Over a year ago, I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Looking back at my blog posts from that time, I can confirm that getting my slender neck back was the only “Pro” of having thyroid cancer. I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of my thyroidectomy. The past year has been interesting. Some…
OK I’ll be honest – I am madly in love with the show MasterChef. It’s one of those ‘cooking reality shows’ with Gordon Ramsay yelling at people (but not as many swears). I normally don’t watch these shows and never saw the other seasons before, but Season 3 sucked me in solely because of one…
What are the things you look for when going to buy a new bike helmet? As light as possible? Good air ventilation? A color other than white, grey or black? (I personally now have a white helmet to keep it from heating up in the sun) Or perhaps you always wanted a polka dotted pink…
On the edge of the story of thumbtacks at the Tour de France, check out this scary thorn that punctured my friend’s tire: According to it’s wikipedia page, this scary thorn is produced by a flowering perrenial called ‘Tribulus terrestris’. Since that name kind of sucks, it has some common names, such as “cat’s head,…
This delicious French cupcake currently rides for Team AG2R – La Mondiale. A little older (26 years old) than our two 2012 TdF hotties, he’s also 6’1″. This is his first Tour de France and dreams of the polka dot jersey. Un-fun fact about Cherel – he was hit by a truck in 2010 while…
So I joined the YMCA because they had a pool and I needed to start swimming twice a week to train for the triathlon. First, I go to the Cardio room to do some jogging; I’m very pleased, I did a ten minute mile (for me that is awesome). While huffing and puffing, I notice…
Following last week’s TdF hottie, Tejay van Gardenren, this week’s TdF hottie is Dominik Nerz. This tasty 22 year old hales from Germany. Same height as me – 5’10”. He has a three year contract with Liquigas-Cannondale. Want to be a creepy stalker? You can follow his Twitter feed here.
I tried to do the swim/bike portion of triathlon training today and had an utter and complete fail. Since I couldn’t get my butt out of bed this morning to train with the team, I thought I could be clever and go later in the day. Well!! Sequence of events: 1. Get to the beach,…
First up in the third annual Tour de France Hotties – Tejay van Garderen! This adorable 23 year old is an American currently racing for BMC. I just bought a BMC. Too bad it didn’t come with Tejay. I’d buy ten more BMCs if they came with a Tejay. hehehehe He’s 6’1″, so nice n’…
Enter to win a sexy gelbot. Sick of getting gel/goo all over yourself while riding? Tired of having to put a sticky icky gel pack into your back pocket? Yeah, me too! This Water Bottle solves the issue – easy to get your gel and water on at the same time, or just your water.…