I'll be doing my club's Tierra Bella tour on April 12th. I'm only doing the 30 mile route but I'll ride to the start in Gilroy which is 12.6 miles away so a little over 55 miles total (88 km). That's a bit of my stretch as my long rides have been about 30 miles … Continue reading Ramping Up Training a Bit →

The first few pictures are from last Thursday, when I headed to the Northeast up to South San Jose: Last Friday I went out on the Coyote Creek trail and back over Malech Road: Yesterday was the rainy day. I went out up Dougherty road to the North and forgot it might rain so I … Continue reading Some Sunny Rides and One in The Rain →

Earlier last week we had high temperatures up in to the 90s F (32+ C) so it was good to get my rides in early. I've got pics from 3 rides here. The first was a week ago, a ride out to Harvey Bear Park on my upright. I meant to go off road but … Continue reading Several Rides, Some Warm, Some Nice →

I discussed in a previous post the arguments over whether science plus the philosophy of scientific materialism are enough to explain the universe and our presence as conscious beings in it. Alternatively, is "something more" that specifically addresses consciousness needed? A significant percentage of scientists do believe "something more" is needed, and there is even … Continue reading A Skeptic Learns There is Something Beyond Matter →

My group headed Southwest of Morgan Hill up into the foothills, then down beautiful Burchell Rd to pick up the Gilroy bike path, which we took to the Sports complex. Then we came back on the path to Santa Teresa Blvd, which we took back home. It was a nice day which started out on … Continue reading Group Ride To Gilroy →

Yesterday I went cruising fairly close to home on my recumbent. It was a nice spring day around 60 F (16 C). I had gone for a hard ride on my upright with intervals thrown in the day before, so this was an easy recovery day. I enjoyed the nice relaxing pace. My hamstrings have … Continue reading Local Ramble →

I got back from Phoenix to colder and grayer weather for a couple of days, then the sun came back. Yesterday my group had a really nice day for our monthly Taco Tuesday ride. We rode a bit south, then across San Martin, then north on quiet roads till we reached the Anderson visitor's center. … Continue reading Beautiful Early Spring Day For Group Ride. →

Yesterday was my first hard day after getting back from Phoenix. I was glad I hadn't lost any fitness. The rule of thumb is you can maintain your fitness pretty well on one hard day per week, and I was only gone five days. We walked a lot while I was there, I just didn't … Continue reading First Hard Day After Vacation →

Me, Bill, and Tommie. What's Cool About This (Apart from the handsome subjects) is it is AI-assisted. Bill took Tommie's and My Picture, I took Bill and Tommie, and I asked Gemini to combine into one pic with all 3. I'm just back from visiting my Brother Bill and Nephew Tommie in Phoenix for five … Continue reading Back From Phoenix →

...So I've been dodging raindrops or sneaking rides in between storms. More is coming next week, which will get us near our normal rainfall yearly total, which is great. Due to the rain I've done shorter rides this week but I've made sure I did my more intense intervals and my strength training, which is … Continue reading The Rain is back… →