After quite a while of being inconsistent, I finally managed to put in the time for a good week of cycling.

Monday, 1:40 at an endurance pace, about 50km total.
Tuesday, 1:50, sprint workout. Ten minutes of light during the warm-up, then three spinners, ten jumps, and six full-length sprints. A good workout, surprisingly not exhausted afterwards ( Read more... )

"Wow! A secret message from your teeth!"

Quite possibly the strangest fortune I've ever received.

After the rains of last week kept me off the bike more than I'd have liked, I tried to start making up for it Friday. Late afternoon, after hearing Christopher Durang speak at Harvard, I went out for a 1:20 ride up to Arlington Heights and did 7 hill repeats. Twice up Park Ave, twice up the Rte 2 access road, once up Eastern Ave, twice up the ( Read more... )

...is a perceivable joy ( Read more... )

Ended up with a fairly decent week on the bike, despite being extremely busy with work and auditions and things. Monday and Tuesday were completely hosed with work, but Wednesday morning I managed to get in 1:20, including 10 minutes of light (sub-threshold), 15 minutes of middle (at threshold), and 6 short sprints in a 53x17. The middle was a ( Read more... )

Since my the last post on my tea supply at work was wildly popular, I thought I'd offer an update. I've been trying to let my supplies dwindle, before a new ordering spree at the beginning of the year, plus holiday loot acquisition. Which left me with:

• Specialteas Drum Mountain White Cloud (2-3 oz)
  
• Adagio White Swan (one rosette)
  
• Upton Dao ( Read more... )

By the end of 2005...

• I read 10 books (sad).
  
• I read 21 plays (better).
  
• I saw 28 plays (good).
  
• I saw 65 movies (surprising).
  
• I acted in one play (could be better).
  
• My cyclocomputer reads 9525.4 km. (Started several years ago, and I didn't check it at the beginning of the year, so not clear how much riding I actually did. Plus it doesn't count ( Read more... )

First, I have successfully (mostly) moved from Cambridgeport to Teele Square. Hurrah. After a stressful week of packing, the move itself consisted of the movers arriving at 8:25, the truck being loaded by 9:05, and the truck unloaded and paperwork done by 10:15. I'm acclimatizing, but there are still some boxes, mostly of books. I'm on Room ( Read more... )

For the reader who doesn't much care about my cycling obsession, rest assured there are other aspects to my life. For instance, out of curiosity, I decided to make a list of my tea supply here at work.

• First Grade Shou Mei White (Upton)
• Drum Mountain White Cloud (Specialteas)
• White Swan (Adagio)
  
• Dao Ren Feng (Upton)
• Ho-Ji Cha (Upton)
• Jasmine ( Read more... )

Well, climbing was good except for one spectacular fall, while I was trying to clip in to a high 'biner. What made it spectacular was that I had the rope over my leg, so when I fell my leg was caught, flipping me upside down. Fortunately, aside from a bit of rope burn, I'm fine. Still, lesson learned, and I'll be more careful about rope ( Read more... )