Sometimes my mind wanders...here's where it went this afternoon: (1) One of my friends ran a marathon this weekend. An Internet friend. We’ve never met, but I know she’s the shit. She posted about it all over social media, and I loved following it. I was really excited for her because she was really excited …
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It only took one freak drop in temps to get everyone all giddy about a new season, especially the riders. Out come the knee warmers, out come the wool socks, out come the windproof jackets, deep winter gloves, shoe covers, and snoods gathering dust in our closets. It's the best time of year, in my …
Twelve hours before I was riding bikes up a mountain in Denver with 50 new friends, I was laying in bed texting a friend about whether or not he thought I could actually do it. Sometimes I need someone who knows me on a bike to laugh in my face and text me back with …
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I had to Google my own blog to find out where I left off. August 6, 2018. It's been awhile. So here we are with a biking and living update slash story for the three people that read this thing. Big shouts to you, three people. You’re some of my favorite three people. Those updates …
Have I mentioned how much I love my job at Rapha Boulder? Have I maybe mentioned how happy it makes me to have a clubhouse full of suits and sweaty cyclists and college students stoked on biking? Have I? Rapha Boulder is a really special place, and yesterday morning's events hit it home for me …
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My mom called me from the car one afternoon. She does that when she has a long drive ahead, going or coming from a work trip. It’s always a good time for us to catch up because we have each other’s full attention. I do it, too. Like mother like daughter. “I’m focusing on happiness …
THEY'RE HERE! I worked hard for these tan lines. And that means Spring is here, too! And guess what? It's a real season in Colorado! I loved Colorado's winter when I first moved here because I was in such a state of CHANGE. I welcomed anything that was different than Florida, especially the weather because …
I've written and re-written this like seven times because I couldn't get it just right but here we are this is the best I can do just roll with it like this obnoxious run on sentence ok thanks bai. Right now, I make probably a little more than half of what I made in Florida. …
It’s overwhelming, this place. Colorado. Especially for someone like me who didn’t grow up in the mountains or anywhere near them; for someone like me who has only vacationed overseas and at sea level. I loved my northeast childhood and my southeast adulthood and my tropical vacations. But watching the sun hang above the Flatirons …
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I've been down on myself and my riding lately. When I say lately I mean the past four months. ^^^ This is my bike. I love it. When I want to ride it's freezing or snowing or dark or the roads are wet or not yet plowed or I'm working. Except Saturday. It's my one day …
