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Coffeeneuring is Truth, Truth Coffeeneuring: a Blog Update
That is all we coffeeneurs know on earth… at least while the Coffeeneuring Challenge goes on. A new blog roundup is in order! Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring with Kids
As long as you follow all 19 rules, coffeeneuring can unfold in a variety of ways. You can go it alone. You may head out with a partner or a friend or two to keep you company. Another palatable option is to coffeeeur with your kids, which several people have done this year. Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Profiles and a Question about Bike-Friendliness: Will in Virginia
Today I have the pleasure of featuring a guest post from Will, who lives on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia. Will is a coffeeneur who also rides for transportation as well as sport, and here is what he had to say about one of his recent coffeeneuring experiences, the bikes he’s riding… Continue reading
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Marine Corps Marathon: From Frustration to Elation
Over my years of living in D.C., I’ve developed a fondness for local events. There are a few reasons why. Continue reading
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Last Chance to Join the Coffeeneuring Challenge and a Tweetstorm
Time ticks by, but not so much time that you can’t join the Coffeeneuring Challenge. But you must start this weekend! Between now and midnight in your area on November 17, 2013, you may successfully complete the challenge if you ride your bicycle to seven different coffee shops over the next four weekends. And I… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Week Three: The Pastry’s Only For the Photo
Coffeeneuring has exploded across the country, as people pedal from here to there, riding their bikes, and drinking coffee, tea, and insert-your-beverage-of-choice. I’ve also seen a lot of pastries making their way into people’s photos, although I imagine they are there purely as artistic accents. Yeah. That’s it. Continue reading
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The Furlough, Fall Events, and a Marathon Taper
Taking the topic away from coffeeneuring for a moment, I wanted to post some thoughts about three separate, yet interrelated, topics: lions; tigers; and bears. Or really: how I spent my furlough days, the impact of the furlough on the fall event plans, and my marathon taper. It also gives me an opportunity to post… Continue reading
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Ultrarunners Like Coffeeneuring, Too: Patti in Delaware
One of the great aspects of coffeeneuring is the people I have the fortune to “meet” via the Coffeeneuring Challenge. Patti, who is guest-posting today, completed the challenge last year and I’m happy to say she is back again for more bikin’ and coffee drinkin’ in 2013. Here’s what she had to say about her… Continue reading
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Shutdown’s Over: Let’s Talk Coffeeneuring
Washington, D.C., is alive again after 16 days of a government shutdown. What a relief! Even though many things were put on pause during this time, the shutdown could not deter people from their coffeeneuring quests. People are coffeeneuring their brains out so I put this blog roundup together to provide an inside glimpse of… Continue reading
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The Tweet Goes On Part Two: Week Two of Coffeeneuring
As promised, part two of The Tweet Goes On has arrived. Latte art, gas station coffee, delicious sweet treats, bikes, helmets, and other accessories. What else could it be but coffeeneuring goodness? And don’t forget, coffeeneuring is on flickr, too. Click here to see even more bikes ‘n coffee goodness. If you are a flickr… Continue reading
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100 Rainy Miles for Coffeeneuring and an 87-Mile Sunny Fun-Odyssey Follow-Up
We sort of interrupt the Coffeeneuring Challenge for a couple of ride reports. I say sort of because Sunday’s ride included coffeeneuring. My 87-mile Tuesday Fun-Odyssey also included coffeeneuring, but my documentation is questionable thus, did the coffeeneuring even happen? You tell me. 100 Rainy Miles for Coffeeneuring This weekend Felkerino and I craved an… Continue reading
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The Tweet Goes On Part One: Coffeeneuring Week Two
With some Instagram mixed in. I also put together an Instagram coffeeneuring summary on Storify. Some really creative coffeeneuring tweets and photos going on out in Twitterland, and so many tweets to feature that I’m doing this as a two-parter. Continue reading
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Guest Coffeeneuring Post by Lisa in Maryland: Buzz Kill and Black Market
Today’s post is from Lisa, a Takoma Park, Maryland, rider and coffeeneur. When she mentioned that her 39-mile coffeeneuring ride this past Saturday did not quite go as planned I was intrigued and solicited a guest post. And what we have here, my friends, is a story of two coffeeneurs who will stop at nothing… Continue reading
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This Week in the Coffeeneuring Challenge: Guest Post Coffeeneuring
I hope everyone is having a good time with the Coffeeneuring Challenge. I know I am. As you know, I recently featured a guest post from Paul and Maureen of their recent visit to a Coffee Shop Without Walls outside of Lynchburg, Virginia. Another coffeeneur and blog reader from Massachusetts, New England Bicyclist, was inspired to… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Rewind: Paul and Maureen’s Tandem Ride to a Coffee Shop Without Walls
I wanted to send us into the weekend with some coffeeneuring inspiration so I called upon two coffeeneurs to help. Paul and his wife, Maureen, are doing the Coffeeneuring Challenge in Lynchburg, Virginia. Their first stop to a Coffee Shop Without Walls looked so inviting I asked Paul if he would write a guest post… Continue reading
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Furlough Daze in Washington, D.C.
