Tag Archives: Cycling

FATS Trail Work Party

This morning I met up with about a dozen other people to do some trail maintenance on the Fork Area Trail System, a really nice network of several intersecting trails just across the river from my house. This was my … Continue reading

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A Two-Gu Ride

I finally had a good riding weekend, after six weeks of lethargy and not much riding at all. I went with Randy, Mike, Robert, and Jeff, all very enthusiastic and just enough faster than me to push me a bit. … Continue reading

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Cycling progress

What happened to my reasonably frequent blog posts about cycling? How am I progressing towards my goal of 3000 miles this year? Well, I could ramble on about it, but really, two main factors have contributed to me not riding … Continue reading

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Doping in professional cycling

When I read this article about a ‘German anti-doping expert’ being shocked at the dossier he saw on Jan Ullrich’s alleged doping transgressions, I would have liked to have responded sarcastically, ‘What, someone is surprised that former Soviet-bloc athletes have … Continue reading

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Almost pro for five minutes

Yesterday morning I ended up riding a new route with Phil, Brian, and Brett. Phil’s training for a really long ride, something crazy like 750 miles in 92 hours, so he had already ridden 40-something miles when he met us … Continue reading

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