Have you heard of parkour? It’s essentially free style running/jumping/gymnastic craziness all over an urban environment. It’s pretty intense to watch. Here’s a vid: I’ve watched some of the training videos; I can run, jump, but this back flip stuff? Hell no. I’m one of the least flexible humans ever; another reason why cycling is…
While tooling around the North Shore in Massachusetts, I stumbled across a really cute concept. The owners of a small butcher shop were raising money for a bike ride charity by selling bike shaped pasta. If you need to carb load for a bike ride, why not carb load on bike shaped pasta? Would it…
While wandering around my beloved hometown of Boston on Saturday, I noticed two things. 1. There are now bike lanes in Boston (!) 2. You can now RENT bikes as a form of public transportation in Boston via a service called Hubway (!!) I dreamed of being a bike messenger in Boston while working in…
A friend of mine complained about how uncomfortable her bike saddle was. I had her send me pics; she has a Unity saddle (which is a brand owned by Giant bicycles). Check out these images below and it’s obvious as to what was causing the issue. Just looking at the saddle makes my labia want…
That’s right. Hot… sweaty… biking. Visiting my dad in Massachusetts (North Shore) and decided to brave the extremely muggy temperatures. It was 95 degrees with 80% humidity, so according to the weather sites, it “felt like” 105 degrees. I tried hitting a trail but due to excessive amounts of rain, my bike (and soon to…
PLEASE GO TO MY NEW THYROIDECTOMY SUPPORT SITE AT HTTP://WWW.LIFEWITHOUTATHYROID.COM for support, questions, and updates!! I had brunch with an ex-employee that I hadn’t seen in several years. While trying to downplay my thycan, my partner was like ‘honey, it hasn’t exactly been nothing!”. So it’s been about 1.5 years since my thyroidectomy. Quick recap:…
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a product review, mostly because I haven’t bought anything and the stuff I’ve been given by companies have been lame. I won’t review a sub-par product. Action Wipes reached out to me and sent me their product. My first thought was ‘ok. body wipes. hm.’. But after using them,…
This is the most white I have ever worn in my entire life, and probably will ever wear. I don’t intend on wearing white if I ever get married. ONLY FOR CYCLING WOULD I WEAR THIS MUCH WHITE. By the way, these are the sun sleeves I am wearing. Determined to not go through another…
This last weekend I biked the longest distance since having thyroid cancer. I did the Ride 2 Recovery metric century (62 miles) while on a low carb diet (this link goes to my low carb blog). Click here to see the map and specific ride details on my Garmin cycling stats site. I have the…
The Mulholland climbing madness continues as I train for the Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride! I dragged my buddy Benzo along for the ride; he just ran the Los Angeles Marathon so needless to say, he is in amazing shape. And yes, I was passed by EVERYONE except someone that was probably around 2.5 times…