Lin Bruce
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Lin Bruce
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Thriving in Winter
What’s your best strategy for thriving in winter?
My best winter therapy of all: a GramaLin Sandwich! (me, sandwiched between beloved granddaughters!)
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Off-Cycling Season
I choose to only bike seasonally—
Still, off-cycling season is hard.
What’s this time of year like for you?
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Holiday Wish from My Heart
I send my good wishes for you and your life. Especially this:
Keep Stretching,
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Staying Attuned, Hearts Desires
These past 12 days showed me how
What’s foremost in our hearts
Can shift in a moment.
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My Two-Thousand-Mile Goal
I’ve met my second
One-thousand-mile goal for this summer! Today, rode final 19 miles.
August 5 to September 28 was span for these miles.
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What I Learned This Trip
As I biked toward Bob,
Completing last few feet of this journey, Bob said,
“Congratulations on 500 ‘unusually-collected’ miles!”
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Anticlimactic Finish
Rode 30 miles: started St. James, MN Elevation 1,079 ft.Thursday, September 12, 2019Hello Friends,Ride continues to “dance around” weather. I rode 20 miles St. James <-> Medelia, MN.Highway shoulder marked for biking.Loaded up cycles to avoid rainDrove on toward home. Next ten mile section ridden.On familiar Sakatah Bike Trail. We’re in our Northfield home tonight.Ready to be here,Not […]
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Almost Rest Day
Unexpected find today: St. James, MN, Town with many biking trails
Wonderful discovery! After yesterday’s riding intensity, Today has been low-key, Pleasant.
Creative Solution
Seventy miles!
Last time I rode 70 miles in one day,
I was much younger.
Here’s how it came to be…
Rainy Day 8 WY to MN Ride
Rain as we crawled out of bed,
Continued most of day.
High wind from south.
Road shoulders taken over with “rumble bars.”
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Half-Way Point
Today’s ride crossed Missouri River.
Approaching one of tributary valleys, Swooping, 8% grade downhill. Fast downhill NOT my favorite. Descended at record SLOW speed. Hooray for excellent disc brakes.
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Report from Winner, SD
Within half mile, Realized what had seemed Too difficult, was manageable. Sometimes being in midst of situation, Lets one know what it is really like. Different than viewed from the window.
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