Tag: biking

• Busses, bikes, and beautiful boring roads

  Somewhere during the 51minutes of swimming, I transitioned from fearing paddling for nearly 2 whole miles to just enjoying it – the coolness of the water, the relaxing feeling of buoyancy, the calming rhythm of my stroke, stroke, breathe, stroke, stroke, breathe. The Kiwi who ended up winning the race overall had commented just before the race began that, “the swim is just there to be enjoyed…”

  Donna Douglass

  Tuesday August 2, 2005

  Great Outdoors, Musings of an athlete

  biking, donna douglass, ironman, korea, running, training, travel, triathlon

• Korean cake and a small victory

  On long bike rides I usually enjoy the conversation that takes my mind off the tedium. But 10 miles still passed almost unnoticed last Sunday as I rode among a pack of Korea bikers, even though I couldn’t understand a word they said. We rode along the inlet north of Kunsan to a ridge that […]

  Donna Douglass

  Friday June 24, 2005

  Flying, Great Outdoors, Musings of an athlete

  air force, aviation, biking, donna douglass, korea, religion, training, travel, triathlon

• On the head of a pin

  Many times, as I’ve flown into California, I’ve watched the dirt roads and hills pass beneath the plane and tried to find routes I’d ride if I lived there. So many hills and trails. So green and so many lakes and valleys. So here I am, for my first Xterra Triathlon…

  Donna Douglass

  Sunday May 15, 2005

  Flying, Great Outdoors, Musings of an athlete

  air force, aviation, biking, donna douglass, Flying, relationships, running, travel, triathlon, wildlife

• Four sunsets

  The sky was ablaze as I climbed above the white sands of the national monument just off the end of the runway. It was another breathtaking sunset painted on the canvas of high thin cirrus…

  Donna Douglass

  Tuesday May 3, 2005

  Flying, Great Outdoors, Musings of an athlete

  air force, aviation, biking, donna douglass, Flying, relationships, running, sunrise, training, travel, triathlon