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A haiku about riding and training in the city:
Broadway, Macklind, Page
Glass shards glisten in the sun.
D%#@! Another flat!
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Women’s Cat 4

As I stood in the stall of the “girls” room at the Two Mile Prairie Elementary School, I did not realize that the third layer I was cramming under my jersey would serve me in more ways than warmth.

As Cory, Kube, Steph, Alice, a bunch of Ghisallo girls, a couple of other random riders, and I lined up for the Cat 4 women’s race, we weren’t sure … Continue Reading

In 1977 my mom bought a black and yellow Huffy for me, similar to this one. I was six and it was my first “real” bike. I used to ride the Huffy past cow pastures and horse farms to my friend Roger’s house and we would spend the summer hours playing baseball and soccer. After a neighbor kid I’ll call Joey W. (to protect his anonymity) decided to break into a local house we spent many an hour skipping quarters across the surface of a nearby lake, too. (We didn’t know until later where … Continue Reading

I’d finally burned myself out on rotisserie chicken so I had to come up with another easy meal solution for my non-cooking, hungry-cyclist self. My sister had been harping at me for years to get a crockpot. I finally got one and, I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir when I say this, these crockpot things are GREAT! I know it’s only early February but this might be my best purchase of the year.
So I thought I’d pass along a few tips I’ve picked up since I’ve started “CP”ing … Continue Reading

We’re on the cusp of racing season so I’m going to do a bit of navel-gazing about why I race bicycles.

1. I primarily race because it gives me an excuse to train, which I love to do. Training, in turn, allows me to not feel so bad about the entire bag of pork rinds I ate today.
2. Racing allows me to take unpaid vacation days to travel to exciting destinations such as Springfield, MO, Fayetteville, AL, and Burlington, IA.
3. Because I race I have a … Continue Reading