It was 6:40 a.m. on a blustery late March morning when I pulled into Forest Park for the 2010 Great Forest Park Bicycle Race. I was greeted by some ducks in the road. “Huh. I a bet you guys love this weather.” I thought to myself. I pulled into the Visitor Center lot. No one… [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Simple Life
I found a new road on my ride yesterday!
This is a big deal in an area where there is seemingly exactly one road for each of the four directions.
Beyond where’d I had ever gone before on the “South Road,” lies possibly the road to the middle-of-nowhere.
It is certainly a road that, almost magically, takes you [...]
Sample the Team Rev Rides & Come Join the Fun
Team Revolution has many group ride opportunities throughout the year for cyclists of all levels and abilities whether you enjoy riding on the road or the trails. Welcome, and come ride with us in 2010!
Don’t Sweat It
The idea for this study came from my friend and team mate Alice Butler. Alice and I were talking in my basement one afternoon after I had just finished a vigorous spin on the stationary bike. After taking notice of the puddles at the base of the bike, Alice asked why I didn’t use a fan. [...]
Peep Show
Ron’s car decked out in Peeps courtesy of Devin
Each year, around the time of Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday, the shelves of your local Schnucks and Walgreens begin to fill with the much anticipated and adored Easter candy.
Some of the favorites include…chocolate bunnies…hollow if ya want to go cheap…solid if you want to impress someone…somehow [...]
This Sheep has Sailed
“It’s not you, it’s me.” Well, no, actually, it was you. I thought I would always love you, Icebreaker, but you’ve broken my heart.
Hub Super Secret Hermann Training Camp
Breakfast spread everything from Girl Scout cookies to Kashi
Hub Thumb Relay
Did you know that it takes three hours to get to Hermann, MO from Webster Groves, MO? Neither did the members of the Hub women’s cycling team. Do we drive particularly slow? No. Had none of us been to Hermann before? No. Do we talk [...]
GETTING THE JELLO INTO A MOLD
No one has EVER called me a perfectionist. No one has EVER called me a good listener. My gray matter has always been somewhat impenetrable to guidelines and direction. Because of this mental set up, many pieces of good advice on how to race better that I have received over the past couple of years [...]
Gotta Start Somewhere
and that happened to be at Froze Toes! (one race under the belt for this kid!)
Wow! That was some fun stuff. I may not have told you that at, say, mile 25…but after crossing the finish line that magic, exhilarating feeling after a hard, leave-everything-out-there ride/workout/race (as I can now use in relation to cycling) [...]