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• From the Road…

  You’re Not Going to Believe This But… It is raining in Portland. It has been raining in Portland all week. I am as sick of writing that as you are of reading it, believe me. During the winter the rain is a backdrop. As expected and unnoticed... Posted Jun 07 2008, 10:01 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, training, life, dealing, adventure, news

• To the Weather: I Hate You. Love Heidi.

  I have been sitting here trying to write about something - anything - besides the crappy weather.  It’s impossible.  Every start degrades quickly into some rant about Sal calling me a "hail magnet". I have decided to give in and... Posted Apr 23 2008, 07:10 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, life, dealing

• The Gravitron: Ten Random Thoughts to Kick Off the Weekend

  Remember the Gravitron?  It’s that dumb amusement park ride where you lean against the wall and the room spins so fast your sliding wall-pad slides up and you are lifted off your feet, pinned by the mighty G-Forces that the Carnie-in-Charge... Posted Feb 23 2008, 09:54 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: training, life, dealing

• Pulling Head Out of Sand: Outlook Bright!

  Last week was a challenge. It was one of those weeks where everything bad that can happen seems to be taking its turn.  The furnace breaks and it goes on from there.   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F02%2F11... Posted Feb 11 2008, 10:15 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, bikes, life, dealing

• June 5, 1988: The Day the Strong Men Cried

  I want to tell you about how yesterday my furnace broke and the house was 49 degrees when I woke up.  I want to tell you how I had to wait all day long for the tech to show up during the window that the company gave me of "sometime today"... Posted Feb 07 2008, 09:03 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, running, life, dealing, stories

• Ten Strategies for Surviving Running Workouts When Nothing is Going Right

  It happens to all of us at some point.  An uninspired workout - a grueling, excruciating, inexplicably terrible workout.  There’s no good reason for it - just no go-juice. It’s awful. This happened to me on Sunday morning. ... Posted Feb 04 2008, 10:47 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: tips, training, running, life, dealing

• Wow. I Heart Analog Saturday.

  I missed you.  I missed you so much. In the morning I woke up and thought about you.  I wondered if you had watched the video and what you would think.  I wondered what you were wearing… wait.  I didn’t wonder that. But... Posted Jan 13 2008, 09:36 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: health, wellness, life, dealing

• Analog Saturdays: What’s Next in Sanity

  I have often joked that I am surgically attached to my laptop.  I love my laptop.  I sometimes sleep with it on the nightstand next to me.  All my precious work is in my laptop.  All my little internets are in the laptop.  When... Posted Jan 08 2008, 10:18 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: wellness, life, dealing

• Going Dry: Giving Up the Bottle

  Ask anyone who knows me, and they’ll tell you that I like my beer.  Specifically, I like it dark and strong.  When I moved to Portland, it was like moving to the beer-lover’s wonderland.  This place is wall to wall with absolutely... Posted Jan 06 2008, 05:49 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, health, wellness, life, dealing, p90x

• Why You Probably Won’t Keep Your New Years Resolutions (And how to launch a pre-emptive strike)

  New Years is an awesome time.  It’s a time when many people feel like they are getting a fresh start.  A clean page.  A blank slate.  It’s a new year!  Full of possibilities!  Full of potential!  The sky... Posted Dec 31 2007, 01:56 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, tips, motivation, health, wellness, life, dealing

• Getting Things Done: Confessions of a Recovering Perfectionist

  My cousin has written about this a few times in the past months, and I think it’s a worthy topic.  Perfectionism is crippling and paralyzing and for a long time it kept me from accomplishing many of the things that I really wanted to get done... Posted Dec 28 2007, 07:54 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, life, dealing

• Running is My Always Lover

  I’ve always been a runner.  No really, I’m one of those people that can not run for ages and then just go out and do five miles - or six - whatever.  It’s just sort of how I’m built.  It’s in my blood. ... Posted Dec 17 2007, 08:29 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, motivation, health, wellness, running, life, dealing

• Boogie Monsters: Taking the Fear out of Nighttime Munchies

  In 2000, Sal and I lived in a flat across the street from Ocean Beach in San Francisco.  It was the heyday, just before the crash really took hold (and tossed us out on our ear, mind you).  As I watched the Tour de France, I picked up my cell... Posted Dec 12 2007, 06:30 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, eating, food, diet, tips, nutrition, dealing

• Stranded on Marketing Seminar Island: How Sad am I!?

  It’s true. I’m stuck at a marketing seminar in LA through Sunday. Do you realize what this means? Do you realize that I am separated from my bike during ‘cross season? Do you realize that I am actually going to miss a cyclocross race... Posted Oct 20 2007, 12:43 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, fitness, training, dealing, Uncategorized