You’re sitting down 95% of the time. More distance for less effort = more better. Ask me to bike 5 miles: no problem. Ask me to run 5 miles: I’ll have several problems. Cruising. It takes significantly more effort to run down hill than it does to stop peddling and let gravity and your bike do…
Tag: trailrunning
Backup Plans for Blowing a Finger Tendon/Pulley
No, I haven’t blown a tendon or a pulley, but some days my left ring finger aches enough that after 1,000 words my typing is reduced to my grandfather’s pointer-finger-only method. And then I go climbing. While I occasionally figure-eight tape my fingers to make myself feel better–the placebo effect works wonders–I’ve heard enough two-months-off horror stories…
BEWARE: The Dangers of Trail Running
Living in Colorado, I’m surrounded by beautiful hiking, biking, and trail-running paths switching back and forth up the Rocky Mountains. After work, I can run up to a rock formation resembling a mushroom with a natural throne-like seat on top or snake through fields of wildflowers up to a green lake at the base of…
Coffee. Tape. Climb. 