Category: cycling
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#rushaw4000
To heck with #bava4000, that’s old news. Let’s acknowledge #rushaw4000 – 4,000 miles on the bike(s) in 2025. It being December 21st today there’s still a few more miles to…
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1979 – Or, The Context of Breaking Away
I have been reminded several times over the last couple of weeks that 1979 was a long time ago. The first reminder is a reunion event that I plan on…
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Where Andy Rush Hasn’t Gone Before
When we first moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2015, we found a rental property (a 3/2 house) about 4 miles from the University of North Florida. That experience is a…
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Proper Cross
The British cyclocross TV commentators use a term “proper cross”. It is basically used to describe a wet and muddy race, with racers finishing covered in dirt. Obstacles and certain…
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Coffee & Cyclocross
One of my late fall/winter pleasures is watching cyclocross racing on the streaming platforms of Max or YouTube. Sipping warm coffee while watching racers complete several laps of a complex…
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Cycling With Diabetes
Catchy title, eh? This post is an attempt to put some thoughts down about where cycling fits within my new diabetes diagnosis. I’m still in the WTF stage of my…
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The Lengths I Go to Ride
One week ago (5-6-17) I had a dilemma. I woke up to a warm and hazy morning, but it wasn’t hazy because of humidity. It was the haze of smoke…
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Got Running?
I have an admission to make. I have a bit of a crush on someone. My wife kind of knows about it, but doesn’t know the full extent of it.…
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A Call to Ride
. . . for MS that is. For those of you who don’t know, every year in early June (sometimes it’s been late May) I do the Central Virginia MS…
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Climbing with technology
For the past several years I have had a couple of what I like to call “marker” bike rides. They are rides to let me know that I’m progressing adequately…
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