My recovery from nerve injury (part 1) | 15 Jun 2021

It’s been almost two years since I wrote on this blog. And for most of those two years, I’ve been struggling with a nerve injury in my hip and groin. I started many a blog post during this time, but … (more...) [3 comments]

How To Hit Drops on Your Mountain Bike (A 16-Step Plan) | 1 May 2019

Step 1: See a drop on social media and decide, based purely on photo evidence, that you should be able to do it. (more...) [10 comments]

A Break From Our Usual Programming… | 31 Oct 2018

I’ll be back next week with a normal blog post, but for the moment, a brief announcement… (more...) [2 comments]

If You Want to Get Faster, Get Faster | 19 Sep 2018

If you want to get faster, just do the things that will make you faster and skip all the mental anguish along the way. Ride your bike. Have fun. Do work. Cut yourself a break when you don’t get the things the first time, or even the first 100 times. (more...) [3 comments]

Running Update #3: This Might Be Harder Than I Thought | 16 May 2018

While this is obviously going to be harder than I thought, I’m not going to slink off and give up on it. (more...) [4 comments]

Running Update #1 – Baby Steps and Toe Yoga | 7 Feb 2018

Basically, my knee is still my knee. (more...) [3 comments]

Nobody Is Paying Attention | 17 Jan 2018

Unless you’re a cat video, nobody’s paying attention. (more...) [8 comments]

New Year’s Resolutions — A Letter to Myself | 27 Dec 2015

Dear self, Here are your tasks for 2016…It may seem like a lot right now, but you have an entire year, so no whining. Do one of those stoppie wheelie things while turning. Keep your shit together. I.e. organize your … (more...) [2 comments]

Transition: From New Zealand to Van Life in the Southwest | 26 Apr 2015

Going from muddy Rotorua to dry, dusty New Mexico. And how our van almost died in our first week of #vanlife and other stories… (more...) [1 comments]