kristina is a buddy of mine and a fellokristina is a buddy of mine and another 811 lean bean. this is her photo and her story as published in a recent houston magazine and paper. enjoy.

this is freelea.

freelea is my main competition for fruit and im her main competition for fruit. we trust each other, but not when it comes to fruit.

anyways, this is freelea's first youtube vid and its on what she eats in a typical day. (the green mangoes are just for demo's sake..ie: we dont eat unripe mangoes..lol!)

rode just on 210 miles yesterday. start the new year with a bang. these new years rides always end up solo...as i can never find training partners do go that distance.

it was about 14hours saddletime with sun, rain, wind and bergs to provide the training stimuli. i picked a course that provided RAAM like conditions. and was lucky to have such diverse weather for the ride.

i stopped off at a friends cert organic farm and grabbed some peaches. i carried a lb of organic raisins and that provided the fuel in between fruit stops.

how much and how big?

this one landed in my inbox just then.

its a common quesiton. i thought id share it here.

i love your lifestyle!!!!
Date: Dec 20, 2008
Message: I am just so amazed at your videos.....I love them.......you are wonderful....but I want to learn everything i can about you.

why do people freak out when they see a dead animal? i thought animals were here for humans to eat? why did they freak when the cat got put in with the cows, chickens, pigs and sheep?

i like to get people think'n..shake em out of apathy and inspire them into action.

listen to your heart. follow it. go vegan.

ive been riding my bamboo calfee road frame for 2 weeks now. did 7 hours + in the rain on friday and over some nice mountain ranges from canberra to batemans bay for a raw vegan athletics retreat we put on.

ive riden trek oclv carbon, cannondale frames and a few more. working in a top shelf bike store for many years i got to check out a lot of bikes..NONE of them as plush riding as the bamboo..

was doing some work on a mates certified organic farm the other day. it took me 7 hours to pick a box of apricots and move a wheelbarrow 20 metres. oh yeah, i pruned a plum tree too. they say time flies when your having fun. and for me, living my life purpose is 'having fun'. time just goes cos your so in the moment...

ways for me to get 'in the moment'...

nude sunbathing.
birdwatching
exercise
focus on breathing

spend time in nature. let your 'job' be one of contribution to yourself, the animals and the planet. we gotta lotta good work to do to create a planet we are proud to hand over to future generations..so sleeves up and charge on!