Month: January 2020

Cycling, sunshine, and tummy aches

Apparently it’s Wednesday. I’ve been confused about the day of the week for the past three days. But no matter. It was a beautiful, sunny, and warm (58 degrees!) Wednesday.

Unfortunately, my tummy has been quite unsettled for the past three days. I sort of wonder if all the cold air from the past couple activities has contributed to it’s out-of-sortness. But it was SO nice out, that despite feeling a bit blah, I really wanted to get out.

The deal I made with myself was that I’d go very slow, in order not to suck in so much cold … Continue reading

How To Incorrectly Layer

Today Paul and I went on a bike ride. The ride is known in Boulder as “Super Flagstaff”. If you’re really curious, you can read a breakdown of the sections here. Suffice it to say, it’s a hard 4.5 mi, ~2,000ft climb. The average grade is somewhere around 8% (though it goes up to 20% in parts) with the hardest bit in the last mile. The whole thing unceremoniously tops out at 7,625ft at a row of mailboxes on the side of the road, where you feel like you’d like to collapse.

The Strava record on the course is … Continue reading

Hello 2020.

You’ve arrived.

New year. New decade. New adventures. New president (?)

Way back in 2000 a teenaged me decided to celebrate the new year, new decade, and new millennium by writing in a journal every day. Because New Year’s Day isn’t a real day, I started on January 2nd. And I (mostly) kept that goal.

Fast forward 10 years, and I did the same in 2010. Also starting on January 2nd. I honestly completely forgot to start on the 1st. Again.

And so, I suppose, it only seems right to do it again in 2020. Starting on January 2nd again, … Continue reading