Posts Tagged ‘ REI ’
Training: More Stuff About Bikes
Why No Bike Lanes, America? Yeah, this is another one of those bikey posts, the kind where I tell you that The Assistant rode 93.7 miles last month. Ninety three point seven. If you’d told me six months ago that I’d be riding 93.7 miles a month, I would have laughed. But the 6 year old? […] Read More
Training: 8 plus 132
Running and Cycling Let’s get the crazy part out of the way first, shall we? I ran eight miles with my former teammates yesterday. Well, “ran” may be a little bit optimistic. There was a lot of walking in my run/walk ratios, because let’s face it, I haven’t really, really run since Nike last October. […] Read More
Training: New Bike
A Bike for Tall Women Ever since the All Bike, All the Time experiment began in the Spring, I’ve been hankering for more of an around-town cruiser: something with a upright riding position, cargo capability, a chain guard to keep my jeans from getting greasy, fenders for all-weather riding, internal hub for easy shifting, and […] Read More
Shopping Small
Bike Panniers for Groceries No recipe this week, kids. Instead, we’re going to talk about food logistics. Namely, how do I get everything home if I’m riding my bike all the time? As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been walking and riding my bike a lot more since The Assistant implemented the 1km and 2km rule. In […] Read More
Betty Says: Fastinistas
Ooh, we get right into the controversy this week: Hi Betty, Did you catch the comments on the Fastinistas article in RW? WTF? What’s your take on the angry women in the comments? – Baffled in Boston Hi Baffled, If you didn’t catch this month’s Runner’s World magazine (what, you don’t read it religiously?), there […] Read More
The Slowest Thing on Two Wheels
There are people, like my neighbors, who dress in cycling gear and take their road bikes out for 60-mile rides. Me? Once a week, I hook up the kiddie trailer and lumber around town. I try to spend most of Sunday morning on the bike. It’s the perfect day for a ride, because we rarely […] Read More
Training: Week 14, Angel Island
With my husband and son away, I had the rare opportunity to do whatever I wanted with my free time. So what did I do? I ran a 12k trail race on Angel Island. Of course. Doesn’t everyone get up at 6:00 AM to run races, even on days where they can finally sleep in? […] Read More
Night Running
Night workouts of any kind are not my favorite. I don’t know if it’s end-of-day fatigue or just too close to dinner, but I always feel like I’m made of lead. As I headed out for my run tonight, I did the only sensible thing: I took the straightest route as far from home as […] Read More
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