It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and complaining about our most recent injuries. […]
Scheduling Workouts Each Sunday I look ahead to my upcoming week and plan out my workouts. For the most part, my workout days are pretty set. Strength training on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Cycling on Tuesday, Thursday, and one or both weekend days Walking on Monday, Wednesday, and maybe Friday; and one weekend day if […]
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Hardly a hike for us, but well worth a recap, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area straddles the border between Wyoming and Montana. After making our way through Bighorn National Forest, we went out of our way to see Bighorn Canyon where the gulch winds around the huge parking lot […]
Devils Tower National Monument Devils Tower National Monument lays claim as America’s first national monument, designated to that distinction by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. A tall phonolite porphyry columnar rock formation jutting out of the ground, it towers 867 feet into the sky above the visitors center, 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche […]
A Mini Road Trip As if a 21-day road trip wasn’t enough time in the car, my husband and I took a whirlwind trip to the farm to see my mom. It rained most of the time we were there so I was happy to get out for at least one walk. Overview of […]
Spearfish Canyon Spearfish Canyon is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota just south of the town of Spearfish. With easy access traveling along Spearfish Scenic Highway (Highway 14A) it’s a popular location for cycling and hiking. Dusty parking lots alongside the highway give nature enthusiasts a place to pullover or stay a […]
Badlands National Park Badlands National Park is located 75 miles east of Rapid City, South Dakota. Established as a national monument in 1939, Badlands was elevated to national park status in 1978. The 244,000-acre semi-arid park is made up of vast prairie dotted with buttes, many eroded away over millions of years into rugged […]
Four New States, 6,100 Miles Driven, and 410 Miles Ridden Our 21-day road trip took us to four new states: Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota, and Nebraska. My husband planned every detail of the trip, made all of the hotel reservations, and drove every single mile. Yes, I’m married to an incredible man and […]
Road Trips Aren’t New to Us During the early years of our marriage my husband and I took several road trips across the USA. Our first one, just a few short weeks after we got married took us from Virginia to Utah for grad school. While living in Utah, we took a few shorter road […]
Staying Cool It was quite a week, weather wise… The DMV’s (the DC, Maryland, Virginia metro area) three airports (DCA, BWI, and IAD) reported 4 consecutive days of 100° or higher. That’s hot for us for this early in the summer and for that many days. I pretty much hunkered down inside for my workouts […]
Resting up for the Big Race With a race coming up on Saturday, my plan was to rest my legs just enough to to have a strong ride, but not as if I’d be seriously racing the event. At 66 years old, I’d be in the 50 and over age group and that leaves a […]
A Ride Around the Gettysburg Battlefield Back in the good ole days, I’d run in the Firecracker 5K on Independence Day morning with my running friends. But since 2020 I’ve traded in my red, white, and blue running outfit for a patriotic jersey and joined my husband and Dawn Patrol friends for a covered bridges […]
A Likely Story I had invited two new-to-gravel-grinding friends to join my husband and me for an introductory ride on a relatively easy gravel route (20 miles with only 1,019 feet of climbing). Neither were able to make, but we wanted a chill ride so we decided to ride the course anyway. After driving about […]
A Trip of a Lifetime In 1993 my husband received the Circle of Excellence award for his company which included a week-long trip to Maui, Hawaii for the two of us. With the help of my in-laws, we were able to spend our first vacation without children since becoming parents while knowing our little boys […]
Summer Came in Hot, Hot, Hot Thursday was the first day of summer and it’s already time to start complaining about the heat. Check out the the screenshot from my phone when I finished my bike ride yesterday. And it got a little hotter after that – the highest I saw was 101, but forgot […]
If I Can’t Run… If I can’t run, I might as well ride, right? And that’s exactly what I did, totaling 132.3 miles over four rides for the week. Broken down, they included one event, one hill workout, and two chill rides. Would I rather be running? Of course. Am I glad I love cycling […]
National and Global Days for the Fitness Enthusiast On my post this past Tuesday about Global Running Day, a reader asked if there as is a Global Cycling Day – little did I know, but Global Cycling Day had been the previous day. Catrina got me to thinking so I did a little research and […]
It’s time to sit down once again with a beverage of your choice and chat – I’ll remind you that I don’t like coffee or tea so my drink of choice today will be water. Let’s chat about things other than just running, cycling, strength training, yoga, and complaining about our most recent injuries. […]
From National to Global Running Day Global Running Day, or National Running Day as it was originally called, is the first Wednesday in June. The first National Running Day kicked off in 2009 and changed its name from National to Global in 2016. Once it became a global event in 2016, lovers of running from […]
Beautiful Weather for the Win This week we were blessed with mostly phenomenal weather and I was lucky enough to be able to spend quite a bit of time outside enjoying it. The temps were warm, but not hot, and the humidity kept its distance. Rain came in the evenings and the wind was mostly […]
