Wine!

5-30-10

Went with a group out to Sonoma today. We brought our bikes (or rented them) and biked a 10ish mile loop in that had 5 wineries on it. We hit up 4, and tasted at 3 of them with a lovely little picnic lunch in between. It was an awesome day - the weather was perfect: sunny, clear, but not too hot. And the best part? No work tomorrow! I love 3-day weekends!!!

Reprise

5-29-10

Out on my first ever brick workout I spotted a partner to this little guy. 

Commuter

5-20-10

I've been kind of sick this week so that coupled with the fact that this has been the longest week from hell ever, I haven't been really had time to exercise. So yesterday I made plans with a friend from work to meet up in the morning and ride into work. Felt good to get moving again, and I logged 10 miles total today, even though a lady on BART yelled at me for taking up too much room. Sorry my bike is as big as your ass, woman. Ugh. hehe. Anyway, here is my bike chillin', waiting for the train to come. Check out my awesome bell. Yeah. 

Happy Bike to Work Day!

5-13-10

My co-workers and I teamed up and biked to work on "Bike to Work Day" today. There were energizer stations all around the bay - we got free tote bags, water bottles, etc. It was pretty fun! 

Jesus Bikes With Me

5-6-10

It's You Can Bike There Month! Katherine and I have decided to do the team bike challenge. You ride your bike as much as possible and win points for commuting and using your bike for travel (vs. recreation). This is a picture of our team's profile page. 

We are Holy Rollers. AMEN.

WOOHOO!

4-30-10

See that? That's my bike. At work. Yeah. I rode to the BART station, then rode BART to Berkeley, rode up to work, and then did it all in reverse to get home. And I rode the entire way home. I mean - to my door. Literally. Now those of you who haven't been to my house may not realize the significance of such a feat, so allow me to elaborate. I live up on a HUGE hill. Literally our house is at the very top of this hill. I rode up the ENTIRE thing! I didn't think I would be able to do it, but as I approached the second block a guy driving by cheered me on. As I approached the third block, and thought "I need to walk!" a guy in his yard started cheering me on - he said he rode his bike all the time and he can't make it up this hill. I told him this was my first day riding my bike and he said I was doing "amazingly" and that my gear ratio was just right, but that I needed to oil my chain. I said thanks and he said, "keep it up!" So I did. I made it up the 3rd block with his help, and the 4th because I knew I couldn't walk after he was so encouraging! I'd be letting him down! Yay for awesome neighbors! WOOOHOOOO!