I am about a week and a half away from doing a metric century. I was going to do a local one in April, the Tierra Bella, which is run by my bike club, but I am volunteering to staff an aid station at that one instead. I couldn't find another local one in the … Continue reading Home Stretch in Metric Century Training →

I recently discussed Dr. Michael Greger's book How Not to Diet .The main message is that the science supports a whole food plant based as the most important step in successful weight loss and maintenance. But in addition, there were some relatively easy adjustments we can make to our eating habits that also support achieving … Continue reading Minor Tweaks For Health and Weight Loss →

Back in early December I posted about "Getting Stricter About Sugar". That has gone pretty well, although the holidays did make it challenging. There always seemed to be a special dinner with dessert or a holiday party with treats out coming up. But Dr. Michael Greger in his book "How Not to Diet (which I … Continue reading Follow Up on Getting Stricter About Junk →

My objective in my training for the past couple of months had been focusing on being ready for the Bay Area Senior Games time trial. This meant more relatively short but more intense training like longer intervals. It was going well, until I went to register for the time trial, which I thought was coming … Continue reading New Training Objective →

I tore my rotator cuff falling on the trail down from Mt Umunhum last May and haven't been back since. When my meetup group announced they were going to climb it again I decided it was time to get "back on the Horse", plus I really like this hike. I had trail running shoes with … Continue reading Mt Umunhum- Back on the Horse →

One of my meetups had an "advanced beginner" ride at a nice local park, Rancho San Vincente. I was a little leery about "advanced" in the title but I'd hiked the trail previously and it seemed nontechnical. I have zero technical skills off road. No rockhopping or stumpjumping for me. I talked to the leader … Continue reading The Old Guy Goes Mountain Biking! →

My meetup group and I went to this nice local open space for a hike. I think it literally translates as "ravine of gold", I don't know where that name came from. But the scenery was sure golden. I led this hike so was a little nervous because I hadn't been there in a while … Continue reading A Beautiful Day at Rancho Canada Del Oro →

Last Saturday I hiked 7 miles with about 1400 ft elevation gain with my meetup group at Almaden-Quicksilver county park. We were treated to a nice winter day, cool and sunny. Ruins of an ore elevator and elevated mine railway. The Almaden quicksilver mine in New Almaden, Ca, was important for mining mercury used in … Continue reading Checking Out The Scenery and Mining History on a Nice Day →

As I mentioned in my previous post there is some fascinating and useful information in Dr. Michael Greger's book How Not To Diet on the relation between what and how we eat and prediabetes. This topic is important to me because a good friend of mine was recently diagnosed with prediabetes, and has been making … Continue reading Nutrition and Prediabetes →

I have mixed feelings about New Year's resolutions. I think it's a great idea to take stock and think about what's working and what's not, and what we could change to make our lives better. But the stereotypical approach is too drastic- start another diet, or restart the last one but "try harder" this time, … Continue reading Appropriate For Starting Off The New Year- “How Not To Diet” →