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… →

This is an infographic created by Notebook LM from the Gemini Deep research report I generated The default mode network (DFN) is the neuroscience term about the parts of your brain that are active when you are not performing a task, so the brain is "resting". The problem is that our brains don't rest in … Continue reading Learning More About Meditation and The Default Mode →

We've had some really good weather for riding lately, plenty of sun and not too cold. I feel bad because my friends and relatives back East are getting clobbered by cold and snow. But that didn't stop me from getting in good rides. Jan 30th I did a recumbent ride to the East and North … Continue reading Lots of Nice Sunny Days Lately →

http://www.Amazon.com/books The book Growing Better Not Older by Dr. Sean O'Mara caught my eye, given my interests on this blog. He is an M.D. who in his late 40s was himself sedentary and not very healthy. He found out about the importance of visceral fat, which is the fat packed around our organs, as opposed … Continue reading It’s a Good Idea To Reduce Visceral Fat →

I created this with "create image" in Gemini. The prompt was "I 'm writing a post on using AI As a Learning Coach. Please make me an image to go with it" It's recommended that us aging adults keep our brains active, so people read and play games like Sudoku. That is a step in … Continue reading AI As a Learning Coach →

We had pretty good luck with the weather this last week so I was able to ride every day. I also threw in some walks close to home. I'll be visiting my brother in Phoenix next month and we do a lot of walking there so I'm building up to it. I've found after a … Continue reading Nice Riding For Winter →