, there's something about absolutely beating myself into the ground that I've really missed. And the showers after I manage to stumble into the bathroom are just so satisfying. Maybe by this summer I'll be ( Read more... )

Saturday ending up going pretty well.

While both knittinggoddess (which also meant Gwen couldn't come) and Athena were down for the count with their respective bugs, papercrane and sweetsies went out with me to Multnomah Falls. We hiked ~6 miles up to the top of the falls and then around to Wankeena Falls where we caught the trail back to our start. While the weather was decidedly ( Read more... )

There's nothing quite like having a 4 L glass culture flask explode in your hands.

Thankfully I only got a couple of small cuts and 99.9% of the glass stayed in the sink.