Hello everyone. A quick note to all those who completed the 2024 Coffeeneuring Challenge. The last group of patches was mailed out over the weekend. Keep an eye on your mailboxes over the next coup…| Chasing Mailboxes
Life has been a jumble this year, both humbling and disruptive, spent with a reeling mind as my comfy routine evaporated. I’ve confronted unfun truths and come closer to understanding our finite nature. At times, it’s been a challenge to …| Chasing Mailboxes
Date: Nov. 24, 2024 Destination: Commonplace Coffee, Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh Distance: 5.2 miles/8.4 kilometers Drink: Espresso and latte Weather: Cloudy, 41F/5C It’s the end of another coffe…| The Daily Randonneur
We’re riding into the sunset of the Coffeeneuring Challenge, but in the interest of making most of this year’s edition, the Coffeeneuring Challenge Committee is offering an extension until November 25 to complete the challenge. Another small win! Don’t forget, …| Chasing Mailboxes
This year’s Coffeenering Challenge theme of small wins felt especially poignant today. Mary and I rode what I call the “Hyattsville loop” for the first time in 2024, something that has not been possible until I made enough shoulder rehabilitation progress. We last rode this loop on Nov. 25, 2023, just about a year ago. […]| The Daily Randonneur
We’re in the home stretch now for this year’s Coffeeneuring Challenge! I’m just one ride away from completion of all seven after today’s leafy outing on the C&O Canal Towpath with Mary. This was my longest ride of my rehab buildup in terms of minutes, at exactly 100, or 1 hour 40 minutes. I’m following […]| The Daily Randonneur
Washington had another weekend of glorious fall weather, which offered an ideal setting for a meetup with Tony P., who reached out to me earlier this year when I was off the bike. He suggested we get together for an easy ride when I was feeling better, and Saturday was that day. Tony met me […]| The Daily Randonneur
Hi friends, we’re over the halfway point of this year’s challenge and that means the first group of coffeeneurs is crossing the finish line. Want to get the paperwork done early? Complete the Coffeeneuring Challenge Finishers Form and cross it …| Chasing Mailboxes
Mary organized the very first Coffeeneuring Challenge meetup in Washinton this weekend on the National Mall at the new Bar Americano cafe. The owners are working out of a National Park Service concession kiosk across from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Being the only intern in the coffeeneuring organization, I felt it was important […]| The Daily Randonneur
Mary and I went to one of our nearby favorites for my third outing in the 2024 Coffeeneuring Challenge. Swing’s Coffee has three locations, and this one is the roastery in the tony Del Ray area of Alexandria. It’s a popular stop on the weekends, being right across the street from local public soccer fields. […]| The Daily Randonneur
This week I broke my streak of classic coffeeneuring. In case you have not heard, “classic” means official rides on weekends only, as it was when the Coffeeneuring Challenge was invented in 2011. Why? Filter Coffeehouse in downtown Washington has been a favorite of mine for a very long time but it is only open […]| The Daily Randonneur
I’ve decided to blog each of my Coffeeneuring Challenge 2024 rides this year as I gradually rebuild my riding strength. I completed my rehabilitation sessions for my shoulder earlier this week, on Oct. 1. It was my 60th visit, the most allowed by my insurance company per injury. Many, many kudos go to my therapist, […]| The Daily Randonneur
Readers. Bike riders. Randonneurs. Members of the Always Be Coffeeneuring Club. Everyone (on Earth)! The season has arrived. Year 14 of the Coffeeneuring Challenge. I’m pretty excited to say …| Chasing Mailboxes