Tag: training

  • When the Dark Months hit and the desire to ride is hit by the short dark days and icky weather, and adventure season is over,…

  • I had plans for this week, oh so many plans. But the Universe said, “Ha ha, take a break!” Tarma’s coming off her first endurance…

  • Way back when the nights were still frosty, I hauled Tarma solo up to Tacoma and we more or less calmly puttered through a 15…

  • Despite what felt like the entire Pacific Northwest being on fire, my friends and I still managed to snatch an enjoyable weekend together over in…

  • Sometimes Tarma just can’t with me, and really makes me work to be with her and be a good person for her to deal with.…

  • The alternative title for today’s post is “WTF?” Was Mercury in Pluto or something? I’m so confused why today went so off the rails…and yet…

  • I happily blame everyone who actually reads this random blog and sends encouragement in any form for this crazy ride with Tarma for what happened…

  • For years I’ve had to endure various endurance friend’s descriptions and stories of the mystical Bandit Springs ride, in the Ochoco Mountains outside Prineville. It’s…

  • With the truck in the shop and *checks calendar* only 16!!!! days until we leave for the John Wayne Cross State Ride, this is the…

  • Not every ride will be scenic and beautiful and easy. Not every ride will have excitement or breakthroughs or wonderful rights. Some rides you just…