Blog Posts

Biking up Whiteface

February 5, 2016 - 4:49pm   Cycling

Last summer I rode my bike up Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks. It was a pretty important milestone for me, so even though it happened over 6 months ago, I’m still going to write about it.

Menstrual Cups

February 4, 2016 - 10:12pm   Women

This post is about periods and period-related products. Some people feel funny talking about this kind of stuff, which is silly, because it’s something all females go through...but, for various social and cultural reasons, people don’t talk about it much.

Sore Seat

February 1, 2016 - 8:37pm   Cycling

When people are just getting into cycling, they often complain about how uncomfortable sitting on a bike for an extended amount of time is. There are a bunch of things you can do to make cycling more comfortable.

My Favorite Banana Bread

January 31, 2016 - 2:25pm   Food

I saw this recipe in a newsletter from USA Triathlon. It’s from Laurel Wassner at Athlete Food. I’ve made it a bunch of times - it’s my go-to recipe for using up brown bananas or extra carrots. It’s really tasty!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Fat Bike

January 30, 2016 - 12:08pm   Cycling

I had my first Fat Bike experience at the Shindagin Shindig Demo Days back in August 2015. Shindagin Shindig a super fun event at a local forest/mountain bike hotspot. Bike dealers bring a bunch of brand new (mostly mountain) bikes for people to try out for free! You basically fill out a form, give them some ID, and then take a bike out on the trails for 30-60 minutes.

My first blog

January 29, 2016 - 5:15pm   S'more Thoughts

Welcome to Katie.Camp.

 

I decided to start a blog after realizing that I spend a significant amount of time sending e-mails and re-telling stories to friends who have moved away from where I live. Instead of typing out multiple emails to different friends updating them on my life, race recaps,thoughts,  etc...I will try writing about them here.