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Stand Up for Yourself!
As I type this the weekend is all but officially over. I should be asleep, or at least heavily into sleep preparation. Instead, I am at this keyboard trying to pound out a few words before the reality of Monday … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, college football, cycling, cycling gear, fighting Irish, football, group rides, Newmarket Eagles, Notre Dame, Saturday morning, sleep
Tagged college football, cycling, Emmy awards, fighting Irish, football, group rides, hill climb, Newmarket Eagles, Notre Dame, riding, Saturday morning, TV
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Riding with the B Group
On Friday, the topic of bucket lists came up. After some discussion and some correction, they asked me about mine and I explained that I don’t really have a lengthy bucket list, bur rather a lot of smaller interim goals. … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, achievement, advice, ambition, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, cycling, cycling gear, cycling shoes, Exodus Travels, fitness, goals, group rides, Newmarket Eagles, travel, travel tips, vacation
Tagged advice needed, B group, Chile, cold drinks, group rides, mini goals, Newmarket Eagles, Prague to Budapest, rewards, Riding to the lake, speed, Starbucks, strava, trips, vacation
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Premonition or Paranoia
Once again, circumstances prevented me from joining my Saturday morning ride. These were pretty good circumstances, so I really can’t blame anyone. Today’s ride assembled at the usual spot, and as Sunday’s seem to be, only the fast group came … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, adapting, adventure, adversity, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cycling, cycling gear, cycling shoes, ettiquette, group rides, Newmarket Eagles, obstacles, puncture, tires
Tagged bicycle, bike, bike tires, changing tires, cycling gear, group rides, new tires, Newmarket Eagles, replacements, spares, tires, tools, tubes
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Morning Ride with a Tumble
I got up for my Saturday ride today and felt pretty good. When I arrived at the meeting point, I could see that there was a pretty big turnout. I was even greeted by Terrence, who I hadn’t seen in … Continue reading
This Ride Had It All
I hadn’t done a Sunday ride with the Newmarket Eagles in quite a while–certainly not this year. When I first started with them, I always did the Sunday ride. Somewhere along the way, I switched to the Saturday ride and … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, adversity, advice, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, baking, bicycles, characters, coffee, cycling, cycling gear, cycling shoes, food, group rides, Newmarket Eagles
Tagged Aninas Bakery, Annie's bakery, bicycles, bike parking, charity rides, cycling, ettiquette, food, GCN show, group rides, Lance, misadventure, no dropping riders, obstacles, planning, trains
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Getting Stronger and Faster
I nervously checked the weather report before I went to sleep. I checked it again when I got up to feed the cat. I checked it half an hour later when I actually got up. I think I was trying … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, cycling, cycling gear, group rides, Newmarket Eagles, Saturday morning, self improvement
Tagged bicycles, cycling, getting faster, getting stronger, group rides, maps, meeting point, Newmarket, Newmarket Eagles, police trucks, Pride Parade, routes, Royal Canadian Legion, strava, training
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Disinterested Ride
73kms 849m of elevation I hadn’t been on the bike in two weeks. Had this been late in the season and had I already had lots of kilometres in, it probably wouldn’t have mattered. As it is relatively early in … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, bike envy, cycling, cycling gear, fitness, group rides, jealousy, Newmarket Eagles, Saturday morning, scenery, training
Tagged bicycles, bike envy, cycling, Easgles, energy, fitness, group rides, Newmarket, riding, Saturday morning, training
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On a Cold Saturday Morning
68.99 km Elev Gain 603 m Time 3h 9m I am not sure a cyclist planning on an early Saturday morning ride should look at the weather forecast. I mean, when I saw that it was going to be 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, cycling, cycling gear, cycling shoes, exercise, fitness, group rides, Newmarket Eagles, self improvement
Tagged a turn in the front, bicycle, cycling, exercise, fitness, group rides, hill climbs, morning, Newmarket Eagles, pulling, riding, Saturday, speed
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Finally
It snowed on Monday afternoon. Realizing that waiting for the weather to get better wasn’t going to get me in shape, I got out on the bike today for the first group ride of the season for me. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bicycles, club, cycling, cycling gear, fitness, group rides, scenery
Tagged bicycles, cycling, group rides, new club, Newmarket, riding, road bike, road cycling, selfies, Spoke O'Motion, Tuesday nights, Warden Ave
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Where Are We Going?
My cycling club does an admirable job of maintaining their website. They even send out quite a bit of email about upcoming events. I don’t always pay attention to it all, but I did note that something special was going … Continue reading →