Archive for November, 2009

I like bikes

Pure and simple. (Let me preface this post with the fact that I really have no idea really about bikes and usually go by how pretty they are.) Every time I go to the bike store I drool over all the bikes and I think of all the different ones I would like. Here is [...]

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Once upon a time, in a land far far away

there lived a girl named Kristen. Her schedule was very busy and she worked out at least 3 times a week. That girl is GONE! Now Kristen sits on her ass regularly to make sure she gets in Glee, Cougartown, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, and Brother and Sisters. Throw in a few episodes of NCIS and you [...]

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Slight Redemption

So remember when I totally bashed Brightroom for the Nike Human Race? Well, they sort of redeemed themselves for the prelude. Here are the shots they took…I might actually fork over the $50 for a key chain…   Even got one with George in there, he always likes to ride behind me…I wonder why….hmmmmm I am [...]

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Solvang Prelude Weekend Report

Early Friday morning George and I packed up the Jeep with all our camping stuff and the bikes. Earlier, when I was filling the tires with air, I noticed a gash on the side wall of my back tire. I showed it to George and he wanted to take it to the tire store to [...]

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Warning: Fun Weekend Up Ahead

This weekend George and I are heading up to Solvang for the Solvang Prelude. We will be doing the metric century which is 65 miles. My longest ride to date has been 70 miles and I did the Tour de Palm Springs half century last February…so this should be interesting. However, I am less worried [...]

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Monster Dash 5k Race Report

Or, Halloween costume #3 I wanted to do a fun 5k, so I googled Los Angeles 5k’s and found one on Halloween morning in the Santa Clarita area. I figured this would be a cool race because I could dress up and have some fun with it, plus it was only $25 and came with [...]

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