Early morning rides

I’m not a morning person, but in order to maintain continuity in my fitness, I’ve started getting up early to ride.  I wake between 5 or 6am, sneak in an hour or so, shower, dress, and then drive 45 minutes to work.  I’ve been about to eek out some mileage by doing this.  I’ve also…

Good cyclist, bad blogger

I’ve been slacking in my blogging duties, but for a great many good reasons.  Paramount is that I’ve been riding my bike, which — let’s face it — is the entire point, right? I joined the May Massive on Strava, a simple little contest where you just ride as much as you can in the…

Vacation Riding

So launching a business the week before a long ago scheduled vacation isn’t the smartest thing a person can do.  After a really, really crazy week, I did get away for a week and was able to still handle the growing pains on the home front. Vacation started heading north to Portland, Maine.  We stayed…

What sounds like a firecracker?

  My tire blew out on my ride the other day.  In all the years I’ve been riding this has never happened.  I really thought someone had thrown a firecracker underneath me (that actually has happened to me many times before).  The good news was I was only 1.25 miles out the door when the…

Mt. Holyoke Summit Climb

Last week I only rode 3x but the rides are getting faster and stronger. Feeling like my legs from years past have returned I decided to try my luck climbing the auto road to the top of Mount Holyoke. I did this only once before when I was training for the 70 mile Livestrong ride…

Early Bird

I am not a morning person.  At all.  Nor do I do well in the heat.  Anything over 80 is pushing it for me, and throw in some humidity and forget it.  I’m non functional. It’s been unseasonably hot this spring, and weather professionals are predicting a blazing hot summer. It hit 93 today, and it’s…

No race, no regrets

So I bagged Rockbuster.  My phone rang at 8AM Saturday, the day before the race–it was my brother. “It’s today, right?”  Of course the answer was no–but he mixed up the days and was standing in his kitchen in Lycra–not something little brother wears often weighing in at 225 lbs, apologizing as he confirmed his mistake…

You are not a pro.

Well, I saw my first one today.  The cyclist who is so cool, so together, so much better than everyone else, he cannot wave to anyone else on a bicycle. Because yes.  He is all that and a bag of chips. This has bothered me for years, and I’m not sure if I’ve ever blogged…

Lunch Ride

Mid fifties in March isn’t too shabby, and like everyone else in the northeast, I wasn’t going to let this day get away. I did my normal loop from the house, which brings me through 3 towns via back roads. On my route, a car slowed and pulled alongside me. A very happy and excited…

Let me re-introduce myself

I’m Heather, Karen’s alleged co-blogger, and let’s not forget top 5 friend. It’s confession time, I have been riding a fair amount. I have even thought of blogging about said riding, but, well, it just never happened. Shocking, I know. What kind of riding have I been up to? Well, Karen posted about our trip…