A Useful Review – Bob’s Red Mill Instant Oatmeal
A lot of times, if I’m riding in the morning, and it’s going to be under two hours, I don’t eat before I go. Two cups of coffee and out the door. Fasted exercise can force…
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TCI Friday
I just got back from New Zealand, where riding a bike is a real good idea. In fact, there's a lifetime of riding there, and I've only just scratched the surface of the…
Paceline Podcast 356
Today we talk about New Zealand. John is just back from some of the best riding of his life, and so we break down why it's a mountain biking paradise, how friendly the people…
The Palpitating Heart of Adventure
New Zealand. Family wedding. 19 hours in the air. 9,000 miles from home. It's not what you'd call a "quick out and back." An adventure.
The palpitating heart of adventure,…
TCI Friday
I thought I knew what I thought about a thing, an unimportant thing, and then Padraig said what he thought about it, and that threw the whole thing into confusion again.…
TCI Friday
I'm not getting any younger and neither are you. It's a cruel fact, but maybe a useful one, because here's the thing, life benefits from urgency. If we had all the time in…
Video – Flow: The Shredit
It's a little frightening when the algorithm not only correctly predicts topic areas of interest to you, but also understands the geographies you love and the emotional…
N+1 Toasters
This isn't my analogy, but I loved it the first time I heard it, and its originator gave me unlimited license to use it. He and I are of a mind. We had been talking about all…
TCI Friday
I'm not sure how old I was when I both recognized AND accepted that I was past my peak. As a lifelong soccer player, I could tell at 34 that I was losing top end sprint…
Scaling Back
I have a scale. It mostly gathers dust under the bathroom counter now.
I don't weigh myself daily or even weekly. On the rare occasion I step onto that little platform it…