I still find it hard to believe that it’s been over a week since the government shutdown began. After two days of riding my Bike Friday Tikit, I left it at the Dining Room Bike Shop for some derailleur work. The staff said they would get to it “sometime,” and since then I have been… Continue reading
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Bloggin’ About Week One Coffeeneuring
Coffeeneurs like to ride bikes and drink coffee. Some of them also like to blog about it, and what follows is a selection of coffeeneuring write-ups from the the blog-o-sphere. Enjoy! Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring on Instagram via Storify
Based on a suggestion from San Francisco ciclista Meligrosa I tried a new way to capture some of the Coffeeneuring Challenge action– Storify. Follow this link for a glimpse of week one’s coffeeneuring Instagram images. Hashtag: #coffeeneuring. Please let me know what you think about the Storify method for sharing posts compared to ye olde… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Week One: The Tweetstorm Begins
Following along with people’s coffeeneuring has really lifted my spirits after a crazy week. Thanks to all who are embracing the challenge and taking time to tweet and post their outings. Today’s is the first of many update posts, and this one exclusively features a roundup of tweets from the #coffeeneuring peeps. Thanks again to… Continue reading
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Government Shutdown: Get Off My Lawn!
The government shutdown continues, much to many of our dismay. Also, the Coffeeneuring Challenge is in full swing, much to many of our great delight! Today I did a six-mile shutdown run (all activities will hereby be prefaced with “shutdown” until this ends, I tell you), which took me near the U.S. Capitol, by the… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge Update: Government Shutdown Rule
Today is the day! After another year of waiting, the Coffeeneuring Challenge begins again. Where will you ride? How will you plan your weekends to complete all seven coffeeneuring trips? Continue reading
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Shutdown Friday in Downtown D.C. with the Excepted Intermittent Bike Friday Tikit
Day Four of the government shutdown and for the second consecutive day I called on my Excepted Intermittent Bike Friday Tikit. It was cowering in a corner, licking its wounds from yesterday’s century, trying to be invisible. No doubt I had ruined some trust between us. “Tikit, you gotta give me another chance,” I said… Continue reading
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Shutdown Century on the Excepted Intermittent Bike Friday Tikit
Having designated all of my bicycles “Excepted Intermittent,” they are all required to help me with any “excepted” rides I might perform. Today, I called on my Bike Friday Tikit to assist me with such a ride. I departed my house around 10:30, figuring that my Tikit and I would ride out a ways on… Continue reading
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Shutdown Diaries: Leesburg Loop via the C&O
To help manage my shutdown anxiety I have spent the last couple of days away from the television, the computer, and the depressing barricaded and closed areas of downtown. I’m also trying to get in some exercise. After all, I want my work clothes to still fit when this $%&! is over. Today I took… Continue reading
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Due to a Lapse in Appropriations… I Must Run
As the realization sank in last night that no agreement would be reached to fund the federal government past the end of September, I was filled with frustration and dismay. It’s disheartening to work earnestly to neatly wrap up the fiscal year only to be informed a few hours after you’ve arrived home that there… Continue reading
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Third Annual Chasing Mailboxes Coffeeneuring Challenge
Coffeeneuring is based on an idea from Joe Platzner, member of the Seattle Randonneurs. As he discussed life after the 2011 edition of Paris-Brest-Paris, he noted: A bunch of us have trained pretty hard for PBP. After PBP, I’m probably going to lobby RUSA for an official “Coffee Shop Run” medal. To earn it, you… Continue reading
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Will Your City Coffeeneur? A Look Back, a Glance Ahead
After almost one year of waiting, the Coffeeneuring Challenge starts late next week. A look back at the 2012 participants reminded me of the coffeeneur-centric cities. Continue reading
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I’m @coffeeneur and I’m okay…
Chasing Mailboxes readers, if you follow me on Twitter please kindly change your follow to @coffeeneur. I still consider myself a gypsybug at heart (my former Twitter handle), but for now I’m making that account inactive to be @coffeeneur. We’ll still use the #coffeeneuring hashtag for the upcoming Coffeeneuring Challenge. Do you plan to coffeeneur… Continue reading
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Coffeeneuring Challenge: Save the Date
Save the Date! 7 Weekends, Six7 Cups What: The Coffeeneuring Challenge When: Weekends between October 4 through November 17, 2013 Where: Anywhere a hot beverage is served at a location greater than one mile from where you started pedaling Old Rules Along with New Ones, Based on Participant Suggestions! Formal Announcement to Follow Continue reading
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WABA 50 States Ride 2013: 45 States, Fueled by Espresso
In my very first ride report about the WABA 50 States Ride I described it as a 65-mile ride that feels like a daily commute that keeps on giving. At the end of my summary I expressed my doubts about ever doing the ride again. That was 2010, and every year since I have participated in… Continue reading
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