Memorial Day weekend Dave and I took a quick overnight bike tour. We’ve done more biking in the past year but it still isn’t second nature like kayak tripping is. With a big week+ trip in New Mexico planned for the fall we need some short shakedown trips as practice. I searched for a relatively [...]
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Petersburg Shakedown Ride
Posted in Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Trips and Expeditions on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Historic Triangle
Posted in Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Trips and Expeditions on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Historic Triangle area of Virgnia (i.e. Jamestown/Williamsburg/Yorktown) is one of my and Dave’s favorite weekend escapes. There is sooo much to do there — paddling, running, biking, camping, history, food. We never have enough time to do everything. This weekend when Dave and I found oursevles unexpectedly unscheduled we headed down that way. We [...]
Ireland!
Posted in Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Trips and Expeditions on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know I’m woefully behind in blogging. Its not that we haven’t been doing anything rather its just that I’ve been too busy. The biggest happening was Dave and my trip trip to Ireland in June. It was a two week bike trip. Not much for tours, I found a bike rental place in [...]
The Great Outdoors of … DC!
Posted in Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Trips and Expeditions, tagged biking, camping on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Washington DC is a city with amenities — museums music, and food. We’ve got the government and all that entails. However, I’m more a fan of DC’s outdoor amenities which get overlooked all too often. With the Potomac, the Shenendoahs, the C&O Canal and many other great outdoor resources just minutes away DC should be [...]
Athlete and vegetarian
Posted in Food for Thought, Running and other Multi-sport adventures, Vegetarian eating on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This will be the first in an occasional series of posts about everyone’s second favorite topic — food. Paddling, of course, holds the top spot. I’ve been a vegetarian my entire life and despite what DarekĀ or others say it never has been a hinderance. I get plenty of protein, have no problem putting on muscle [...]