If this interests anyone – and it may not – it is going to be people who are “into” endurance training. I did my last practice “race” today before the Head of the Charles on Saturday. A warm up of...
FALL DOWN, GO BOOM
Hilly and I were hiking Sunday at 11,000 feet, in the mountains above Aspen. Magical in the fall leaves, the astonishing vistas… and great exercise, especially at that altitude. (The day before I biked The Maroon Bells, a 30...
AGONIZING INTERVALS
Been doing some “Intervals” – short, intense bursts of aerobic exercise, followed by short rests and more hard bursts – in preparation for the Head of the Charles Regatta in October. Intervals are plenty hard, if you do them right, but...
FORTNIGHTLY: LIFE IS LONG. RESOLVE, LESS SO. WHAT TO DO? KEDGE! KEDGE! KEDGE!
Life is long and working out, pretty vigorously (for you), for six days a week… forever! Well, it can be tricky. There is not a question in the world that it is exactly the right thing to do…...
YELLOWSTONE RANCH
A friend has a family ranch, just north of Yellowstone, in Wyoming. Her grandfather bought a chunk of land back in the 1920’s, and the family has been carefully adding modest structures and maintaining the place ever since. They...
Wine Kedge
We’re just back from a terrific bike kedge in Burgundy. We signed up at the last minute because some wonderful deal emerged and we could almost afford it. Not quite but it was SO worth it. 35 pals, most...
