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Velo-mania: December 2010
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Swish, Swish, Swish. Temperate, Mediterranean climate notwithstanding, let’s just say the ethno-cultural three-ring circus of my childhood was more inclined toward images of dancing skeletons than racing skeletons, sombreros and tequila vice than hat tricks on ice, and perhaps more in tune with. Oh, now I’ve fallen, and like the old lady in that classic TV commercial …“I can’t get up! 8221; (wow, those TV images do get into our brains! So that was m...
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Velo-mania: March 2011
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Saturday, March 26, 2011. So I've just returned from an "easy" ride north to the town of Algonquin and back. and as my 'lobster-mitted' hands will attest, it is still plenty brisk here in Chicagoland. At least the sun is out. That's a major consolation from one of last weekend's rides. My Dearest JACKASS,. Yeah, keep smirking. Do you recall how you suffered so, shivering in the cold and wet and how your rain-soaked gloves and numb-stump hands only added to your misery? Did you e...
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Velo-mania: Halfway Point Round-Up
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Sunday, October 23, 2011. Well, half the schedule in the 2011 Chicago Cyclocross Cup season's been raced, and I'm still struggling along near the bottom of the standings, including a couple of ignominious last-place finishes (quickly tells self that "at least you finished, and did not quit." Whatever it takes to lessen the bruises on the ego.) Not making excuses, just pointing out the facts. Sloppy, but getting it done. Slog, slog, slog. It was published in ROAD. Look up here, I...
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Velo-mania: February 2013
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Saturday, February 23, 2013. It's Been A While. No, I didn't just drive around in the car! Bless me, father, for I have sinned. It's been a year and a month since my last blog post! Among other life changes, if I've been out of the saddle for a while, I've made up for it by (* wait for it* .) becoming somewhat of a RUNNER. My version of Run DMC). Okay, let's not forget that I'm still, first and foremost, a velo-maniac (crazy about the bike? Links to this post. Pocahontas Race, A...
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Velo-mania: April 2011
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Sunday, April 17, 2011. A Tale of Two Rides, Or: The Ballad of the Melancholy Reindeer. APRIL is the cruelest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. What Eliot had in mind? Dull roots with spring rain. TS Eliot, The Waste Land. Unaware of the smackdown ahead. So Moira Miyata and I ventured forth, figuring a nice spin up, stop for a quick mint tea, and head back to get on with the rest of the afternoon. Wouldn't you know it? I'm sure a ...
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Velo-mania: Swap-a-holic
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Sunday, January 22, 2012. So the 2012 Chicago Winter Bike Swap came and went. While not in the market for anything in particular this year, I went mainly to help my shop-owner friend unload his trailer and to once again experience this prime example of bicycle geekdom. Think: Giant indoor garage sale on a big college basketball court. Yes, I lifted this photo. Surely, some casual cyclist would be only too enthusiastic about dropping some cash on a wheelset that appeared on the s...
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Velo-mania: Only in Chicago, or Endor
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Sunday, September 18, 2011. Only in Chicago, or Endor. Today marked my return to consistent racing for the 2011 season. My road season was pretty much a wash with poor training, undisciplined nutrition, and lackluster sleep. Meh, there's always next year! But for THIS year, there's still plenty of cyclocross left. And finished putting on the rest of my team kit. I managed to secure a decent starting spot by warming up (loitering? And there he goes, eager to secure the hole shot!
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Velo-mania: It's Been A While...
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Saturday, February 23, 2013. It's Been A While. No, I didn't just drive around in the car! Bless me, father, for I have sinned. It's been a year and a month since my last blog post! Among other life changes, if I've been out of the saddle for a while, I've made up for it by (* wait for it* .) becoming somewhat of a RUNNER. My version of Run DMC). Okay, let's not forget that I'm still, first and foremost, a velo-maniac (crazy about the bike? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Velo-mania: January 2012
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Sunday, January 22, 2012. So the 2012 Chicago Winter Bike Swap came and went. While not in the market for anything in particular this year, I went mainly to help my shop-owner friend unload his trailer and to once again experience this prime example of bicycle geekdom. Think: Giant indoor garage sale on a big college basketball court. Yes, I lifted this photo. Surely, some casual cyclist would be only too enthusiastic about dropping some cash on a wheelset that appeared on the s...
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Velo-mania: November 2010
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A Cycling (*and* Running! Saturday, November 20, 2010. In the interest of trying to squeeze in some late-November (pre-Thanksgiving) miles, I went out today for another long steady distance ride. A friend of mine refers to these types of rides as "LSD" (Long-Steady-Distance, . get it? While there is happily, no LSD of the chemical kind involved in this sort of training, a bad 'bonk' experience can make one feel as though. well, never mind. Leave the comfort of a warm bed when it is sub-freezing outside?