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• The Party’s Over

  My approach is all backwards, but my standard M.O. is to party all ‘cross season and then suddenly dig my heels in and bring the whole overindulgence thing to a screeching halt. I tend to be all-in or all-out. It’s one or the other. People... Posted Nov 22 2008, 03:29 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, fitness, food, diet, nutrition, bikes, training, health

• Pre-Barton Fall Lovliness

  It hasn’t rained as much as I would have liked, but I’m prepared to attack Barton with teeth barred. The leaves are diving from the tree branches in droves now, forming big piles along the side of the road. Add water and you have a mushy leaf... Posted Nov 01 2008, 09:23 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, bikes, training, life

• Humility in Doses

  It’s safe to say that Molly Cameron is the sole reason that Sal and I are the ‘cross fanatics that we are. She probably doesn’t know this, but it’s true. In 2006 I started reading her blog and eventually gave into the intrigue... Posted Oct 03 2008, 10:45 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cyclocross, training, stories

• New ‘Cross Strategy for 2008: Animal Sacrifice

  Breaking the bird’s neck seems like a bad omen but I remind myself that I believe neither in omens nor birds. Still, when I feel the bone snap under me, my heart drops into my gut and my sentence stops inside my mouth, without bothering to find... Posted Sep 10 2008, 07:02 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, training, stories

• Climbing Out of a Slump

  "You’re in a slump. Put your kit on."  Sal is standing in the bedroom holding my bibs.  I am laying on the big king bed holding my ugly doll with a pillow over my head: "I DONT WANT TO GO!" That is only half true but I... Posted Jun 12 2008, 10:05 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, bikes, training, wellness, life

• 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

• No Really, Get Your Iron Checked.

  I’ll admit it.  I was mega-skeptical about this whole iron thing when it came up.  It’s one of those things where one person tells you about something and then you start hearing it all over. The iron buzz!!  Get your iron checked... Posted Apr 16 2008, 11:45 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, food, diet, nutrition, training, health, wellness

• Progress, Diversion, Perspective. In doses.

  I have always complained about the way cycling is all-consuming.  I complained about it in the beginning when I was a Cycling Widow and I will complain about it now that I am a Cycling Harlot. It takes over everything.  Everything. The clothing... Posted Apr 08 2008, 10:57 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, bikes, training, wellness

• Redefining Competition: On Preparing to Join the Peleton

  So much running and cycling.  So many training rides, so many heart rate files. My legs need time. They develop slower than I’d like.  I push and push and push them to go farther, climb faster, do more.  They ache all the time. Their... Posted Mar 14 2008, 08:53 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, bikes, training

• Feeling Good Never Felt So Good

  On Saturday I got back on the bike for real.  I went out with a teammate to go long and slow.  Long and steady.  My training doesn’t usually call for LSD, so I was looking forward to ignoring the HR monitor and just riding. I wanted... Posted Mar 03 2008, 11:09 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, training, health, life

• Training While Sick: What’s the Verdict?

  My cousin asked me about this a little over a month ago when she was down with some really nasty cold/flu stuff.  "Should I run?" I told her to stop and get better.  Or, if she did want to get a few miles in just for sanity’s sake... Posted Feb 27 2008, 10:52 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, training, health, wellness

• Did Anyone Get the License Plate Number?

  The evil kid germs that I lamented yesterday took their full SuperPower Form inside my chest yesterday as I gutted my way through the shoot.  By this morning they were raging a small flu-war inside my body.  I am smashed and demolished. I won’t... Posted Feb 24 2008, 03:02 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, training

• 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

• Making Up for Lost Time: The Catch Up Post

  The sun came out.  Portland stretched and yawned and shielded her eyes. The bike called, so I came. On Thursday Sal and I hit the road together for the first time in a long while.  We took an old familiar route south to Oregon City, around Lake... Posted Feb 17 2008, 09:09 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, motivation, bikes, training, life

• 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