Blather on Bicycling

Recently, I finished designing my training plan for 2008. I’m excited to get started in November. The online version I present here will be a live document that will update when I edit it. It likely won’t change much, but occasionally I do make adjustments to my plan. On this site, I will also be maintaining a “live ride calendar” on the main page. This is the manifestation of the plan whereby I decide when, where, and how I will be riding in the upcoming days. Read more

I woke up this morning and it was snowing/raining. A mass of people with cyclocross bikes were congregating at The Mountain Works, hungry for adventure. Two groups formed, one less ambitions the other more. I started with the former and we hit Booth and circled to Cove trying to circumnavigate the hole in the clouds above La Grande. Coming back we experienced a heavy wall of rain, and out came the rain jacket. Read more