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Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Male cupcakes! The Tour de France has always had well-dressed, good-looking women as prize presenters. This year they had well-dressed, good-looking men on the podium as well. My preference would be not to use human beings as decor. WhileContinue reading “The Restart, Virtual Trail Report, Tevis Sippy Cup, Miles 62 through Mile 66, September 2020”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. RIP RBG. Let’s honor her memory with actions that would make her proud. ~~~   I used our break from Virtual Tevis-ing to reestablish Rodney’s stand. [Holding at Mile 61] I will grant that Rodney needs time to getContinue reading “Thar He Stands”

Random Images   Awareness of the outside world. BBC: What did Jesus really look like?, by Joan Taylor, December 2015. Short version, the standard image dates from the Byzantine era. In other news, “Togas were circular (folded into a semi-circle to wear) and himatia were rectangular – modern toga parties, using sheets, are generally himationContinue reading “Thoughts From My Toaster Oven”

Thoughts Random Images   Awareness of the outside world. Taylor Community Schools: eLearning Virtual Option for Inclement Weather. Noooooooooooo. Snow days are one of the joys of childhood. ~~~ It was such a good plan. I was going to use Thursday’s post on virtual exercise as a segue into a thoughty discussion of virtual versusContinue reading “Accessing The Virtual World Amplifies Our Relationship To … oh look, cats!”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. Sally went from heading right at us to slipping south of us. We ended up with steady rain, gusty winds, and stormy horses. ~~~ Sometimes you need numbers to see that you are making progress. I don’t usually GPS bike rides. Either we ride a knownContinue reading “For The Record, Bike Stats”

Fit To Ride   Awareness of the outside world. On Wednesday, still thinking about Sally. When your state is headlining on the national weather channel, it tends to focus your attention. Blogging note. A second post appeared erroneously yesterday. It belongs over in storage. Apologies to anyone who got an extra email. [Walking ToC]. ~~~Continue reading “Exercise In The Time Of The Virus”

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.   Awareness of the outside world. Sally. Too much rain here. Not enough there. Ugh. ~~~   The ride is virtual. The lack of media is real. I have been dropping the ball on photos of our virtual ride. New phone, old clip-on. No problem.Continue reading “Virtual Media, Or Lack Thereof”