Early this summer, I promised Jason Jacobs, the founder of FitnessKeeper (the creators of RunKeeper), that I would try RunKeeper for cycling. Well, it’s been a crazy summer and I just got around to it (sorry, Jason). When we spoke, Jason told me that the company’s focus today is on running, although they plan to [...]
On Sunday, I completed a 342 mile, 7-day bike ride across Italy. I had two simple goals: to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund and to survive. Thanks to the help of many caring donors, I raised $6,400 for cancer research and care this year (so far). Since you’re reading [...]
Last week, my daughter’s 31 year old high school math teacher, Carolyn Girod, was struck and killed by a car while cycling in Washington. At the time, Girod was riding with her boyfriend on what is reported to be a fairly rural and straight stretch of road. According to the Washington State Patrol, the driver [...]
The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) is a charitable, 2-day bike ride across the state of Massachusetts that raises money for cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The ride was the first fundraising bike-a-thon in the country, starting in 1980. Since then, over 50,000 riders and 30,000 support volunteers have [...]
When I was a little kid, there was a company that produced sneakers called PF Flyers. They advertised that they made you run faster and jump higher. They did. I proved it every time I got a new pair. It’s a good thing Michael Jordan wasn’t born yet, because I would have kicked his [...]
Answering questions posed by the press today, Johan Bruyneel, the team manager of the Astana cycling team of which Lance Armstrong is a member, commented on the impact of Armstrong’s fractured clavicle that happened as a result of a cycling crash this week.
“Whether Armstrong can recover in time to start July’s Tour is not a [...]
In November, I hit the 3,000 mile mark of miles cycled during 2008. At that time, I thought I would hit my [revised] goal of 3,500 miles for the year without any problem. As it turns out, I didn’t make it. As of 12/31/2008 – a full day I spent sitting on my ass on [...]
Early in the year, I had set a soft goal for myself of cycling about 4,000 miles in 2008. It was a soft goal because I had never kept complete records on previous years’ rides and didn’t know where 4,000 miles fit into what I had done earlier. Would it be too much or too [...]
Here in the Boston area, cycling is shockingly popular. You’d think that in a place that seems to have only thirty or forty sunny days a year such activities wouldn’t be such a big deal.
Perhaps because there are so many cyclists on the road, I find that car drivers are, generally, attentive and polite [...]
As a cyclist, data junkie and all-around gadget guy, it doesn’t get much better than this. Some people think this cycling computer is overkill, but my guess is that they’re the same kinda people who haven’t yet moved from VHS to DVDs.
Like most cycling computers, the Edge 705 collects data on cadence and speed. It [...]