Metric Century
Last Friday I did a metric century (100 km, or 62 miles) which I’d signed up for as a challenge on Strava. I picked a good day for it as…
Read More »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…
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