A TwistedChristian Dad

My 1st Cyclocross Race

On the weekend I did my very first cyclocross race, Mennocross. It was 30 of the most physically demanding, yet utterly exhilirating minutes of my adult life. It was unbelievably awesome and I can’t wait to do it again. For those of you who don’t know what cyclocross is, this little video gives you an [...]

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Guns and Kids

My friend Scott wrote a blog post over at ThisDaddysBlog.com today and asked me for my opinion. So I popped on over and found him talking about the “Right to Bear Arms.” As a gun owner with kids, I could relate to some of the things he said, while others I could not. He said [...]

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I’m a Cyclist

2 weeks ago I bought a shiny new toy, a 2010 Marin Argenta bicycle. It is a beauty of a bike, and I fell in love with it the moment I first rode it. Aluminum frame with carbon fork and seat stays. FSA Vero triple crankset with Shimano 105 10-speed cassettes and 105 front and [...]

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Wordless Wednesday XXXVI

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Feeling Overwhelmed

I’ve been feeling more than a little overwhelmed by life lately, and really, I have no one to blame but myself. I spread myself too thin. I try to do too much, and end up doing nothing well. I’ve spent the last hour and a half laying in bed with my mind going a million [...]

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40 by Christmas: Week 9

It’s been 5 weeks since my last update on my weight loss, and I don’t have much is the way of positive results to report. After week 4 I had just broken the 230 mark and was sitting at 229. Over the next few weeks I got down to 228, but then have been hovering [...]

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40 by Christmas: Week 4

Last week was a bad week. Mama Bean and I started EA Sports Active (but then only completed 2 workouts all week), I didn’t bike at all (i’m having minor knee issues again and wanted to give them a break, I’m going to start wearing a knee brace when riding), and I had a couple [...]

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Sharp Garden Update

My wife and I love gardening and have two gardens. One is a 1800sq.ft. monstrosity which is part of a community garden plot, and at home we have a 4′x12′ raised bed in our back yard. Due to a mix of poor planning and poor weather we only got 1/2 of our 1800 sq.ft planted, [...]

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40 by Christmas: Week 3

I was a little anxious about hopping on the scale this morning, as I didn’t get in as much biking as hoped for last week. On Tuesday I was almost hit by a truck while biking home*, so I didn’t bike on Wednesday and on Thursday I had to run errands after work and was [...]

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40 by Christmas: Week 2

I hopped on the scale this morning and weighed in at 234.4, which is down 3.5lbs from last weeks 238! I biked everyday last week, including a nice hour ride on Saturday morning before going out and spending an hour and a half weeding the garden. My legs were feeling that yesterday! It was good [...]

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