Month: November 2019
A Cure For My Cycling Ills
As I sit in bed, a bag of frozen peas between my legs, I contemplate how I arrived at this circumstance – perhaps later than I should have. A week ago, I had a labiaplasty. Over several years, I developed vulvodynia (irritation of the vulva) caused by labia hypertrophy (enlarged labia, usually asymmetrically). After a…
Not Every Day is Gonna Be a Good Day
This past spring, I was supposed to ride The Almanzo (100) gravel race. It’s a free-entry, unsupported, gravel race of varying distances. The day of the race predicted storms in the region, (which failed to produce). The other riders I was traveling with decided not to attend due to the forecast. I woke up early…