What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
And then there were surfboards…
Point White Dock, Bainbridge Island. Two months ago Coach Steve Rhoades said he was going to offer triathlon training and that the swimming piece would be done in Puget Sound. To my astonishment I signed on immediately. In this pic I'm about to paddle on Steve's...
Anniversary of a princess
It is one year to the day since I rolled my heavy cross bike up to the team. They wore spandex. I wore jeans. They wore Oakleys and Smiths. I'd forgotten my $15 safety glasses. I've come a long way. I felt the anniversary was worth marking in princess fashion. What...
Wet Princesses
The Bad Princesses: We're fast; we're female; we're (mostly) over 50. And yes, we are rather pleased with ourselves. The princess thing grew out of a random comment I made after biking 10 miles in the pouring rain to show up for a Saturday ride. I said to my coach, "I...