This week I made a high tech purchase for my bike. I bought a Garmin Edge 305 GPS with a heart monitor and cadence tracking. My birthday is less than a week away, and I received an unexpected bonus at work; the perfect storm for making a luxury purchase. Brett is always the one to get a leg up on technology. Well, I did it…
a matter of support
It’s been some time since I’ve posted anything about weight loss. As I approach 2 years post-op Lapband surgery in July, I have realized that my perspective on what support I need for my weight loss journey has changed. As a pre-op Lapband patient, I found the discussion forums at http://www.obesityhelp.com/ to be an extremely valuable thing as I prepared myself for surgery. It is…
rainy weekend salvaged
The forecast for this weekend was rain, rain and more rain. Friday evening was actually sunny and clear. Brett and I cycled the Towpath Trail from Mustill Store to Blimp City Bikes on Merriman. Brett had some minor tune-ups done on his bike. After returning to Akron, we had a delicious Thai dinner at Cilantro in Downtown Akron. The curry rocks there! Saturday we were…
i went the distance
With the perfect weather today, I decided to cycle from Kent to Brandywine Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park this evening. It is a 24 mile roundtrip ride on the Summit Bike and Hike Trail. I am stepping up my cycling to prepare for my Pedal to the Point MS ride this summer. I have ridden about 44 miles over the past 4 days….
southern ride on the canal
Sunday morning Brett and I were off to Canal Fulton for our bike club, spinoffcyclists.com, weekend ride. We have a weeknight and weekend ride on the calendar alternating days and evening to accommodate the different schedules of our riders. Today’s ride started at St. Helena Park in downtown Canal Fulton and followed the Towpath Trail north to Eastern Road where the Towpath ends. This is…
urban explorers
What a spectacular day! Temps in the 70s and pure sun. Brett and I took the bikes out again for a ride. Our destination was the Towpath Trail south of downtown Akron. We drove to the Manchester Road trailhead on the south shore of Nesmith Lake. We were heading north along the Ohio Erie Canal to see how far the trail would take us into…
sunny spring saturday bike ride
With temps in the high 40s and sunny skies, Brett and I decided to take our first weekend bike ride of the season. We decided to keep it local and explore some parts of the Summit Hike and Bike that we had never ridden on before. Our friend Susan joined us on this early spring ride. We started at the trailhead at the Silver Lake…
my life as an amiable analytical
I attended a fascinating workshop at work this week called “Building Relationship Versatility”. Over the years, I’ve taken many personality tests and attended workshops on how to work with different personalities and difficult people. This class was by far the best class I’ve attended on this subject. What made it different from the others is that it came from the perspective of those who work…