Another Week of Long Days and Good Weather
Sorry about the delay since my last post. When the weather is nice in the summer, I do longer rides and don’t always remember to post about them. We have…
Read More »Lots of Climbing
I signed up for a challenge to climb 7000 m (23000 ft) for the month of June on Strava. Trouble is I didn’t sign up till June 19th. I figured…
Read More »Having Fun on An Electric-Assist Recumbent
I mentioned recently that I had put an electric-assist kit on my recumbent from Swytchbike. I’ll go into a little more detail how it works here. The front wheel gets…
Read More »Another Week Of Rides and Workouts
I finished installing an electric assist kit on my recumbent, from a British company here. I’ll be describing it in more detail in a post soon. For now suffice it…
Read More »Back From Phoenix, Back At It
I got back from Phoenix Monday night, great trip. The heat wasn’t so bad, we got up every day at 5:30 and went for about an hour long walk or…
Read More »Back To Normal With My Workouts
I seem to finally have my SI joint and piriformis muscle under control so I can do my strength workouts and riding pretty much full tilt. I am attempting to…
Read More »Friday and Saturday
Friday I did a little over 2 1/2 hours on my recumbent out Coyote Creek trail to Blossom Hill road and back, at a brisk tempo pace. I noticed I…
Read More »First Try At Cooper 12 Minute Test
A lot of authors are emphasizing maximum aerobic oxygen consumption (VO2max) as being important for healthy aging, so I thought I’d look into testing it. It’s expensive to have done…
Read More »Nice Weather But Starting to Warm Up
Sunday was a hard ride down to Gilroy on the rural roads on the East side of the valley. I went for a brisk tempo ride of a bit over…
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