On Sunday I started having pretty severe sciatica on the left side. I think this might be a delayed reaction to my back injury from September 18. This is the opposite side of where I've had piriformis syndrome and an injured SI joint in the past. I was having trouble walking much more than a … Continue reading Out Of Commission Again →

I have always been a fan of breaking glass ceilings, whether based on ethnicity or gender. I think it started because I was raised by a single mom. She struggled to make ends meet working as a secretary, but gave us a good life. Back then it was very hard for a woman to rise … Continue reading Breaking Glass Ceilings →

I took it easy with my riding on Sunday and Monday and my back continued to improve, so yesterday I was able to go on a longer group ride. Sunday I did an out and back to Gilroy on the backroads through San Martin on the east side of our valley, for a pleasant 80 … Continue reading Group Riding Again →

The back problem I reported on Wednesday has gotten a lot better, I think it was just a muscle strain. Wednesday I was able to do my hard ride with intervals without disturbing my back. Then Thursday I was able to do my upper body workout. I did modify it to leave out the exercise … Continue reading Back on Track →

On Monday I did my upper body workout. Everything went fine except during the horizontal pull with resistance bands, the strap attaching the bands to the handle snapped while under a lot of tension. This sent a twinge through my lower back. It felt fine at the time so I finished the workout, and went … Continue reading Setback For My Back →

Tuesday I rode with my group to the Southeast of Morgan Hill. I had really bad luck with flats. I fixed a rear flat but could not find the reason. Then the replacement tube went flat after a couple of miles. This is on a Schwalbe marathon plus tire, which has almost 12 mm of … Continue reading Riding and Shooting →

It has been pretty hot this last week, a lot of days in the high 90s and even one over 100. Fortunately it's been better earlier in the morning so hasn't been too bad if I get out soon enough. On Tuesday we moved our group ride, which normally starts at 10:00 AM., to 9:30. … Continue reading Beating The Heat By Riding Early →

I mentioned recently that I had put an electric-assist kit on my recumbent from Swytchbike. I'll go into a little more detail how it works here. The front wheel gets replaced by a wheel with a hub motor. The control unit, into which the battery clips, mounts on the handlebars. After installing these two, the … Continue reading Having Fun on An Electric-Assist Recumbent →

I finished installing an electric assist kit on my recumbent, from a British company here. I'll be describing it in more detail in a post soon. For now suffice it to say I'm delighted in it. I took it for my first long test ride last Friday, and it performed superbly. I took the same … Continue reading Another Week Of Rides and Workouts →

http://www.Amazon.com/books This is the title of an inspiring book by Matt Landry. Matt, who lives in New Hampshire near the White Mountains, was an experienced hiker. But he was not as dedicated about it as he would have liked. So as his 50th birthday was approaching, he decided to set the challenge for himself of … Continue reading Forward, Upward, Onward →