An Open Letter to Biking To Live Readers (both of you)

To My Readers, I owe you an apology. Back on April 12, 2008, I made this post. It explained why I was overweight, what I was going go do about it, and why I chose to blog about it. I realized (with some help from a couple of readers (Pete and Arlyn), as of yesterday, that I had unequivocally failed to do what I had set out to do in that post. Why you ask? Well, there are several reasons. Sure, I burned my hand...

Biking to Live Week 5 Summary

This was a good week of riding. I managed to get all three of my weekday rides in as well as a longer Saturday ride. The shift to my Cannondale R-300 has dramatically helped me improve my speed. Here are the totals for this week: Monday: 11.52 miles, 52:26, 16.1 mph max, and 13.1 mph avg Wednesday: 11.51 miles, 53:35, 18.2 mph max, and 12.8 mph avg (first ride on the Cannondale) Friday: 12.17 miles, 47:05, 18.7...

A family that bikes together stays together

I just ran across a great post over on Cycle Pig about a family of four (Dad, Mom, and ten year old twin boys), and the family dog, that will be biking from Alaska to Argentina. When they have completed the trip, the boys will set the Guinness record for the youngest to bike the Pan-American Highway. They will begin their trip in June 2008. Here’s a link to Cycle Pig’s full...