Courtenay Brown

Predictably, my fall is exploding. Papers, projects, assignments, bla bla school. Some training. Some recreating. And: scouring shark diving, safari and touring websites. I'm going to South Africa. For five weeks. I can't cannot not wait!! Here's hoping I find my camera before December 12 so I can take some of my own photos like this one:

I’m all introspective because this was the last race of my season. But I have a quiz to write so I’m bailing on my original plan of writing a playlist-themed race report, complete with samples and instrumentals. It was getting predictably over-involved and I’m probably the only one who would have thought it was awesome anyway. But I will tell you that Crystal Castles’ Vietnam, off their second eponymous release, was playing in my head for virtually all 4 hours 42 minutes that I was racing. It was a good choice – "I'm alive", indeed (side note yes I know that's not the exact lyric in the song sampled, Walk in the Park, but that sure is ...

Sorry folks, the bike's been sold!

Here, from :36 to 1:36, is Belgian French for "that girl with USA on her bum is amazing" (actually I have no idea what they are saying, but, that's me racing in Spain last weekend!).