Dehydration sounds like a monster killer: De-HYDE-ration. Yeah, yeah, another one of my horrible jokes. Out on my ride today, though, I got this idea because I was wondering whether I might be getting dehydrated. Dehydration is far from a monster killer; it\’s a monster in itself. It was one of those days. For whatever […]
Rulebreaking, sometimes called \”thinking outside the box\”, is something that most of us do here and there. This morning you would have thought that I had violated a major rule of grocery shopping: Don\’t shop for food while you\’re hungry. I didn\’t exactly go to the store hungry. I ate a banana before leaving home,
Bad Hair Day A bad hair day isn’t most people’s idea of fun. Sometimes no amount of combing and brushing seems to do any good. For some people, how their hair looks is very important, making a bad hair day very frustrating. Cyclists, you might think, battle bad hair days constantly in the form of
Incongruity is what I call it when the music that starts running through my head as I ride does not match how I\’m riding. I had thought of doing force work this morning. After my warm-up mile, when I opened up the throttle, I found that I was riding 15 mph quite easily! For much
Warning signs are all around us, every day. \”Construction Zone\”, for example. Or, \”Slippery When Wet\”. There are warning signs our bodies send us, and which we, as cyclists, must learn to heed. In his Cyclist\’s Training Bible, Joe Friel discusses this. According to his writing, your body \”whispers\” to you what it can tolerate
Hey, that\’s \”reflex\”; not \”reflection\”. The forecast for tomorrow says, scattered T-storms at 5 am. It look as though it may be a time for a REpeat of FLEXtime. Ergo, reflex. This morning I didn\’t get to ride. Last night I got to bed rather too late. Then this morning, I shut off the alarm
Memorial Day Thoughts Memorial Day Our Memorial Day our thoughts are for men and women currently in service; those who have served in the past; and most of all, for those who gave their lives in service. I confess that my Memorial Day thoughts today are, one: I’m glad I didn’t take yesterday off, and
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A rara avis is the roseate spoonbill. On my rides, I frequently see egrets; white ibises; and sometimes glossy ibises. This morning I spotted a pair of birds that looked like ibises; but the upper chest and back were white, and the rest of the body was a darkish shade of pink. These birds were
I have a quest-ion: Which one of these flavors is best? With the Quest Variety Pack you can try a dozen different ones! I\’ve tried several in recent weeks, after a friend suggested them. The local Walgreen\’s carries four or five flavors. Unfortunately that\’s too few to answer my quest-ion! Unsurprisingly I went for Double
I guess I\’m not so tightwaddish as I would like to be. I still love (and buy) my little luxuries. This morning I made another trip to the salvage store, taking along my set of panniers and the trunk. As always, I was eager to see what the store would have. The make-your-own-grab-bag bins were
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