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How to get out of the last five minutes of spinning class.
It’s a little funny; just yesterday I was looking at my tally for miles run in January 2007 and thinking that 35 miles was for me a pretty puny total, and that February needed to up the total a bit....
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Spinning My Wheels
I can always tell when I haven’t been to spinning class in a couple of weeks—it seriously kicks my ass afterwards. I can feel it in my quads in particular, they’re feeling like someone just hit them...
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Busy x 1000
Didn’t I make some sort of (very silly) pronouncement that July was going to be less busy? Oh, foolish Greg. On the bright side, though, some things are starting to line up. My swim class is going...
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14.06 Triathlon
I’d wanted to give triathlons a try for a while now, but it never seemed to line up. My plan had been to tackle one this spring (and train over the winter), but missing the Philadelphia Marathon and...
View ArticleNothing Panned Out As I Planned
Huh. Today, so far, all my carefully laid plans have suffered a partial collapse. Fortunately, nothing has turned out badly. First up, I went out to run (depending on how you look at it) either a brick...
View ArticleGoals for Sunday’s Race
This Sunday I’m tackling the Columbia Triathlon up in Maryland (.93mi swim, 25.4mi bike, 6.2mi run) and I have decided that I should have some goals in mind throughout the weekend. Some are carry-overs...
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Not Doing So Well, In Terms of Shoes
I think I pissed off the patron saint of athletic shoes. About a week and a half ago, I went to buy a pair of cycling shoes at a local bike store. When I did so, I also asked for a pair of cleats. “I...
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67 and Fitter Than Me
Dan Kois’s article “Tour de Gramps” — in which the author tries to keep up with his 67-year old father on a bike trip up a mountain in France — has in many ways every element I ask for in order to grab...
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Returning to Biking Home from Work
It’s been a while since I’ve biked home from work: April 2011, to be precise. That was when I used to live in Arlington, and while it was a convoluted route (due to a general lack of bike-friendly...
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