Category Archives: challenge

Unintentional Rest

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Joe Johnson

Training for a race or a long ride follows certain cycles. You don’t always train hard; sometimes you take it a little easy so your body has time to rebuild. There are times when the training calendar says “rest time” … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Ride is Just a Ride

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Joe Johnson

Sometimes a ride is just a ride. I start a good weekend day with a ride. I get up, get dressed in my kit, get everything sorted and hit the road. It’s become enough of a routine now that I … Continue reading →

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One Year In

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Joe Johnson

I just received the email informing me that it is time to renew my domain registration for my blog’s web site. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year of writing and trying to lose weight, and even … Continue reading →

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Halfway Home

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Joe Johnson

A little over 26 weeks ago I posted my first blog in a new challenge. It was titled, appropriately enough, “The Challenge” and it detailed the idea and rules behind my new undertaking. I was about to attempt to write … Continue reading →

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Further Lessons from the Edge

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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Failure as a Teacher

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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Disparate Sports, Common Themes

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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5 Boro Bike Tour

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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I Almost Quit Today

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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Death, Taxes, and Plateaus

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Joe Johnson

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 →

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