After recovering with a day off followed by an easy day, yesterday I went on a longer group ride. It started 11 miles away in Gilroy so I just rode my e-bike to the start. We headed up into the hills East of Gilroy by what was for me a new route. After some serious … Continue reading East Side Adventure →

I've been overdoing it a bit with my training and my body let me know it last night in an unusual way- sore ankles. So I took today off and will follow it with an easy day tomorrow. I just did a short stroll around the neighborhood to get my "nature fix". El Toro From … Continue reading A Day Off →

http://www.Amazon.com/books Many people who strive to be kind have trouble with assertiveness. Eknath Easwaran talks about it in his book Passage Meditation: we can be calm and try to understand the needs and point of view of others, but as he puts it, that does not mean "being a doormat". This can be a delicate … Continue reading Compassionate Assertiveness →

Today my bike route rode out to Uvas Canyon park at the end of Croy road. Karen and I lived about halfway up Croy for 24 years until 2008 so this was a trip down memory lane for me. This is a pleasant rural route mainly West of Morgan Hill. We had a pretty fast … Continue reading Group Ride to Memory Lane →

Yesterday I went for a two-hour ride mostly to the Southwest end of Morgan Hill and into San Martin. I aimed to keep it at the high end of my aerobic zone which is a heart rate of about 120. My heart monitor confirmed that the pace was about right, although there were some periods … Continue reading Two Hours Standing Pedaling →

Today I finally found the time to try out my idea of riding my e-bike to Vasona Lake and then Kayaking. I did a trial run proving the route was safe last week. Today I made it to Vasona in 95 minutes. The route through San Jose and Los Gatos is fine, but not particularly … Continue reading Bike to Vasona Lake Then Paddling →

http://www.Amazon.com/books This is an interesting book about open-water endurance swimming challenges. author Ryan Stamrood of South Africa started out at the age of 27 as a typical adult, not particularly fit. He then decided to get serious about swim training. His first goal was the Robben Island swim (7.5 km or 4.7 miles) from the … Continue reading Push Past Impossible →

Saturday two friends from my local riding group and I carpooled up to Sunnyvale. Our parent club, Almaden Cycle Touring Club, had a bird-watching ride that looped from Sunnyvale over to the shoreline trail along San Francisco Bay, then past a special street in Mountain View next to the Google campus where egrets and herons … Continue reading Bird-Watching Adventure →

Today I did a dry run of my route to Vasona Lake that I'll take to go kayaking. I confirmed it is just under three hours round trip, so I can only do this on days when I can devote about five hours to allow time on the water. The good news is it is … Continue reading Out and back to Vasona Lake →

Yesterday's group ride was a brisk flat one, on the rural roads southeast of Morgan Hill, then working our way north to the Coyote Creek trail for an out-and-back. We then had lunch on the patio at Coyote Creek golf course's restaurant. It was a pleasant outing although the humidity was a little high for … Continue reading Group Ride on Coyote Creek →