Adriene Crimson

My honey got a package delivered today and it was a new bike for me!! OMG!It’s beautiful – and just the female geometry I needed!He was supposed to get me an older version but he splurged and got me the 2008 Specialized Dolce Elite in white with pink accents. She rides like a dream and […]

I’d like to thank all of you who donated before December 1, 2008 for helping me raise over $1,000! Benchmark #1 has been reached! More than 1/3 of my required minimum and 21% of my personal goal of $5k! I’m so touched by your support!I said I’d give the incentive prize to whomever helped the […]

On Sunday, Shannon took me on the Paradise Loop in Marin. We rode from the Mission all the way thru Tiburon, around the Paradise Loop and then had Indian food in Sausalito and took the ferry home.This is the first ride that I’ve felt in my legs a few days after. Seems I’ve found my […]

I woke up on Thursday morning seeing the beautiful sunshine, knowing that I didn’t need to be at work until noon and I said to Shannon “wanna ride to burlingame with me today?”He was very excited and immediately got to cookin’ up his special steel cut oats with peanut butter – really sticks to the […]

I just wanted to post a quick thank you to those of you who jumped in so quickly to support this ride of mine!I’m happily stunned to have gotten to 11% of my goal in less than 30 days!I regret to inform you all that my only training done this last weekend was to ride […]

Ever since I moved to San Francisco and heard about this crazy bike ride from SF to LA, I’ve thought about doing it. Two years ago, I discovered that a friend of a friend, Emily, (who is now a dear friend) is the volunteer coordinator for the SF AIDS Foundation. I discovered this when I […]

On Saturday, Shannon took me to Marin for my second long ride ever and first training ride for ALC! We drove to Nicasio and then biked about 28 miles r/t to Pt. Reyes.Shanny encouraged me to leave behind my “civilian” hoodie (cotton, not cycle worthy) but I held firm and am so grateful as it […]

…and it’s wonderful. We were awakened at 10am to get ready for the day. Markus showed us an English blog review (sorry no link right now) of the resaurant in Malaga that we were being surprised with. Hundreds of Spaniards all sit under an awning while watiers walk around shouting out what they’re carrying. We […]

A fun part of this trip has been learning and practicing speaking both Spanish and German. Our hosts are German and Marie and her family have been coming to this home since she can remember so she’s got a bit of Spanish but mostly speaks German with Markus and English with us. Shannon lived in […]

To help us cure our collective hangover, we went to the beach. The beaches here have umbrellas and lounge chairs for rent and the one that M & M like has a bar/restaurant right on the sand. It was sunny but very windy that day so we opted to sit on the slightly covered porch […]