Mellow Velo

The difference

Posted on12. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.

Bicycles everywhere – everyone on a bicycle. It’s a beautiful thing to see, although watch carefully or you might accidentally hit someone.
Here in the front range, cycling is a way of life and most people partake to some degree. A few weeks ago, the Mr. and I rode the monthly Golden Cruise, a casual, 5-mile [...]

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Confessions

Posted on07. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.

When I was interviewed for the job with IMBA, one of the first questions I was asked was, “Why do you blog?”
Of all the queries I faced during two interviews, including – essentially – “How would you fix X department’s problems?”, I was most surprised and tripped up by the blog question. My off-the-cuff response [...]

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Do you remember?

Posted on04. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.

Even people from Texas know about Coloradoans.
We know we’re not liked, so we stereotype our cowboy counterparts right back.
It is especially the Boulderites – we hear – who have a special penchant for making their “fitter-than-thou” status an all-encompassing attitude that leads them to look down on the rest of us mere mortals. This was [...]

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Weightless Expectations

Posted on29. Jul, 2010 by KFullerF4.

The shattering of expectations can be unsettling, such as yesterday when the Mr. and I hiked up South Table Mountain, one of the most prominent geographical features in Golden. I fully expected to be fit enough to saunter up with no problem, but weakness flooded my limbs and my red blood cells screamed for oxygen.

At [...]

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