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Get Up, Get Up, Get On It

Do you feel that? It’s a lull. It’s a big-assed lull. It’s like the holidays hit and then passed and then dried up and now we’re here with this wind and that flooding. I wake up in the middle of the night and there is a bar room brawl in the tree branches above me. Violent. This...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-07-2009
The Party’s Over

My approach is all backwards, but my standard M.O. is to party all ‘cross season and then suddenly dig my heels in and bring the whole overindulgence thing to a screeching halt. I tend to be all-in or all-out. It’s one or the other. People say, “Just have one beer.” and I think...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-22-2008
The Secret to the Cyclocross Remount: Herb Brooks Knows It’s Not a Miracle

So, last week I killed a bird and gained a remount. My mother sent me an email that said, “Poor birdie.” My old friend Tej commented likewise. Yesterday, I got my new racing bike. The deal has been in the works for a long time, so for me, the novelty had worn off a bit. I [...]

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-18-2008
Mid-Climb Conversations with Dominique Rollin of Toyota-United

It wasn’t really a conversation, per se, but I found Dominique in a group of 6 or 7 riders as our car made its way up through the group on the final climb of the day. I recognized him immediately, not only because at 6′2" and 180 pounds, he cuts a formidable shape on a [...]

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-13-2008
Feeling Good Never Felt So Good

On Saturday I got back on the bike for real. I went out with a teammate to go long and slow. Long and steady. My training doesn’t usually call for LSD, so I was looking forward to ignoring the HR monitor and just riding. I wanted to learn a new route, so I called on the [...]

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-03-2008
Training While Sick: What’s the Verdict?

My cousin asked me about this a little over a month ago when she was down with some really nasty cold/flu stuff. "Should I run?" I told her to stop and get better. Or, if she did want to get a few miles in just for sanity’s sake, to go someplace warm (a gym) and do them [.....

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-27-2008
Making Up for Lost Time: The Catch Up Post

The sun came out. Portland stretched and yawned and shielded her eyes. The bike called, so I came. On Thursday Sal and I hit the road together for the first time in a long while. We took an old familiar route south to Oregon City, around Lake Oswego, back to Terwilliger and home. The...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-17-2008
Pulling Head Out of Sand: Outlook Bright!

Last week was a challenge. It was one of those weeks where everything bad that can happen seems to be taking its turn. The furnace breaks and it goes on from there. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F02%2F11%2Fpulling-head-out-of-sand-outlook-bright%2F';...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-11-2008
Just Numbers.

Sal comes home. He has been gone ten days. Ten days. His trips do not usually keep him for that length of time. In his absence I become a strange creature. A bachelor of sorts, hobbling together meals that would never otherwise pass for meals, leaving dishes in the sink. Today is the usual...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-31-2008
73 Ways to Feel Pain

Oh, the pain. The sweet, sweet lovin’ pain. This week I got on my bike and rode it straight into the Center of Suffering. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F01%2F13%2F73-ways-to-feel-pain%2F'; addthis_title = '73+Ways+to+Feel+Pain'; addthis_pub =...

Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-13-2008

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