I love riding early on semi-empty streets in Chicago. Especially days like today. There won’t be many more like this…sunny, mild temperature, hardly any wind. In a word: spectacular. My mind wanders on rides like today’s. I indulge myself and take...
I took a spin class tonight, taught by Cat 1/Pro female racer Kristen Meshberg. It wasn’t in some fancy gym, but in a brick warehouse building in the West Loop in Chicago. I entered the huge elevator with my bike and my trainer and hit the button for the third floor....
Sunday, 6:30 am alarm. Take care of the dogs, try to eat something. Prepare the bottles, pack the essentials. Bike in the car, iPod set to playlist “Sunday” – Led Zeppelin, Wolfmother, The Clash, Linkin Park, others – music that motivates me and timed perfectly for...
I got in my car as usual this evening for the drive home, chose the music for the ride, and on auto pilot headed in the right direction. I travel on I-94 back into the city and as anyone from Chicago knows, the traffic is always heavy. As I switched lanes for my exit,...
