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Me in my festive dress (and shorts underneath) getting ready for our bike ride

Red, White and Move

July 5, 2013 by kristikrass

Happy 5th of July! Yesterday I notched probably my most active Independence Day ever, as evidenced by the impressive 6,847 NikeFuel I earned on my Nike+ FuelBand. Jeff and I kicked off the 75-degree day with a walk with Lindsay, Daniel and Cooper to the always-bustling Lovejoy Bakers in the Pearl District. True, we ate more calories than we burned with our Lovejoy Deluxe breakfast sandwiches, oozing with fried egg, blue cheese, bacon, tarragon and frisee on ciabatta, and our cream-cheesy, […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: biking, holidays

Spring Is in the Air!

May 4, 2013 by kristikrass

Look at this glorious forecast. I’m in partial disbelief. But I’ll take it! Jeff and I took advantage of the amazing Portland spring by checking off an item on our bucket list: biking to work. The Nike campus is a mere nine miles from home, but 1,000 feet of elevation separates us. We identified a route with help from a cycling enthusiast at work (there are lots of them, by the way), Jeff borrowed a road bike from Daniel, and […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: biking, breweries, festivals

Worst Day of the Year

February 12, 2012 by kristikrass

It’s a sleepy Sunday evening, the end of a semi-cloudy, 46-degree day. Supposedly, it’s the worst day of the year, weather-wise, so in true Portland style there’s a bike race to celebrate it. It’s one of those races friendly to amateur cyclists like us – a race with rest stops with donuts, chai tea and beer – so we thought we’d give it a go. Lindsay and Daniel joined us in the 16-mile jaunt around the city. (We opted for […]

Categories: Our Oregon Trail • Tags: biking, breweries, race

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Red, White and Move

Spring Is in the Air!

Worst Day of the Year