Agh. Fact is I was psyched out before I even left the house to bike over to the Fargo Street Hill Climb. I was breathing hard and adrenalating right here by my desk. Sure, there were a lot of reasons why I should succeed: I was lighter and in better condition than when I attempted …
Got two things cooking this weekend — both on Sunday actually — that are intense enough so that whenever I so much as glance at them mentally I’m rewarded with strong shots of adrenaline jetting into my system giving me that combination fight/flee excited/terrified feeling. The first is the annual Fargo Street Hill Climb, one of the most unique cycling events in the …
Twenty-four miles and a big old jet airliner… all before breakfast. Unfortunately as my digivideo cam is not equipped to wirelessly transfer its data into the ether I have no capability of uploading my footage of the awesome on-time landing of the Airbus A380 at LAX at 9:30 a.m. this morning… but that should be …
As I headed south on Aviation Boulevard across the southern runways of LAX to my right I spied a red-tailed hawk at my 11’oclock in midair just as it dove in pursuit of prey in the expanse of scrub beyond the fence to my left. The hawk aborted the attempt halfway down and pulled up. Then, against a strong …
Forty hours’ work + one historic adobe discovered + one friendship rekindled + 168.1 miles commuted by bicycle = one helluva good week. And it’s Friday! March 12 Silver Lake To El Segundo Work Commute And Back 32.2 miles March 13 Silver Lake To El Segundo Work Commute And Back 32.2 miles March 14 Silver Lake To …
And just like that with this morning’s ride in I’m 85% complete with my Bike To Work Week goal. By the end of the day Friday I’ll have logged somewhere around 165 miles, which not only puts me around 500 miles for the year and decidly in the black and on track in regards to my …
I’m happy to report that 24 hours after yesterday’s cigarette tossing contest, today’s ride in to work was entirely nonconfrontational. Actually there were some little confrontations, but all entirely friendly…. or at least not hostile. Even though it’s only been three consecutive mornings I guess me and The Phoenix have become a somewhat memorable fixture to some of the other fixtures around …