Since I had to drop off my husband’s car to get new tires, I decided to start my run from the auto shop. I live about a mile from the shop but have never once run past it. Confession: If I run toward this shop, it’s basically uphill for a mile. No bueno. So anyway, I d...
Luckily, with the flat course and high speed, it came relatively quickly. At mile 112, I still had a couple more city blocks to go…. great the course was long. The extra mile seemed to take forever and I did it riding out of aero, trying to stretch out my back for the run. A...
We were up bright and early, headed to transition to put nutrition on our bikes, inflate tires to the proper point and take care of last minutes needs before hiking the mile to the swim start. Everything was smooth. Everyone was calm. I was easily able to borrow a pump. Put my tailwi...
I walked the quarter-mile of water line last Sunday to gauge the level of repair needed. Even though the winter seemed fairly ordinary judging by memory and the consumption of firewood, the condition of the hydro system penstock suggested a different history. In six places the penstock was bre...
My bicycle repair skills/experience is limited to fixing flat tires (and maybe some other small repairs like replacing breakpads and such). Your article has got me thinking though... Maybe I should start looking to volunteer/learn at some community bike place. If nothing else, at least it ...