by Beth Bostwick | May 15, 2017 | Beth's Voice, Cancer Blog
This is such a broad concept. What is health? What is healthy? And there is all the other stuff like, how do you get/stay healthy? Medical care – how much is too much vs. not enough? Questions, questions…. I have a healthy feeling body, but when cancer was growing in...
by Beth Bostwick | May 12, 2017 | Beth's Voice, Cancer Blog
On my ride yesterday I was reminded of how cold fog can be out here! I remember fog as a child in Colorado and it was a warm, enveloping, mystical thing. You could kind of see, but not really. Plus all the horror movies had some kind of foggy scene somewhere. Just to...
by Beth Bostwick | May 10, 2017 | Beth's Voice, Cancer Blog
Now this is a subject you only have early in the season as a cyclist. Yesterday I went for a ride that included 2 decent hills. My butt is sore (read skin and bones) because it just hasn’t had time to toughen up. I’m sure a comparison could be made with horseback...
by Beth Bostwick | May 8, 2017 | Beth's Voice, Cancer Blog
This morning I had a fun surprise. If you live in a neighborhood with trees and squirrels, have you noticed the branches with live leaves on them just under a tree? As Allister and I are walking home approaching an intersection, we’re walking under a group of large...
by Beth Bostwick | May 5, 2017 | Beth's Voice, Cancer Blog
Yesterday I went for my fifth ride in two weeks and each one included a hill of some kind. As I left to meet another rider, I felt like something was missing. I start to run though a checklist: air in tires, check; gloves, check; water in my water bottles, check;...