I have learned that there is a whole lot of variation in symptoms and triggers for Crohn’s Disease. I also have learned that twenty-four hours is not enough time to judge if something I ate is a trigger. After the recent 300 km ride, I thought that my oat cookies and Tailwind were great fuel,Continue reading “Devil in the Details”
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TSS 644 Is No Joke
Last Saturday’s 300 km bike ride went about as well as could be on a cold March day that gave us riders about eight hours of stiff headwinds. We also got about 4 hours of tailwinds for the later part of the ride, which is about the best case wind scenario one can hope for.Continue reading “TSS 644 Is No Joke”
An Unexpected Challenge
From my early twenties until now, I have always dealt with stomach pain. Only people really close to me had an idea that my stomach often hurt. Over the course of the last thirty something years, I had described the pain to doctors, but neither they nor I took it very seriously. The pain wasContinue reading “An Unexpected Challenge”
8th Annual Richmond Bike Month Treasure Hunt
(2024 winners) When: May 3rd, 2025 Location: 17th St Farmer’s Market Start time: 1 pm Close time: 4 pm (or whenever the last team arrives) One of Richmond’s favorite bike month activities is back! Assemble your treasure hunting crew; be the fastest team to solve the clues, and win a cake! This year’s theme isContinue reading “8th Annual Richmond Bike Month Treasure Hunt”
Coffeeneuring 2023
Yesterday I finished the 2023 Coffeeneuring Challenge. As far as challenges go, this one is physically and intellectually less demanding than what I usually undertake, and that is one of the things I like about it. It is like the perfect wind down leading to the holiday season. The challenge itself, ride a minimum ofContinue reading “Coffeeneuring 2023”
Making a Permanent
Mark pulled up to my garage at 6:13 am and two minutes later we set off to ride a three hundred kilometer route that I hoped to become a RUSA Permanent. Eleven months earlier the two of us rode a similar route, but due to road closures and course-plotting errors, that route was not appropriateContinue reading “Making a Permanent”
Fearing Foolishness
Three years ago a friend invited me to join a cycling team. This friend is a professional pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and safety advocate, and at the time, he was a committed amateur bike racer. He wanted to create a cycling team that was less flash and testosterone and bravado and more community-minded and inclusiveContinue reading “Fearing Foolishness”
It’s Supposed To Be Fun
Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) is one of the oldest continuously-held cycling events in the world. The first occurrence was in 1881, and the ride has been held every four years (with some interruptions due to war) since then. With a distance of over 1200 kilometers that must be covered in 90 hours or less, the ride isContinue reading “It’s Supposed To Be Fun”
I Like Bikes
“I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike, and asked God for forgiveness.” Emo Philips
Two Wheels Good 