Adventure maker, cycling columnist, cyclocross racer. Pow. More over at the blog: Grit and Glimmer.Tumblr (3.0; @heidiswift)http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e94cabce6f562ea87b0786a0aa84205d/tumblr_mn7h0eL9EN1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Small Things: My Morning Coffee Delivery</big></p><blockquote><p>Diamond rings, fancy houses, fast cars, fresh cut flowers?</p> <p>You can keep all that shiny stuff.</p> <p>He…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/small-things-my-morning-coffee-delivery/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/51072827692http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/51072827692Wed, 22 May 2013 08:14:38 -0700coffeeLifesmall-things<blockquote><p>Strange how things work.</p> <p>I sat in front of my computer for two hours yesterday doing other things, wondering if I should post <a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/8-week-jump-start-weight-loss-challenge/" target="_blank">that challenge</a>. Then I did. And then all sorts of rad stuff started happening.</p> <p>First, many of you got excited. Which made me very…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/motivation-in-the-form-of-five-cols/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/51043974747http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/51043974747Tue, 21 May 2013 20:20:17 -0700alpenbrevetCyclingFitnessFoodhealthinspirationmotivationswitzerlandtravelWeight Loss<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/21c9e620d640ea644045be460fe7bd65/tumblr_mn4p60VSRi1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>8 Week Jump Start Weight Loss Challenge</big></p><blockquote>In which I wave goodbye to pork belly for a while. <p>Do you know how much I love pork belly? A lot.…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/8-week-jump-start-weight-loss-challenge/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50962725431http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50962725431Mon, 20 May 2013 20:18:00 -0700bikeschallengeCyclingdieteatingFitnessFoodhealthlosting-weightmotivationNutritionPrecision NutritionTrainingWeight Loss<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/665bbfc69bdacf53bcf8854912e913ae/tumblr_mmyak7Rgz41qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Review: Assos rainBootie_S7</big></p><blockquote><p>Nothing says S&M superhero quite like an oil slick bootie. Besides making me feel slightly naughty…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/review-assos-rainbootie_s7/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50658262479http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50658262479Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:54 -0700assosbootiesCyclingovershoerain-bootierainBootie_S7review<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7f0da0c827ff166048be2587ebff036/tumblr_mmx4e0DfkD1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>PhotoGlimmer: Wrong Turn</big></p><blockquote><p>Traci took a wrong turn.</p> <p>I had stopped to wait for the rest of the group. I was standing at the…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-wrong-turn/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50617401416http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50617401416Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:00 -0700bike-tourschiantigravel-ridesingambalecchi-in-chiantisiennastrade-bianchetraci-deliatuscanywhite-roads<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7196f29e0a1e393df4c58e13ac219850/tumblr_mmsv4xdlWN1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>PhotoGlimmer: Saturdaze</big></p><blockquote><p>City bikes with friends. Brewery after brewery, pint after pint.</p> <p>87 degrees and a little muggy.…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-saturdaze/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50431184982http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50431184982Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:43 -0700adventurebeercity-bikesducatiplinyprosesaturdayschwinnstorytelling<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f82c443c8088be776d95563bfecf7a24/tumblr_mmr2stbO7Q1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Photoglimmer: Rippers Undressed</big></p><blockquote><p>Nate Ripperton. Known to some as “Rippers”.</p> <p>Efficient, detail-oriented, clever, charming and…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-rippers-undressed/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50356060506http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/50356060506Mon, 13 May 2013 11:46:05 -0700bike-tourchianticycling-touringambaitalynate-rippertontuscanywomens-trip<blockquote><p>It all comes together in Dudda.</p> <p>Five relative strangers in front of a coffee shop, grinning. Five women with five versions of the most amazing coffee you’ve ever had. Five pastries. One long climb ahead.</p> <p>It’s hard to say why it happened in that moment.…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-dudda-allegria-and-the-best-thing-ever/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/49867112608http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/49867112608Tue, 07 May 2013 11:17:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0c0f35ff429707f3564c150dec2c4f8/tumblr_mlocj1GVqL1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Coach Talk: Getting Nerdy About Cadence</big></p><blockquote>Last week, I <a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/pro-tip-talking-cadence-with-julie-krasniak/" target="_blank">spoke with Julie Krasniak </a>about the benefits of working to increase cadence. She…</blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/coach-talk-getting-nerdy-about-cadence/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/48635683759http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/48635683759Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:49:49 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3b0365d450cd76a3d2ee7c38125c0c9/tumblr_ml1pnaRnGn1qaopo0o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Pro Tip: Talking Cadence with Julie Krasniak</big></p><blockquote><p>A few weeks ago I noticed an <a href="http://instagram.com/p/W-vkh3tMSM/" target="_blank">Instagram conversation</a> around cadence. It was a photo of <a href="http://rapha-focus.cx/julie/" target="_blank">Julie Krasniak</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/pro-tip-talking-cadence-with-julie-krasniak/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/47623904616http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/47623904616Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:28:21 -0700<blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/wp-content/uploads/strangersinhawaii-6.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://gritandglimmer.com/wp-content/uploads/strangersinhawaii-6.jpg" alt=""/></a></p> <p>Hawaii was almost sullen. Bodies beached and burning. Languid. Languishing?