That time I opened (and promptly closed) my own business

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Ally Stacher, pro cyclist for Team Specialized-lululemon, recently launched her own line of bars, Ally's Bars. I too have been doing a bit of cooking lately; after averaging 3-4 trips a week to the same Vietnamese place over the course of a month,1 I tried replicating the dish at home and thus kicked off a series of cooking experiments.2 That plus the news about Ally's Bars led me to decide I needed to make my own bike-friendly food in the form of miniature scones.3 I baked them tonight. They were a success! Pocket-sized, moist but durable enough to hold up in a pocket, and absolutely delicious. However, there will be no Lindsay's Scones coming to Internets near you. I have been in the house with these scones for less than four hours and have already eaten seven of them. Seven. That's over a third of the batch. My order fulfillment would fail ...continue reading.

Chicken or Pig

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While reading the blog of a fellow racer recently, I came across something interesting. She talked about the book “Base Building for Cyclists” by Thomas Chapple and included the following excerpts: “Commitment to being the best possible athlete must go beyond following a schedule and completing workouts. Commitment is the details of how you live your daily life, how you track your training, how you listen to and take care of your body, and how you act to change whatever is holding you back from reaching your goals.” (p. 243-244) “The athlete who attempts to train through an injury rather than adjust his goals always believes he is committed, but he is not. He is acting obsessively rather than remaining committed to his objectives. Remaining injured is not the way to progress, and by not resting he creates long-term setbacks. This is when obsession is mistaken as passion or commitment.” (p. ...continue reading.