Are a bee\’s knees better than mine? I don\’t know; but my own knees are getting a bit creaky and cranky. Yesterday I had quite a long wait at a bus stop; and to pass the time, I started to do lunges. At repetition number eight, the areas around both knees suddenly began to hurt; […]
I got a new toy last week! My road bike\’s computer seemed to be wearing out. After I charged up on a Friday night, the thing gave me a Low Battery warning the following Tuesday; and a charge-up used to last a week! So I got a new one: The readout screen is different from
Have I been overfueling my Sunday long rides? For a long time, my strategy was one-sixth of an energy bar every 15 minutes. My go-to favorites for ride food are FitCrunch bars and Met-Rx bars; and usually I finished a ride with one or two pieces of bar left. Yesterday I tried a different strategy:
Overdressed sounds like wearing a tuxedo to the beach, or white tie and tails as gardening attire; and I think I was overdressed for today\’s long ride. At 7:00 am, the temperature was 66 degrees. I wore leg warmers; a long-sleeved blouse; a skull cap; and a cycling jacket. This outfit is fine for such
I wish my glasses had windshield wipers. They\’d be very handy when I\’m out for a ride, and get caught in the rain. Even light precipitation makes a mess of lenses; and in a heavy downpour, I can hardly see a thing. It\’s ironic that I have to take my glasses off then, so that
The BelVita Sandwich is something many of us long for: a sandwich that\’s easy to slip into a pocket! Two golden oat breakfast biscuits hold creamy peanut butter; each sandwich can provide energy for as long as four hours. Free of artificial sweeteners; no high-fructose corn syrup. Certified kosher. If you\’d rather skip the \”PB\”,
The legend of Pandora\’s box is famous in mythology. We cyclists have to be careful not to run into a Pandora\’s box with our training; or, perhaps I should say, with overtraining. In The Cyclist\’s Training Bible Joe Friel cautions against overtraining. It can be easy to slip into this state: racing cyclists overeager to
The legend of Pandora\’s box is famous in mythology. We cyclists have to be careful not to run into a Pandora\’s box with our training; or, perhaps I should say, with overtraining. In The Cyclist\’s Training Bible Joe Friel cautions against overtraining. It can be easy to slip into this state: racing cyclists overeager to
The lunar eclipse that\’s coming up is too early for me. It will be visible in the wee hours; and I don\’t think I\’ll want to get up then! Tomorrow is expected to be \”mostly sunny\”; but tonight\’s forecast is for \”partly cloudy\”. I hope those clouds clear up in time for my morning ride;
Don\’t light candles for me, please! Their sheer numbers would be enough to burn the whole place down. It\’s a funny thing about birthdays. When we\’re young, a birthday is an exciting event: Wow, I\’m another year older! I\’m a big kid! A birthday is a big deal. By the time we\’re in our teens,
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