Dopamine is a neuromodulator, which means that it affects many neurons in your nervous system. Dopamine influences neural circuits involved in pleasure, motivation, craving, movement, and even your perception of time. Dopamine works across two pathways in your brain – the mesocortical limbic pathway and the nigrostriatal pathway. The neuroscientist jargon here isn’t necessary; it’s …
I took a wrong turn, not that it mattered. Until my technical ability rises above a garbage truck, I will never do well in gravel races. You can’t make it up, no matter how strong you are. I know this, and I yell. Going through the turns, when my speed approaches blinding stupidity into a …
I’ve been in this movie before. In the guts of Kanza, it took 100 miles. In Belgian Waffle Ride, I managed to delay it until mile 120. In the first stage of the Joe Martin Stage race, it emerged at mile 90. The ‘it’ manifested, in the same way, each time. I couldn’t eat food, …
I’ve spent years failing badly at bikes so you don’t have to. I have a mortgage, two kids, a wife, a dog that doesn’t listen, a weakness for Miller Lite, and fish frys – but I can still turn a pedal if I have to. Chances are we’ll get along just fine.
C’mon now – let’s get fast together!
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