It's all for you, readers: Even when we're at home, we're working. (Insert pat on back here). For example, for our upcoming Get off the Couch issue, which is all about local athletic events and how you, too, can dust off the old sneakers, we are not only doing the research, we're putting our money where ... well, you know the cliche.

Next week we'll run (or crawl) in the Rock N Race, and tomorrow one of us will bike to work, just to give a little shout-out to Bike/Walk to Work Day 2007, which is next Friday.

That's all well and good, but have YOU ever ridden down Mountain Road? Any advice for a novice, out-of-shape and nervous investigative biker?

Danielle