Sunday was a hard ride down to Gilroy on the rural roads on the East side of the valley. I went for a brisk tempo ride of a bit over an hour than did some hard intervals and sprints on the way back. Monday I did my strength training followed by a short recovery ride. … Continue reading Nice Weather But Starting to Warm Up →

On Thursday I did my upper body workout, followed by an easy ride. I was happy to have my new and improved arm-cycling setup. I had recently talked about my problem with early stages of carpal tunnel syndrome. It turns out, using the arm-cycling handles I put on my home exercise bike, there is a … Continue reading Two Hard Days Then an Easy One →

Casa Loma Road My Tuesday group and I road around the two local reservoirs, Uvas and Chesbro, plus an out and back on Casa Loma. I was on my e-bike so was able to stay at a steady, fairly easy, pace. It was a nice day for it, not too warm. Riding Past Uvas Reservoir … Continue reading Round The Reservoirs With Some Friends, Then Hard Day →

http://www.Amazon.com/books This is the inspirational story of Matt Miller recovering from a severe accident. Spoiler alert- it has a happy ending! Matt was a premed student at the University of Virginia, and also doing hard training for triathlons. He was riding with some friends on the Blue Ridge parkway when he accidentally swerved into the … Continue reading The Road Back →

On Wednesday I did my 100km ride for the month, for which I had signed up for the Strava challenge. I finished in 4 hrs 23 minutes for an average speed of 14.2 mph (22.8 kph). This was 49 minutes faster than when I did one in March, so I was pretty pleased. But I … Continue reading Wednesday Through Friday →

Monday I did my upper body strength workout then went for an easy local ride. Tuesday was my group ride, we went to the SouthEast, up into the foothills East of Gilroy. First we headed out to the end of Crews road, seeing a little farm with two big pigs (Harold and Petunia) on the … Continue reading More Spring Riding →

This is the title of Sam Briggs' autobiography. She was Crossfit champion in 2013 and champion in the 40-44 age group this year. She has multiple other accomplishments in Crossfit and has shown remarkable longevity in the sport. She was is also a former British national indoor rowing champion, and her book is very inspiring. … Continue reading Start Your Engines →

I went pretty hard on my ride Wednesday, so Thursday I just did my upper body strength workout. I followed that with a short local easy cruise on my recumbent which helped my legs recover. I signed up again this month for the Strava metric century challenge, which I decided to knock off on Friday. … Continue reading Thursday and Friday Workouts →

The wild grass in this area starts to turn from green to golden each year in May. It doesn't seem to matter how wet the year has been or if we get late rain, like we did last Saturday. This week it has started to be really noticeable on my outings. On Tuesday my group … Continue reading Our Hills Are Turning “Golden” →

Saturday we got several inches of rain over the course of several hours, unusual for us in May. It wasn't too heavy so I still got an hour's cruising in on my e-bike. Sunday the sun was back and I went to a 2 1/2 hour ride to the southeast to San Martin and Gilroy. … Continue reading Weekend Fun →