As of today, these #Bontrager shoes and #Look cleats have pedaled through 550 miles (885 km) of gear shifts and curves and climbs. Most of the time they feel good. Sometimes they hurt. Some of the time they make my feet feel as if they are going in perfect circles. And in those moments it seems I might figure all of this out.
I don’t have any of this figured out.
Here is a video I shot and edited the other day, and didn’t show you.
Great weather to be outdoors. You have to take advantage of it when it happens.
That’s outside Telfair Peet, the theatre building. We were there for a show tonight. If you’re in or near Auburn you need to come see this show this weekend.
Dr. Tessa Carr, who wrote and directed the show, is a friend of ours. We’ve been talking about this performance for months. It sounded great and played even better. Go see “The Integration of Tuskegee High School.”
What Tessa wrote about this show gets right to the point of the performance:
All of the players are college students. And in every show I’ve seen they always do a great job, especially when you consider the demands on their time. And even moreso in this case, some of the actors and actresses aren’t theater majors or have never been on stage before.
Also, I know some of the people being portrayed in the play, and know most of the names of the rest. A few of them were in the audience. That must be wild, to see yourself portrayed on stage.
They’re doing a Q&A after the show, and that’s worth hearing, particularly when the people who lived in those moments are there to take part. But the show itself, the show is powerful and terrific.
UPDATE: They’ve uploaded the full show. It is full of important history lesson that we should remember, lest we forget:
Friday / photo / video — Comments Off on A pretty Friday 15 Apr 16
Beautiful, gorgeous spring day. We went for a bike ride because today was the sort of day you’d custom order if you could and bottle up if you knew how. We didn’t train or hit maximum heart rates or set any personal bests. But we did enjoy the sound of two silent wheels and the warmth of the sun and the stillness of the air.
And even if the time did not meet your very low expectations, you could still find views like this.
I’m never good at remembering this, so I’ll need you to remind me of it, but moments like this are why you always say yes, I do want to go ride.
Auburn / Friday / photo — Comments Off on April Fool’s post 1 Apr 16
Though it has no joke, this April Fool’s post does have a critical observation.
I’m no city planner, electrician, urban designer, drainage specialist, engineer or architect, but I know enough to know that someone deserves some blame here:
As you know, I like it when you can somewhat link multiple fortunes together. It almost instills a sense of fake credibility to the cookies’ gimmick. And so I’ll take these seriously.
For me, this means a bit of exercise. I’ve got six miles of running and 10 miles of riding and today’s 1,000 meters in the pool for the week. But some of that is about to change. I’m finally healthy and have a tiny bit of time for myself. So maybe this month will have some sort of accomplishment, or even a pleasant surprise.
