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Stories about life on (and off) the trail. Sharing stories about healing on my mountain bike. Plus dog hair.

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue Ā· Sep 28, 2026

    SLEEP: The journey of a thousand ā€˜liesā€™ (opens the original)

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    Sleep. The one thing that was never a problem for meā€¦ until now. Age 51, in peri and in crisis.I started down the rabbit hole of fixing my sleep ā€” wait, let me zoom in on this screen so I can read what Iā€™m typing ā€” in complete denial that any of this was age-related.I quit caffeine, I tried B12, B6, B2 and B50 Cent.I perfected my bedroom: clock out of the room, dogs out of the room, cat out of the room.Room-darkening blinds and a red night-light so I could enter the bathroom for my standard midn

  2. Issue Ā· Aug 19, 2026

    An upset & a pivot (opens the original)

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    I got upsetting messages this week from two women (friends who met throughā€¦ Michigan Girl) who told me Iā€™m not offering enough MiGirl events for the membership. This year, I will host a total of 17 events. Um... Iā€™m not sure how much more one person can do? šŸ˜‚Itā€™s hard to deal with some people expecting ā€œAmazonā€ output from a local business literally built by hand - in person and with actual human touch. It upsets me. It angers me. But - it motivates me. Because it means Michigan Girl has to evol

  3. Issue Ā· Aug 11, 2026

    Well, that didn't go as planned (opens the original)

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    Ok, hereā€™s the full Ore to Shore Mountain Bike Epic race report: The race was ā€œonlyā€ 10 miles, but please donā€™t think that means easy. There was still 500 feet of climbing and the only reason I could do it was because they added an e-bike category. Without it, I would have suffered a migraine. With it, I got the chance to destroy my soul.First let me set this up: We were going to have fun, ride it as a tour, and do it together -

  4. Issue Ā· Aug 4, 2026

    Tim's dark night of the soul (opens the original)

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    Tim and Mike finished the AuSable River Canoe Marathon in 17 hours and 14 minutes - and for the first time in my 14 years of feeding, our sons joined the crew. I warned them that eventually their father would look like death warmed over - I forgot to mention us feeders would, too. (Read what ā€œfeedingā€ is here!)<a class="imag

  5. Issue Ā· Jul 28, 2026

    What it takes to "feed" a canoe marathon (opens the original)

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    Last weekend was the canoe marathon and I want to assure my friends itā€™s not as glamorous and exciting as it sounds. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wOPe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:g

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