Posts Tagged "Cycling"

I’m excited to be a new columnist for Women on Bikes SoCal, an organization that celebrates the joy, beauty and benefits of All types of bicycling for women and their families.  Riding bikes is empowering.  It’s a mode of transportation, it’s a means to fitness and it’s a lot of fun. After spending almost six years in Washington, D.C., I saw firsthand the gains that bike commuting made in the community through effective bike advocacy and understanding individuals in leadership, with the addition of bike lanes, a popular bike share program and increased safety and awareness. I’m looking forward to being a part of continued advocacy efforts with Women on Bikes SoCal and being engaged in my new community here in California in all...

Last year, I had growing back my toe nails, as one of my high priorities… With all nails fully intact, here are a few of my 2012/13 “Off Season” Priorities:   10. Hiking.   Walking around isn’t something that I do much of while spending so much of my time swimming, biking and running. Why take the stairs when you can take the elevator? Why use any energy at all when you should save it up for workouts? Oh yeah, us triathletes are tons of fun. (Cyclists aren’t much better, right Ali?).   9. Paddle Boarding.   I have YET to actually go paddle boarding. I’ve been tantalized by my friends and family with all sorts of amazing paddle boarding pictures in exotic locations (thanks, Alz, for NOT waiting for me! Grrrr). This year, I’m...

“Recovery” – a fancy athletic term for a constant state of sitting on your behind, drinking lots of water, trying to avoid eating too much food, wistfully looking out at everyone else working out, seriously considering unfollowing them on twitter until you’re healed, trying to avoid getting depressed, passing time with all those things you never otherwise have time for, while still following the founding principle of said recovery: sitting on your a$$ (or lying down) – foot elevation a bonus.   In the week since Hy-Vee Triathlon, I’ve had a lot of recovery time, which I sometimes think is harder than doing a brutal interval set on the bike during a six-hour training day. What am I to do to pass the time and ward off that awful...

“After the llamas, after the goats, take a right turn…. Oh wait. It’s the other way… A LEFT past the horses, THEN the goats.” These are directions I received for my first bike ride into downtown Boise from my cousin’s home. As a ranch girl, I was instantly in love with this quintessentially Western town nestled in Idaho’s foothills. In describing the weather here, however, my cousin said, “In Idaho, if you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.”  And I knew from my sister, who recently raced the Exergy Tour, that the weather was bound to change. And change it certainly did. Arrival weather: warm, big puffy clouds, giant blue sky. Race day forecast: wet, cold, windy.  This pretty much sums it up: But, armed with my new Shiv, dubbed...

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