Training Tuesday August 25-31
Training Tuesday August 25-31 Goal 67 miles, still shifting toward 2 longer rides Actual Total 67.5 miles Wednesday 26th, 24 miles Thursday 27nd 14.5 miles Saturday 29th 29 miles I planned to go out...
Author: karen
And Then, The Etsy Store
At one time, seems like it was around our unemployment year, I thought I (or we) might make a business with Etsy. I love handmade crafting. I love up-cycling (I don’t commit sacrilege, I...
Training Tuesday August 18-24
Goal: 61 miles shifting toward 2 longer rides Actual: 63 miles Tuesday 18th 24 miles Saturday 22nd 28 miles Monday 24th 11 miles This week I got in the two longest rides I’ve done...
How Much Could a Bike Ride Cost Anyway?
I’ve spent over a thousand dollars on major bike repairs and gear recently. It sounds like a lot, but some of it was way overdue. I hope I’m good on that for 6 months...
Training Tuesday
As I train to be able to make a full century ride twice a week beginning on, or near, the first of the year, here is where I’ll update my progress every week on...
How to be Karen Without Being A Karen?
That is the question. It’s a challenge for those of us who are called by a name than has become name calling. What it means to be a Karen, a Bad Karen, has morphed...
Training Schedule
Since we made the commitment to get back ot on the trail, riding the Greenway, or a small segment of the Silver Comet for the primary goal has become, once again, a piece of...
Ooh, Ooh, That Smell: Safety Planning for the Long Haul
What’s “safe”, or relatively safe, makes a pretty big difference to me and my partner, Russ, as we look at how best to be healthy while planning and completing the remaining 2ish years of...
Karen Goes, Cycling
I’m not an athlete, but riding a bike has been a part of my life since my sister promised she wouldn’t let go, then I rounded the cul de sac and saw her down...
Monetizing a Hobby
Last week my partner in everything, Russ, was talking about a tweet he had seen on monetizing hobbies. He said that it was sad so many people felt compelled to monetize their hobbies. I...