http://www.Amazon.com/books This post was inspired by the book Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser, by Lewis Richmond. Aging can cause us to feel diminished. We can lose physical capacity, infirmities can start creeping in, and our sense of self-worth can decline in retirement if our work had supplied … Continue reading Transformation While Aging →

I had one last chance to enjoy a sixty-minute ride during our interlude of sunshine yesterday in the morning before my injections (which were scheduled for 12:30). Today I have to keep my activity "normal and nonstrenuous" so am taking a day off from riding. Then more rain will show up this weekend. Nice And … Continue reading Snuck In a Ride Before My Injections →

More on the continuing saga of the injury to my SI joint: I was referred by my doctor to a pain clinic and after evaluation, they decided to give me two injections, one in the lower spinal area in case the pain going down my leg is sciatica, and the other in the SI joint. … Continue reading Back Injections Scheduled →

The I Care Classis Century ride I signed up for in May has more hills than I normally do on my recumbent, so I thought I'd better get a little practice in. The two most challenging climbs on the route are up Willow springs road, and "Buffalo hill" on McKean road (the latter got his … Continue reading Hilly Recumbent Ride →

Since I signed up for the I Care Classic century this May I need to work on extending my long rides. So I went on a four-hour cruise on my recumbent. I went out and back on the Coyote creek trail, but since it is still flooded north of Bailey ave. I detoured around on … Continue reading Four-Hour Cruise →

I've been discussing performance-related activities lately, like seeing my times on local routes vs. the "Strava Leaderboard" for my 70-74 age group. But most of my training, probably about 90%, is at a comfortable pace, while only the remaining 10% is higher intensity. This is a typical training week for me lately: "UH" means upper … Continue reading My Typical Training These Days →

I repeated my effort on the Strava segment I created last week yesterday morning. I did everything I could think of to get a little faster, including pumping my tires up to the max, using stiffer shoes, and making sure I wasn't wearing anything that would flap in the breeze. But I also made one … Continue reading It’s Fun Moving Up the Strava Leaderboard →

It is very rare that we get a rainstorm when it is cold enough for the snow to come low, but it just happened. The local foothills in the pictures below are less than 1000 feet in elevation. The first few are all close by, taken on a short ride from my home. The rest … Continue reading Snow Visits The Bay Area →

Adventure Sports Journal, Feb/March 2023 This issue of Adventure Sports Journal had the inspiring story of Shawn Cheshire, an Army Vet and EMT. This is a free journal available in various places, my local bagel shop had it. In 2009 Shawn got a traumatic brain injury while treating a combative patient, and ended up going … Continue reading Inspiration: Blind Adventure Athlete Shawn Cheshire →

I created my own segment on Strava, so I thought that made me the "king of the mountain" until someone else rides it faster. But it turns out Strava found others in the 70-74 age group who had done it so I'm now number 5. As I believe I've previously mentioned, there are a lot … Continue reading I Created My First KOM Segment →