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Trainin' on a Prayer: Are We Out Of The Woods Yet?

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, March 16, 2015. Are We Out Of The Woods Yet? Looking at it now. We were built to fall apart. Then fall back together. Both our sit bones were a wreck. That race we couldn't quite forget. To put on our fleecy pants,. Baby, like we stood a chance. Then my old lady strength has us flying, flying, flying. And I remember thinkin'. Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods yet? Are we out of the woods? Are we in the clear yet? I admittedly h...

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Trainin' on a Prayer: First Gnar

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, March 30, 2015. Last week finally brought the long-awaited first gnar rides of the year. I took a PTO day on Wednesday to try and get my stress levels back under control, and in doing so, got very doggedly determined that I would mountain bike that day no matter what. As it turned out, we did get to ride and trails weren’t too bad…for the most part. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. On The Twitter Bandwagon. Beer, Bikes, and Snow. Response to Dona...

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Trainin' on a Prayer: Back in the Saddle(ish)

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, April 20, 2015. Back in the Saddle(ish). The upshot of that worky-work blah blah blah paragraph is that I haven’t had much mental capacity for blogging lately, but it’s looking like I should have a few months where I get to rest my mental capacity a bit. Hopefully, I can use that excess capacity on bikes and wedding planning. I'm starting to get my rock skills back, and I had my first-ever clean run of Chicken Peter on Saturday. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Home - Syd...

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Trainin' on a Prayer: Reluctantly About That Base

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, June 29, 2015. Reluctantly About That Base. To go north, you must journey south, to reach the west you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.". Quaithe to Daenerys Targaryen in "A Clash of Kings". Reluctantly I made the decision that after returning from Illinois I would focus on shoring up my weaknesses instead of trying to squeeze a few seconds here and there out of my strengths. My weakness? Come With Me on a...

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Trainin' on a Prayer: Illin' and the Mini Rando de Taco

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Illin' and the Mini Rando de Taco. Now we’re back home safely, and I’m trying to get back into my training rhythm as quickly as possible. We’ll have one more weekend away this summer when we go to New York to visit Frank’s friends (and hopefully buy my wedding dress! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I enjoy philosophizing on pop song lyrics and trying to find meaning in the daily struggles and triumphs of riding and racing bikes. View my complete profile.

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Trainin' on a Prayer: An XC State of Mind

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Wednesday, June 10, 2015. An XC State of Mind. Maybe I’m making bikes harder than it is. –. Me, because Taylor Swift didn’t have anything useful to say on the matter. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This is a chronicle of my many phases as an amateur bike racer, the most recent of which is my attempt to befriend the rocks of Rothrock State Forest in Pennsylvania along with my husband, Frank. We live in State College, PA with two kitties, Mushu and Clemmie Badcat. . The Best Bike...

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Personal | No Apologies!

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From Endurance to Enduro and the Monsters that Lurk in the Shadows. July 26, 2016. I did say that I wanted to change my relationship with failure. You can feel safe with sweeps like these. Last year one of my goals was to race my first enduro. I’ve been getting a little rowdy on the downhill and wanted to expand my racing experience. So I signed up for the Sturdy Dirty, an all women’s enduro full of fun, laughs and adventure. Unfortunately, this happened. Acting as race support in 2015. We were able to h...

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Trainin' on a Prayer: Points of Engagement

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, April 6, 2015. You see, as of approximately 5:30 pm on March 31, Frank and I are engaged. When I arrived home on Tuesday night, there was a "Registration" sign on the door. I was very confused, thinking that it was perhaps the largest, vaguest note ever to inform me that Frank had gone somewhere for the evening. When I came in he handed me a sheet of paper, with the following "Life March Checkpoints":. Shred the Gnar of Life. Procure Passport for Adventures. All of the I-9.

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Trainin' on a Prayer: Never in the Mix

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Trainin' on a Prayer. Monday, June 15, 2015. Never in the Mix. I don't wanna talk if it makes you feel sad,. And I understand you've come to shake my hand. I apologize if it makes you feel bad. Seeing me so tense, no self-confidence. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I enjoy philosophizing on pop song lyrics and trying to find meaning in the daily struggles and triumphs of riding and racing bikes. View my complete profile. On The Twitter Bandwagon. Beer, Bikes, and Snow. Where Did Summer Go? Cyclothoug...

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2016 -> 2017. – to the nth degree: every day's an adventure.

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To the nth degree: every day's an adventure. Home: Huntingdon County, PA. I rode my bike more than ever. I completed my first solo century ride. And my first mountain bike race. In a long time. I have seen a lot of progress in my strength, endurance, and technical ability. I rode in a lot of new places, with new people. I am no longer as scared to ride with people I don’t know for fear of being too slow. Surprise snowfall in Shingletown Gap. I finally conquered my fear of rock climbing. My relationship w...