It’s been approximately three years and six weeks since the last time I blew my life up. I was recovering from the initial shock of leaving my marriage and for the first time in over a decade, living with a roommate, with most of my things strewn between my new space (a tiny bedroom whereContinue reading “Harrisburg is Being Hot RN”
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Unlikely Gifts
If I were watching a movie about my life in the past year, I would probably see too many scenes with a cat in it. I would see someone whose marriage fell apart, and she had to start over. I would see someone who just barely got her footing again until this adorable little pandemicContinue reading “Unlikely Gifts”
Interlude
I have been staring at the blank Word document for over an hour trying to come up with a clever way to describe my current situation and the events that have brought me to this exact moment of sitting at a kitchen table that looks nothing like my old one, without using lame bike racingContinue reading “Interlude”
The Wrong Gear # 2 – Cross Train
This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. 7 Weeks In: How tired am I? I made some tea to put into my thermos for work, only this time without the tea. It wasn’t until my lastContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 2 – Cross Train”
The Wrong Gear #1 -Introduction
A few months ago, I read a 2017 article in The Atlantic, about a man who wanted to test a very interesting theory: Can deliberate practice of a skill, or a set of skills, allow an average human to achieve a high enough level of expertise that is usually reserved for those at the top of theirContinue reading “The Wrong Gear #1 -Introduction”
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