This one is a little long. And...get some tissues... I wrote a short blog in May briefly talking about why I didn't finish Campagnolo GFNY 2015. I wanted to zig by my body zagged. The decision to abandon was difficult. Even more difficult than you could imagine because I made it knowing this GFNY would be my last race as a ride leader and official member the Gruppo Sportivo. It was a decision that I weighed for about five months and didn't make lightly. The commitment to bein

It is early. It's snowing. There is a quality to the sound of snow falling that is remarkable. The silence that snow creates is also extraordinary. As a native New Englander, the first snow is one of the first weather events I anticipate eagerly. Exactly for the silence. Snow is an amazing insulator. It softens all the hardness of winter. It quiets the noise, it softens all the edges and makes everything pristine, if only for a moment. How wonderful is it to be in that moment

I had the best of intentions to start anew today. First Monday after the holidays...commit to a 30 minute "Me" routine...5-Minute sit, 5-minute journal or doodle, 10-15 minutes on the balls. In addition, the faboo hubby and I have decided to implement a mostly paleo way of eating. And I say mostly because well, butter. We have noticed as we get older (ugh...) that our bodies definitely don't like certain foods or like them less. The adjustment will be incremental and adjuste

I have done the job of Gran Fondo New York ride leader for three years. Tomorrow morning marks my fourth year in the saddle representing both the organization and the sport of cycling, my third as Head of Group Rides for GFNY. I take both jobs pretty seriously (read: here). I'm always a little nervous the night before/morning of the first group ride. Will it all go off? Will the weather co-operate? Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease let no one NOT ride single file in Piermont! Th

The Venn diagram says it all. My teacher Jill Miller has written a book called "The Roll Model" (it's available for pre-order on Amazon, publication date of November 4), I received my advance copy Friday. I've been working with Jill and her husband Robert on packaging and other branding materials for Yoga Tune Up® and Tune Up Fitness® for about four years now. We've collaborated and produced projects I'm proud of: The Massage Therapy Kit; the Tune Up Fitness® logo; the Roll M

Yes indeed! WTF with Negativity? I think I can safely say that many people would describe me as positive, energetic, funny and fairly easy-going. I would agree that is generally true. I can also say that for the last month(ish) I have found myself vascillating between mostly okay, okay and pissed off. Yup, straight up pissed off. I'm not sure how many times I've made the WTF Scooby-Doo face in the last month(ish), but it feels like it a lot. There's plenty in the world to be

Seriously. Because first the knee situation and second the bike crash, now third? My cat is dying? Seriously. We came home from two weeks away and she was alarmingly thin. It turned out she had a mass in her abdomen. Based on the severe anemia she is exhibiting, the mass was most likely in her spleen. Abdominal masses in felines are almost always terminal. We could have done a splenectomy but the consensus was that it had most likely spread. In addition, she may not have surv