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Tag Archives: cycling
Aug
09
2012
Cycling: Why You Should Start, & How
Britain’s greatest Olympian ever retired yesterday. Chris Hoy took another gold medal in Cycling, and then called it a day. Tearfully, he said his career and these racing competitions weren’t just about winning gold, they were about seeing more people get on bikes. More cyclists, more roads with bikes, more, more, more. Cycling isn’t just about [...]
Just a moment ago, I was stretching my stiff ass on my balance ball, watching the Women’s Omnium’s final race in the Olympics. (If you’re not familiar, it’s a serious of cycling track races that get tallied up for an overall score for the winner, kinda like track’s Heptathalon.) Canada’s Tara Whitten finished fourth overall [...]
Posted in Cycling, fitness, Uncategorized, Victoria Lifestyle Also tagged #yyj, experience, good and bad, victoria Leave a comment
Good morning. It’s grey, dreary, quiet. I’m down to the last mug of the French press, contemplating a fleece jacket. I’ve not yet acclimatised to living on the ocean, despite growing up near it. I’ve lived on the river for the last 12 years, on the Mainland, with the ocean a few kilometres off, but this [...]
Posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Victoria Lifestyle Also tagged life changes, movies, thinking Leave a comment
Every vacation comes with that one day when Nothing Really Goes As Planned. For me, that day was Thursday. I got up early, psyched and ready for a great day. The plan? Throw my bike on a bus and do an extensive cycling tour of Kelowna for my last day in town. I’d pick up [...]
Posted in Humour, Journalling, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized Also tagged adjusting to changes, adventure, annoyance, bouncing back, flirting, mechnics, rolling with punches 2 Comments
Mar
21
2009
The Desire to be Spent
It’s before 7 on a Saturday morning. The naive plan was, I’d get up and go swimming. I’m up. My body tells me I’m a fucking fool. Sleep, it says. So, I’m going to. I’ll go back to bed in a few. And I’m all right with that. The reality is, though, that I’m starting to realize [...]
Posted in Current Events, fitness, Hygiene & Health, Sex, Specifically Steff, weight loss Also tagged accomplishing, back pain, balance, being careful, fitness, injury, rehabbing, slow returns, winning 1 Comment
One Month Down, Eleven to Go: The State of the Steff