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dirty starts
There’s nothing like the first race of the year. Sure, there have been training highlights this year so far, like climbing Palomar Mountain on the 1st and training with CTS in Tucson for four days. But...
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boulevard
I just signed up for my first ever road race. On a bike. Not preceded by a swim or followed by a run. I blame the guys at CTSfor putting me up to it: I believe the comment had something to do with the...
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the hardest thing I’ve ever done on a bike
I’m a big girl now. At least when it comes to the bike. My road cycling debut at Saturday’s Boulevard Road Race is in the books. There’s my name on the USA Cycling results page —a first for this...
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on fat and spontaneity
This post is dedicated to two of my favorite things. Fat, and spontaneity. I’ll start with the latter. Not a bad day for riding. Saturday’s ride through Joshua Tree National Park delivered a fresh jolt...
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contre la montre
My spring romance with time trialing (in French “contre la montre”—literally “against the clock”) is over. After a less-than satisfying performance last month, I had a bone to pick with that 20k...
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st. george shenanigans
Last Thursday evening I piled into a truck with four friends and a 10-year-old and took off for Utah. We pulled into our Air B&B at 3 am, ready to race yet another one of these darned things —...
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rider of bikes
For our final assignment, team Blog Squad decided to go back to the collection of questions we used for our most recent round of posts. No assignments this time—we decided to pick our favorite and roll...
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put a bib on it
Who knew Beyoncé would end up inspiring the title for a post from the Hippie Triathlete? Something by the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane surely would have been more fitting (though faithful...
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