Bedrock & Paradox

Yesterday morning Chad and I were lounging around his house, after the Boi Genius hisself cooked up his usual fab, enormous breakfast. My legs were sore. Not fried by any means, but hurting. That, general mailasie and the weather combined to make going running as per the plan. Got me thinking about dropping running from…

In the bag. An excellent adventure in every respect. Below one can see the upper end of the loop, with the out and back summit trip. I got 6500′ of climbing from the coffee shop to the parking lot. Us singlespeeders with less than 2:1 gearing got dropped on the pavement right away, so I…

First (and relevantly), check out mc’s excellent anachronism of the day: The manner of taking hills was extremely interesting. Nearly all stood on the pedals and swayed the body first to the right and then to the left.I had a splendid view, as our car was the first behind the “peloton,” or main body, and…

As in the truck, is back! The temp gauge even works again!! I went to yoga for the first time in two weeks, and lordy did I need it. Laying on my sticky new hot pink Wal-mart mat I fell deep into the yoga zone; glued to the floor with the earth curving around my…

One of the charming/annoying things about being carless and unmotivated to commute is bumming rides off my beloved coworkers. And I say that with utmost sincerity, if it weren’t for them insulating me from the massive and dull teeth of upper management and it’s fixedent-flavored incompetence I’d have split long ago. I’ve had the opportunity…

For your coffee: There must be a few sixty-year-old women in Lusk, Wyoming who recall our startling departure from their town. As Pratt and I stood forlornly alongside the road near downtown, carloads of teenaged girls zoomed past, honking and waving and giggling. They’d go another block, wheel around, and do the circuit again. We…

1.4k of up. Good news, we should have her back by Thursday. I’m getting a ride tomorrow.

Everyone should go and read M’s post. This whole truck story has been a catalyst for retrospection and introspection, a good thing. -It’s frustrating that we live in such a car-based world here. Bottom line: going carless would require a profound change in our lifestyle. No choices there. -Cars are expensive. Duh. And totally worth…

But running up Glassford Hill wasn’t a bad substitute. I can almost make Topofusion do what I want. What is lost is the commanding position of that 6000′ hill. It’s a very extinct, eroded volcano. On a perfectly clear day like today, one could easily see the San Fran peaks, the western remains of the…

By the car. This is why I didn’t impulsively run down to Tucson last night for the SSAZ race/party, and why I’m lurking around home right now. Because a certain car hasn’t (ahem) run in three months, we have no backup method of motorized transport. So, when two days ago our Xterra started knocking and…