She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
Zwift is an online game that uses your indoor bike trainer to control your character. You ride farther, harder and faster for in-game rewards. I don’t tend to play online games, so I don’t know the terminology, so I might not be saying everything quite right. You can unlock new and different frames, wheels, kits, gloves, helmets, and accessories. You can also unlock game modifiers like extra bursts of speed, drafting, and other perks. If you ride in a particular event, you can unlock special gear unique to that ride. The all-black kit my avatar is wearing in the picture above is from one of those rides. It was for a 3-day hill climbing tour. I had no idea what I was getting into when I signed up for the tour. It ended up being too hard and I didn’t ride again for a long time after. It was too hard, but I started and I had to finish. Only finishers get the jersey!
I made a lot of updates to the homepage. I tried to simplify it a bit and remove the blog archives. Now you can find blog archives over on the blog index and about pages. I added a special window to highlight Project Sunrise, which is my driving motivation to ride these days. I also made some changes to settings and banners. Check it out!
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
Today I participated in the Zwift PRIDE RIDE, which they are hosting several times a week all month long. Today was my day to do it. My heart is warm. My pockets are full of hands; yes, hands in my pants. You have to play the game to get it. But it’s every bit as much fun as it sounds. Normally, you can click on another user to give them a “ride on!” a collectable thumbs-up that packs in your jersey pockets. FOr the Pride Ride, we have rainbow colored Pride on! thumbs instead. It made the ride more fun.
“THe Purple Armada”is a trans-centric cycling team and this particular ride was hosted by a pro cyclist. It really got me into the groove.
I made my very own workout routine using a medicine ball and then loaded it into Garmin connect. I press start of my watch and it tells me what to do when and counts the reps. Counting the reps is only as good as the hand wearing my watch moves, but all in all it’s a pretty good way to exersize.
I don’t do this workout as often as I’d like. But I did it today, and I’m feeling proud. Every moment matters.
I spent some time recently updating some of the pages to SheRidesToday. With the upcoming #VirtualBikeMS it was due time to update the Bike MS page. Check it out!
The Garmin Fenix series watches make a calculated estimate of VO2 max based on recorded physiological data over time. People tell me it’s pretty accurate. I remain skeptical, but only because it thinks I’m better than I think I am. Still, a VO2max of 48, or even anywhere in the 40s for that matter is as about as good as a non-competitive woman in her 40’s can get. I’m going to bask in the feeling of achievement this analysis that Garmin gave me.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
I made a brand new page to link and connect to al my Project Sunrise adventures. Check it out!
I saw this meme on the internet- and WOW! It speaks to my new bike, Blue Lightning so much! My White Bicycle, well, she didn’t mind the rain at all. My commuter has mechanical disc brakes that squeak. They squeak loudly, and they squeak all the time, rain or shine. But my new bike is in a class alone. The brakes work wonderfully. They work better than any other brakes I’ve ever used. But they scream in the rain. Thee brakes down squeak. They full on sceam. They scream as loud as they can.
My bike is but a few months old, and it needed to get some adjustments. I’m not used to using a double chainring and needed some help getting my derailer set right for the perfect amount of trim. I wasn’t sure how much life my stock chain had in it (turns out to be a lot!) and one of my discs had some rub.
I procrastinated for weeks, but finally got out to the bike store. The store moved to separate entrances; sales and service. While several people didn’t read the signage, it was clear and well done. It worked for the most part. Each customer had to wait in line outside until space opened up inside. Each staff person had a marked “zone” to stand in, and they kept a 1:1 ratio for staff and customers. Each staff person had to be their own cashier and checked out thier customer only. Sanitizing stations cornered the zones. They did a great job.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
It's a small act of programming, but thank you for being on the side of humanity, Strava. Nicely done!
They decided to turn the routes black in the activity feed only:
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What do you do when you fall off the wagon? What do you do when you lose your mojo? It seems, at least for me, you reach an age where you know everything you need to know to live the best life. You think back to that book, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” and how stupidly profound that thought is. As a middle-aged adult, I find my biggest struggles are 5-year old struggles; self-discipline, eating right, sleeping right, staying active, having fun. As I’ve grown and the world became more complex around me, the things I struggle the most with are the ignorances I had as a child.
I look at my phone a lot. All the time. I named it, “my right arm.” My phone has an always-on display that can accomodate a picture. Reminders are helpful, often these are physical objects; keychains, rocks, or something like that. But they can be anything, even a picture. I chose “The Time is Now” because so often I look at a choice that sounds compelling in the moment. RIght now, I am drawn to these temptations, indulgences that seem impossible to resist. I know I’ll feel bad later…but right now, I’ll have just one little indulgence! How bad can it be? Over and over again those indulgences backfire. Eating an entire family bag of M&Ms is really fun in the moment….but feels terrible about 45 minutes later.
The Time is Now. Now is always when we need self-discipline. Not later. Now. I need to remind myself of this often. I posted this reminder on my phone and I see it all hours of they day. I the week that I’ve been looking at it, I felt better than I’ve felt in the past 2 months. What to make a difference in your life? Want to make the difference in the world? What is your mission; your calling? Now is the time to do it. There may not be the chance to later.
She is exceptionally photogenic. I am not sure why, but I feel compelled to photograph her everywhere I go. She makes the world around me more beautiful.
