physical and mental flexibility training for cyclists
The Greatest Obstacle: A Race Report
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT. Okay, not exactly. It was nine in the morning but may as well have been dusk as the cool, wet, summer sky was making a final stand, trying to squeeze whatever light was left out of the atmosphere and me. Today was to be my return to racing after extended illness, injury and major surgery. It had been 15 months since my last race and this would be my first Super...
Read MoreOf Super Powers, Kryptonite and Salvation
The sun has set on my road trip. I returned to Portland last Friday just in time for the freakshow that is Pedalpalooza to erupt. Pretty much I went straight from car to teaching my yin yoga class, to the Wend Magazine (a super rad adventure magazine for and by “ordinary people doing extraordinary things”) release party, featuring a good old fashioned ping-pong tournament. What was...
Read MoreDear Fruita (The Breakup Letter)
Dear Fruita: The past few years spending time with you has been great and all, but I’m writing to tell you we’re breaking up. Its not you. It’s me. Or rather, it’s Bend. And more specifically, it’s Phil’s trails. And even more specifically, it’s Whoops. See, before I met Whoops I was just sort of crushed out on Phil’s Trails. We fooled around a...
Read MoreWhere Are You Go, There You Are
Despite Kristin Butcher‘s insistence that water is for sissies, or perhaps because I, Uma, Sissie Girl Extraordinaire, actually like water, I thought this was a most excellent idea worth repeating. Those fine folks at Swobo are on it, I tell ya. Check it! Speaking of Swobo, Stevil posted a note I sent in about, oh… this n that. When he includes me in his random assortment of musings...
Read MoreThe Art of Falling: A Love Story
Author’s note: I won’t make excuses for why I haven’t blogged in over a month. I just haven’t felt inspired to do so. I guess I’ve been a bit depressed about not riding, Janky, that tired old tale. But Janky is showing signs of improvement, I’ve got a trip to Fruita and Moab this month to ride some of the most epic and luscious singletrack in the world, and I...
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