A happy reminder that my daughter is not me.
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cmkl: I was one of Matt Moore’s jerks the other day
Wherein I counter-rant about Matt Moore’s rant about cyclists on ottawacitizen.com
Continue readingcmkl: Worn and torn
I have worn out my tires. In six months
Continue readingcmkl: New threshold of power
Wherein I brag about achieving a five per cent boost in functional threshold power over six months training. Did you nod off there briefly? It’s okay. I get that a lot.
Continue readingcmkl: Bibshorts: MAMIL sausage
Wherein I compare the comfort and usefulness of the various bib shorts I’ve used
Continue readingcmkl: Ottawa Granfondo: that was a ride
Wherein I describe riding 235km over about eight hours and learn that I should never ride in a peloton.
Continue readingcmkl: Base layers: the old man and the undershirt
Part two of a series on my search for the perfect all-day cycling kit. Base layers.
Continue readingcmkl: Between a sofa and a plank: the search for the bike saddle of my dreams
Aka mister goldilocks goes to the bike store. Again.
Continue readingcmkl: Trans-Outaouais Terror
Sure the maps all say there’s a road there. And so what if there’s no Google Street View? How bad could it be? I’ve got wide tires and disc brakes. That should be fine, right? Right. So off I went. It wasn’t supposed to be all that hard. But there
Continue readingcmkl: Numbers or it didn’t happen: measuring success on the internet
Live tweets plus deck from a 90 minute presentation I gave to union communicators at the Canadian Association of Labour Media conference in Victoria June 18-20. [View the story “Numbers or it didn’t happen: measuring success on the internet” on Storify]
Continue readingcmkl: Cut Paste and Post: using open source content management systems
Live tweet of a 90 minute workshop I gave at the 2015 CALM Conference in Victoria about using open source content management systems for union communicators. [View the story “Cut paste and post – open source content management systems” on Storify]
Continue readingcmkl: Sunday was pretty good too
End to end, 5:22, moving time: 5:17. Not as speedy as Saturday, but still much faster than my 5:45 target. I have the wind to thank for a bit of it, but I do believe the training has been working. I wouldn’t have actually stopped at all if my power
Continue readingcmkl: We are back
Friday night to Tuesday afternoon is a long time to be gone. I apologize for that. I will be investigating the cost of reducing the downtime involved in a catastrophic disk failure and will be looking to ensure that my remote backup (which saved my ass) gets all the loving
Continue readingcmkl: Trouble is how to repeat that
This is my only mid-ride photo from the first half of the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour. The tl;dr is that I killed it. The wind was favourable for sure. I was aiming to cut 20 minutes off my last year’s time and crack the six hour mark. I told my
Continue readingcmkl: Server issues
My server is having hard disk issues and will be having a diskectomy Sunday night. Naturally the timing coincides with a busy weekend of biking. Wish me luck. Report weirdness.
Continue readingcmkl: Podium
Admittedly a small field, but I came in second in my age group today in Lap the Gats. I am thrilled. Apparently there’s this thing on the internet called “humble bragging”? I’m just going to brag brag. I was seventh overall in a field of 165 riders in this charity
Continue readingcmkl: Clif shot gels solve the ‘what to do with the tab’ problem
This is all I’m going to be saying about gels. And other cycling ‘nutrition’. Swearsies. But for those times when I don’t want a pizza, I’ve got a new favourite – Clif Gel Shots. Don’t care what flavour. Why? Because they solve the ‘what to do with the tab’
Continue readingcmkl: The quest for good goo: Clif savoury gels – Margherita pizza in a tube
I have been struggling with in-saddle nutrition of late. Whatever other goals you may have for weight maintenance, loss or gain, “eating while biking” after you get past a certain time or distance is all about avoiding that sudden onset of fatigue or exhaustion known as “bonking.” Not that kind
Continue readingcmkl: The NDP’s amazing win in Alberta – suggested reading for after the hangover
I have only the highest praise for everyone who put Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP in power over the last months – indeed years. They are some exceptionally talented intelligent and hard-working people. And everyone’s euphoria is absolutely warranted. So I feel like a miserable, cynical shit for writing
Continue readingcmkl: The cold, hard factual stupidity of Ontario selling its electrical utility: Hugh Mackenzie on rabble.ca
Normally I’d be all “but this represents Ontarians’ birthright, stuff that we have worked hard for and built with blood sweat and taxes” over the Ontario Liberals’ plan to sell Hydro One. But Hugh Mackenzie, an economist who works with CCPA, has another take. A rather cold, realpolitik, Bay Street
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