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Category Archives: life skills
Sometimes a Ride is Just a Ride
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
Posted in challenge, Epic Rides, fitness, life skills
Tagged cycling, Grace, Hope, Inspiration, lessons, Life, Life Lessons, Memories, Moments, Recovery
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How I Spent My High School Reunion
Sometimes inspiration can strike out of the blue. Sometimes you have a great idea that needs work. Sometimes you worry an idea in your mind until it is finally smooth and shiny and ready to be put on display. Sometimes … Continue reading
Dentist Blues
I have had an interesting week when it comes to dentistry and it overwhelmed whatever else I was going to write about for this week’s update. Anyone who follows along at my Facebook or Twitter pages will already know that … Continue reading
Posted in life skills
Tagged Dentist, Dentist Pain, Finance Rules the World, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Oral Surgery, Pain, Payment Plans
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One Year In
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
Posted in challenge, fitness, life skills, Weight Loss
Tagged Anniversary, cycling, goals, Inspiration, life changing, weight loss
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Music and Lyrics
I think there are two types of people, those who believe that you can group everyone into two types of people and those who don’t. Sorry, but I had to make that joke early in this post. I do think … Continue reading
Posted in life skills
Tagged fun., Jimmy Buffet, Life, Life Skills, Lyrics, Music, Pain, Past, Songs
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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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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
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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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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