2020. Making the most of what we are dealt. Rather than focusing on what’s been taken away, we’ve had to turn attention towards the DIY, make your own adventure, sort of year. I love the Olympics. I remember binge…
Swimmer in Transition Posts
It’s 5:30am and I’ve got maybe two hours of sleep behind me. I’m at my cousin Hannah’s house in Port Angeles and her daughter had a bit of a rough night. I pack up, snag a banana, and head…
Tomorrow I set off for the Gravel Circumnavigation of the Olympic Range. GCOR is a 470 mile route around the Olympic Peninsula with over 40,000′ elevation on mostly gravel forest service roads. I’ll be raising funds for the BIPOC…
On Motivation Motivation in sport and life is generated from internal drive and external factors. Motivation is the reason(s) one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. In thinking about what motivates me, I tend to shift…
Kyle is deploying for the next few months to a far away land. Once he arrives to this land, he has to quarantine for 14 days in his barracks room, only leaving to use the restroom or shower. His…
I saw a few posts recently regarding the use of Native mascots / race names and the message struck a few chords for me. Initially I held my thoughts, and my signature, as I’ve been a part of two…
shouting across the interwebs: “New Bike Day!” interwebs: “When ya gonna race him?” Collective shoulder shrug. Meet Oscar. My 3T Exploro Team gnar shredding tank colored yet not tank weight at all gravel bike. While I expected to have debuted…
I have a confession. I wasn’t supposed to like you. I put on my happy face before the move and thought I’d have to fake it for a while. Our car was broken into on the journey here. My…
Go. Or don’t, because it was perfect just how it was. As I’ve said before, I’m a big fan of inaugural events. The promoters and vendors are stoked to be there. The racers have a nervous anticipation about what’s…