TweetI firmly believe there are three kinds of sweat: the hot, dry kind of casual summer rides around town, the squeamishly humid kind that won’t ever seem to abate, and last but not least [and possibly the best], the drenching, dripping, addicting kind that can only be a product of a decent training ride. I’ve […]
monsoon in mass
June 23rd, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: boston · cafe fixe · coffee · espresso · m1 · nyc · sweaty
kind of special
June 3rd, 2009 Comments Off on kind of special
TweetIt’s official. It takes a special kind of person to leave the office at 5pm, change, get on a bike, and throw down some training miles. The obsessed kind of special where groups of friends heading to bars on beautiful Tuesday evenings can simply be ignored, exhaustion from a busy day at work is pushed […]
Tags: after work · bike rides · fresh · special · sweaty · training
lucky charms
May 11th, 2009 4 Comments
TweetI’m sort of drowning in them. I keep finding them here and there, scattered in odd corners of my apartment. No, I’m not talking about the cereal. I understand I may be burned at the stake, but it’s not exactly my favorite cereal [it would take a life-changing event to wrench Life from that special […]
Tags: international bicycle center · jersey · lucky charms · omamori · sweaty
the perfect pout
May 8th, 2009 3 Comments
TweetI’ve been perfecting my pout lately. Not the confidently sexy one that I may or may not put on with a cute outfit and shoes that aren’t Sidis. The other one. The burning-with-envy-and-bordering-on-temper-tantrums one. The one that belongs on girlfriends trying to guilt their boyfriends into doing buying something for them. The one that belongs […]
Tags: pout · rapha · road bikes · summer · sweaty
rolling uncontrollably
April 14th, 2009 10 Comments
TweetI’m a great fan of “to do” lists. I installed Post-it software on my computer specifically for this purpose. Well, specifically so I can type out my to do lists days in advance, and then put the extremely satisfying “DONE” next to each task. I checked off my last “to do” task – outlining my […]