The road soon to be frequently traveled

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:31:01 GMT

Over the holidays, one of the 2007 goals I set for myself was to complete the Seattle-to-Portland (STP) bike ride this summer over the July 14th weekend.

Last sunday, I took one step closer in my quest to complete this seemingly impossible task. I get tired driving 200 miles, and now I’m thinking of biking it?!

My training started the second week of January with spinning classes at my gym to increase my aerobic fitness level and to see if I liked biking enough to actually complete STP this year. It was far cheaper to buy a 10-class punch card for spinning classes than to buy a bike just to decide I hated biking :) Besides, I think I’m a glutton for punishment with all my coworkers ridiculing me due to the padded spandex shorts.

After deciding I liked biking enough, I started on a quest for researching road bikes. I’m usually a research nut when it comes to PCs and gadgets, but road bikes were a completely new world to me. What made it worse is that there wasn’t a ton of online references, so I had to resort to asking friends and visiting bike shops in person to understand

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5.10a: I own you

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:29:37 GMT

I tried indoor rock climbing just over 2 months ago and fell in love immediately. Suraj and I started climbing together since it not only gave us an excuse to hang out more but also since we were at the same skill level (read: complete novices). We ended up li

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Trevin Chow: goals

The road soon to be frequently traveled

5.10a: I own you