May 08 2012
Thinking about Eddie’s potaoes au gratin as a good endurance food, why not hash browns potatoes too? Having made them from fresh potatoes and from frozen packages, let’s now try making the from dessicated form. Costco sells these in an 8-pack so if it works, you certainly get a lot to eat. All …
Apr 26 2012
Potatoes au gratin are thinly sliced potatoes baked with cheese and cream. According to Livestrong.com, a 1-cup serving contains 313 calories, roughly half in carbs, and the other half in fat. I like mine prepared with Yukon Gold potatoes, and a mix of parmesan and gruyere cheese. Most of you who’ve taken Heather’s Eating for …
Apr 24 2012
One of our riders, Heather, is a sports nutritionist and she will be holding an Eating for Endurance Cycling workshop on Wednesday, April 25 from 7-8pm at the South Bellevue Community Center. This would be a great way to learn how to fuel yourself for any long rides, including the STP. Please consider attending!! Click here …
Apr 23 2012
Last week Esther and I dusted off our tandem and went for ride. After a few mishaps, we did eventually get a ride in that week. We knew though, that we would like to make adjustments and so we went on another ride this week to try out some dffferent equipment. In particular, we were …
Apr 14 2012
Saturday found Esther and me preparing for our first tandem ride of the season. I dusted off the bike, checked to make sure all the tools were packed, pumped up the tires – good, no flats - and noticing the crank had some grease, tried to at least give it a cursory wipe. Rolling the tandem to the car, i removed …
Feb 28 2012
The cold temperature and the hills each contribute to the challenge. But for me, the biggest challenge is the fact that I haven’t exercised in any way, since September. Back then, my conditioning was acceptable. But I’ve had a lot of cake, ice cream, roast beef, red wine, poppy-seed muffins, and couch time since the …
Jul 01 2011
Hi riders!! Want to carbo load before the big ride next week? Well, we are having our Second Annual Tour de Donut (Eastside) ride!!! What is this ride you ask? Well click here to read about last year’s 2010 Tour de Donut ride. Date: Saturday, July 2, 2011 Time: Meet 7:45 AM, Depart 8:00 AM Meeting Place: Sunset Elementary School …
Jun 06 2011
This is an interesting ride – it’s split into two legs. The first leg goes east to the town of Concrete. Frances, Doug Y. and I took it easy; though Frances and I did pick up the pace a little we settled back to ride with Doug Y. who knows enough to not get sucked …
May 16 2011
One of our riders, Heather, is a sports nutritionist and she will be holding an Eating for Endurance Cycling workshop on Tuesday, May 24 from 7-8pm at the South Bellevue Community Center. This would be a great way to learn how to fuel yourself for any long rides, including the STP. Please consider attending!! Click here for more …
Apr 10 2011
Twelve of us on eleven bikes got out to Marymoor on Friday morning to re-acquaint the bike seat with our bottom end. For some it was a brand new experience (new to STP riders like Joshua, Lukas, and Danny). For me it was a reminder of just a little too much turkey and stuffing over …