Trek Travel Portland to Portland ride from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine. Taking place August, 2025.
At some point in the last couple of years, I stumbled upon an idea shared by Jesse Itzler – the idea of Misogi. It encompasses embarking on an annual defining challenge that pushes your physical and mental limits. Ideally, by doing so, you achieve a sense of accomplishment, self-esteem and resilience. While fascinated by the idea, I had never put the concept into action – until now. My Portland to Portland trip is my 2025 Misogi.
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This was the first week in some time where I have had a day off from training. Right now, I train 7 days a week – and most of those days have two training sessions with the exception of one or two but they tend to have one longer session. […]
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This past week was a good mix of swim/bike/run and strength. It was a decent week overall given that every discipline was up week over week in terms of time. My legs felt a little heavy by the time Friday rolled around and my swim was less than spectacular, but […]
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In June of 2023 I had a job that had me traveling extensively through the summer. I made my first trip ever to Brazil and met up with a colleague from Australia and we were working together with the team there for roughly almost a week. I had finished my […]
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Have decided that I am going to do weekly updates on the training effort for the Trek Portland to Portland ride. Summarizing the most recent week of training seemed the most feasible, appropriate and least boring way to share process. There may be an odd workout here and there that […]
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I recently finished ‘Grit’ by Angela Duckworth. I have been listening to a series of audible books given the amount of time I’m spending on the treadmill and on my bike. Both lend themselves to committing time to listening to… something. Music has become boring at times. Podcasts and Audible […]
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Preparing yourself for a 3800-mile bike ride across the country takes time, effort and patience. Not only is it a physical readiness, but also requires a mental readiness. My ride is taking place in August, 2025 — a mere 9 months from now. In reality, I started my preparation in September of 2024 upon […]
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The title should have said ‘shit’, but not sure that would have flown. But it really is epic shit. What is ‘it’? In May of 2024, while surfing the interwebs looking for a leisurely cycling trip on which my husband and I could embark together — he’s not a cyclist, and I’m […]
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