</p> <p>We dove in, full-on tourist style except for a few excursions to secret beaches revealed to us by friends with local knowledge. At the Royal Kona Resort octogenarians in bright…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-strangers-in-hawaii/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/47199945695http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/47199945695Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:46:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a7b3156c55e6e62e4cbd2c9421f1b19/tumblr_mkn26ftm461qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Racing somewhere hot? Heat acclimation and hydration basics</big></p><blockquote><p>On January 18th, I decided to race <a href="http://mtbayiti.org/" target="_blank">MTB Ayiti</a>. The race started on January 30th. Besides being…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/racing-somewhere-hot-heat-acclimation-and-hydration-basics/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46947533169http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46947533169Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:35:02 -0700<blockquote><p>We huddled around the laptop in bed this morning, as we have done so many times before.</p> <p>Watched Fabian ride away this morning, as he has done so many times before.</p> <p>While we watched, I wondered how the women’s race was shaking out and when or if there…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-remembering-flanders/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46765695622http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46765695622Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:17:49 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52e0759667cd0af498091f34b3648104/tumblr_mkh5luNq5X1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Photoglimmer: Good Dirt in Nobeyama, Japan</big></p><blockquote><p><em>2011. <a href="http://www.rapha.cc/one-thing-led-to-another" target="_blank">Tina Brubaker</a>. My cyclocross spirit animal. </em></p> <p>At each fork in the road in Nobeyama, Japan that…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://gritandglimmer.com/photoglimmer-good-dirt-in-nobeyama-japan/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46667301366http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/46667301366Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:03:29 -0700<a href="http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/34108841116/calling-all">This is easy. This is good. You should do this, too.</a>: <p>It reminded me of 1,000 cranes projects in grade school.</p> <p>Read the full story below and then take 10 minutes to send a postcard.</p> <p>Easy.</p> <p>Easy and so good.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/34108841116/calling-all" target="_blank">rivbike</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here’s a letter I got a couple of days ago.</p> <p>Grant,</p> <div>We live in a small world. I have a request - but I need to explain, so bear with me. My mother is in a nursing home. I visit her every day and in the course of my visits have come to know some of the other residents and I regularly visit with a…</div> </blockquote>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/34126648533http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/34126648533Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:15:42 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47107889" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I was in Tuscany so I can’t complain too much, but I’m pretty bummed to have missed this. </p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/29063336888http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/29063336888Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:01:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2p99ip9DU1r1w4eno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This.</p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/28984828368http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/28984828368Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:52:30 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87emnIuC81qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 10px auto 0 auto;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9393115@N07/7707233764/in/set-72157630890725622/" title="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7707233764_575b413f65_m.jpg" alt="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." style="width:23.4%; display:inline-block; margin-right:2%; padding:0; border:0; overflow:hidden;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9393115@N07/7707241588/in/set-72157630890725622/" title="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7707241588_8cb312e27c_m.jpg" alt="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." style="width:23.4%; display:inline-block; margin-right:2%; padding:0; border:0; overflow:hidden;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9393115@N07/7707229562/in/set-72157630890725622/" title="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7707229562_fbb3fa50f6_m.jpg" alt="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." style="width:23.4%; display:inline-block; margin-right:2%; padding:0; border:0; overflow:hidden;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9393115@N07/7707228822/in/set-72157630890725622/" title="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7707228822_12a75a35f0_m.jpg" alt="Alessandro Stella - Sienna, Italy." style="width:23.4%; display:inline-block; margin-right:2%; padding:0; border:0; overflow:hidden;margin-right:0;"/></a></div><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9393115@N07/sets/72157630890725622/" target="_blank">Alessandro Stella</a>, a set on Flickr.</p>My favorite philosopher shoemaker: Alessandro Stella of Sienna.http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/28661261957http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/28661261957Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:59:10 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m59u7dQwv81qaopo0o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Aamazing watching @yokoteute win in Philly. More amazing? Watching @evelyn_stevens BURY herself to make it happen. Photo by me, Heidi Swift.</p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/24642456152http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/24642456152Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:50:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m544cgHSBm1qaopo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ouch. @evelyn_stevens, @amberneben and @trixiworrack drive the pace on the Manayunk Wall. #phillybikerace</p>http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/24425414793http://heidiswift.tumblr.com/post/24425414793Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:43:28 -0700