A few years back, I found and signed up for a site called Warmshowers. It’s basically couch-surfing for cyclists. I don’t know how long I’ve been registered as “available for guests,” (you can toggle this on and off) but two weeks ago I got my first contact from Zach. He and his buddy, Max, were riding from their home in Vancouver (Canada) to Portland,…
I’m 6’2. My body likes to be right around 172lbs. At my heaviest, I was in the mid-180s. I was super soft, but that was like a decade ago and it’s okay. For two years now, I’ve set a goal of getting to 162 before Leadville. The number was somewhat arbitrary, but it turns out it was a good one to choose as it…
The first big race of the year and my first time doing this classic. I chose to solo, which meant as many 6.5mi / 1000ft ascent laps I could get in before 6:30 was up. The course was fairly brutal in terms of a “marathoner.” As is typical of Oregon (at least in my neck of the woods) trails, it was constant action. Downhill,…
Yeah, it’s been a few months. Lots has occurred. Some the heaviest of heavy. I don’t mean to minimize any of these things, but I do need to get up to date so this is how it’ll go. Rebecca’s Dad On March 28, Rebecca’s father passed away after a long battle with cancer. I was lucky enough to be on the east coast for…
SAVE A LIFE! And it was easy. I’m so unbelievably honored to have been given the opportunity. Where does life even go after something like this? I kid… Enough emo. Let me tell you all about it! Step 1 – The Call A few months ago I received a call that felt like a scam. First, it was from Florida. I don’t know anyone…
The following is a post I made to our company-wide intranet, a highly trafficked space for our 12,000 global employees to share things from their lives, work, research, etc. “Adult” board gaming is a subject a lot of folks don’t know about, but are intrigued and hooked by when introduced so here’s me trying to intrigue and hook you. Our daily Slack interest gauging…