Wednesday morning I went on a longer recovery ride to the Northeast, mostly on Coyote Creek trail, a very pleasant cruise (posted here). One of my favorite panoramas on Coyote Creek trail, especially when it is this green. Wednesday afternoon I did some more easy riding in my local neighborhood (posted here). Yesterday I started … Continue reading Recovery Then “Bent Gravel” →

On Sunday I did a harder ride on my recumbent. I rode a brisk tempo to the Southeast of Morgan Hill towards Gilroy, then crossed over to the West side on Buena Vista, for a total of 32 miles. Ride is posted on strava here Monday I did my upper body workout rode my recumbent … Continue reading Three Days of Riding →

On Friday I did an easy recovery day of just under 20 km. I just did a pace that felt comfortable, which was pretty slow (posted on Strava here). This ride did put me over 600 km for march so far, which was a Strava challenge I'd signed up for. At my current rate I'm … Continue reading Recovery Day Then Longer Day →

Wednesday was hard upper body day, which I did first for 35 minutes at home. Then I squeezed in a 21 minute easy ride before lunch, and another 34 in the afternoon. Rides are posted here and here. Yesterday my wife had an errand so we were going separate for lunch, so I decided to … Continue reading Easy Day, Then a Metric Century →

I went on a local ride of a bit over two hours, first northwest of Morgan Hill in the Coyote Valley then West of town on some quieter residential streets. After warming up I did a brisk tempo ride of over an hour, then finished up with some intervals and short hill climbs. I felt … Continue reading Cloudy But Dry →

Today I was striving for a brisk ride in "zone 2" which is heart rate around 110-120 for me. I went up to South San Jose and back on my recumbent at an average hr of 112 so hit my target pretty well. It was unexpectedly raining (lightly) for about the first hour then cleared … Continue reading Brisk longer ride →

Sorry I missed some days of reporting, this will catch me up. Thursday was my upper body workout which I did in the garage, then I took my recumbent out, with the performance seat in a highly reclined position and my new headrest. It was surprisingly not noticeably faster than my normal setup. I did … Continue reading Weekend Riding →

Yesterday I once again got fooled by the weather forecast, but this time it didn't get me wet, I ended up riding on my trainer when I didn't really need to. It was supposed to rain earlier in the morning and then clear up, but instead it didn't start raining until the afternoon. I rode … Continue reading Mostly Indoors →

We have some more rain coming but it held off long enough for us to get our group ride in yesterday. It was a pretty pleasant day, not too windy but cold. We did our monthly outing to the restaurant at Coyote Creek Golf Course, with a detour around the flooded part by going over … Continue reading Tuesday Group Ride- Cloudy But Dry →

I've changed my schedule so Monday is my longest ride of the week. This is the ride I'll be ramping up each week until I do a metric century some time later this month (one of two Strava challenges I signed up for in March). Yesterday's ride (on Strava here) was 41 miles in just … Continue reading Longer Morning Ride →