The cycling community is both open and closed. Closed, in that you gotta ride to be close to the conversations. Open, in that once you’re in you hear about all kinds of things. My first serious bike ride in years (I was newly single and in my late 40s) was the MS150 in Minnesota in […]
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It started quite by accident. What began as a way to track and share statistics from recreational activities became a way to tell stories. Not long ones, mind you, but at least a fun title, a few words and some pictures. Most of the runners, walkers and cyclists I know and spend time with use
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Independence and sense of self is measured and shown in many ways. We all want “be me” or “stand on our own two feet.” Doing it and showing it become intertwined sometimes. Most of the time we do it just for ourselves to prove the point. For one of my cycling friends her moment came
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An innocuous enough number. But when paired behind another number-2, 3, 4 and so on—its meaning changes. Not that we like to talk about the “a” word – age – in this space, but this number came up as both my sister and I are experiencing a “9” birthday this year. In many respects a
On a recent visit, my oldest son brought up an interesting thread that ties him, me and his grandfather, my dad, together. It seems that all of us made life-changing, significant decisions right around the year we turned 40. Now there’s a stat. I thought it was insightful that he bring this up as I
Constants. Things that are there or that you’ve done with regularity. Places you’ve lived and people you’ve known. The guideposts, signposts, footholds, handholds and general firm footing of your life. I got to thinking about this as I sat in the my house that I’ve owned for over 13 years and have occupied for almost
Earlier today, a long-time networking associate posed this question to me and I honestly had to think about the answer. “If you are still out meeting people, where do you go?” That’s almost a loaded question for The Relentless Networker. Am I still out meeting people? Where do I go? In other words, what am
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If you are a LinkedIn user, chances are it’s happened to you: that kind, “personalized” message that shows up in your in box asking to connect. I call it the blind outreach. I chronicled it on a Networking Tip. A man I had never met in a geographic area I couldn’t identify, asked me to
It started out as just a bike ride on a new bike. However, the experience became something quite different once we got rolling. I have had my Trek T-50 tandem in my garage for 20 years. I bought it after a tour my then 14-year-old son and I took in the El Tour de Tucson
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While there are more serious casualties — deaths–there are other casualties of this pandemic. Losses to the heart and mind as well and the soul. When isolation from those you care about results in the loss or change in a relationship, that is a casualty. No two ways about it, when you lose someone you
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