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Author Archives: Joe Johnson
Further Lessons from the Edge
It’s been a weird few weeks. As I posted last week, I completely failed a ride. That is the first time I have ever failed or given up on the bike. I had to bail out of a 62 mile … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Cycling, life skills, Weight Loss
Tagged alone, Blogs, cycling, fitness, Life, Questions, weight loss, writing
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Failure as a Teacher
I should have known I was in trouble when I went to my local bike shop for a tune up. I told Bob that I was going to ride the Seven Lakes Ride, a 65 mile charity ride for cancer … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Cycling, Epic Rides, fitness
Tagged Charity Ride, cycling, epic fail, epic rides, Failure, lessons
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Disparate Sports, Common Themes
I follow a few sports these days. My level of involvement is nothing like when I was younger and started every day with SportsCenter. I used to pay attention to whatever sports were in season and make sure that I … Continue reading
5 Boro Bike Tour
I thought a lot about how to write this ride report. I almost wrote it as a magazine article and tried to get it published but I decided against it for a few reasons. The first is that I started … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Cycling, Epic Rides
Tagged 5 Boro Tour of New York, Charity Ride, cycling, Epic Ride
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I Almost Quit Today
Today’s blog is the first one since starting the 52 posts in 52 weeks challenge that I really thought about missing a week. It has been a long weekend. To be honest, it was a long week followed by a … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Cycling, life skills
Tagged 52 in 52 challenge, Blogs, challenge, cycling, fourth wall, Life, Nerds, obsessions, writing
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When Are You A Real Cyclist?
Well, it finally happened. I had a moment that made me laugh (after the fact) and think I think I am finally a cyclist. I was on a ride following a local bike path. It is a paved path that … Continue reading
Fat Guy Fitness
Last week’s blog sparked a different response than I anticipated. Actually, I don’t normally get much of a response at all, so any response tends to be unanticipated. The blog about plateaus seemed to resonate with people, but not the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, fitness, Weight Loss
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Death, Taxes, and Plateaus
How do you deal with plateaus when it comes to fitness or riding? I ask, because I really have no idea. I think we all know what the experts say. We parrot is back to each other when we have … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, Cycling, fitness, life skills, Weight Loss
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I’m Unemployed, Not Dead!
I wanted to post this blog months ago, but events made me postpone it. It seemed like a relatively good time to revisit it this week. I am still wiped out from my New York adventure that I hope to … Continue reading
Posted in life skills, Uncategorized, unemployment
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Anticipation
By the time you read this the 5 Boro (it annoys me that it is spelled wrong too) Tour of New York will be completed. If everything goes well I will have ridden 40 plus miles through all five boroughs … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Epic Rides
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Big Joe's Soap Box 