This is the title of Maria Parker's inspiring book. Maria is an extremely talented ultra-endurance athlete. I first found out about her more than 10 years ago when she started setting ultra cycling records on her Cruzbike recumbent (she has four World Ultramarathon Cycling Association records for 100 miles, 200 miles, 12 hours, and 24 … Continue reading Do Tough! →

A recent article in Neuroscience News covers a Stanford study [1] on cell secretions during exercise. These were previously known about but it was not possible to isolate them from the blood for study. The Stanford group came up with a novel way to dive deeper into the blood to isolate these molecules, called exerkines. … Continue reading “Exerkines”, A New Tool For Tracking Healthy Changes Induced By Exercise →

Yesterday was an easy recovery day so I did a cruise down to San Martin on country roads to the Southeast of Morgan Hill. It makes the legs feel great to go at an easy pace the day after a harder workout. There's a little mini-farm on the route with a very inquisitive alpaca that … Continue reading Cruise to the Southeast →

Yesterday my group rode into the hills West of Morgan Hill, first south on Santa Teresa Boulevard to Day Road, then on Watsonville Road to Cictatic-Adams County Park. From there we did an out-and-back on Redwood Retreat Road to its end at the Fernwood Cellars winery. We then returned via Watsonville Road to Morgan Hill, … Continue reading Group Ride To Redwood Retreat →

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/social-media-and-mental-health.htm A recent study at Iowa State University showed that various important mental health indicators are significantly improved by voluntarily limiting the use of social media to no more than 30 minutes a day. This was reported in an article in Neuroscience News: "Key Facts: Participants who limited their social media usage to 30 minutes … Continue reading Improve Mental Health By Limitting Use Of Social Media →

http://www.Amazon.com/books Jump Start - The Science of Exercise Therapy for Anxiety & Depression, by Benjamin Kramer, is a well-researched 29-page book reviewing research on exercise and its effects on depression and anxiety. The book reveals that multiple studies have shown the benefits for exercise on depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders: Exercise is a powerful … Continue reading A Little Book on the Value of Exercise For Fighting Depression and Anxiety →

Yesterday my bike group started their ride East of Gilroy at the Mendoza ranch entrance to Harvey Bear County Park. This is 12 miles from my house so I decided to take my e-bike to the start. Google Maps predicted 1 hour and 24 minutes for that ride, which seemed like an overestimate to me, … Continue reading Long Group Ride on a Sunny Day →

I finally got to the top of the leaderboard for the 70-74 age group on Strava for the segment I created. This goes from the visitor's center on Coyote Creek trail, out to where the trail is closed off due to flooding just past Bailey Ave. My first attempt on this segment took 58:34. As … Continue reading KOM On Coyote Creek →

https://neurosciencenews.com/aging-social-participation-23413/ "Social Participation Paves the Way for Successful Aging", a review article in Neuroscience News, discusses a study that followed 7000 older Canadians over a three-year period. Those with more social participation (volunteer work or recreational activities) were more likely to remain in good health over the three years. This fits in with the concept … Continue reading Social Participation and Successful Aging →

We had a great turnout of 17 people for our group ride yesterday, on a nice spring-like sunny day. We headed Southeast towards Gilroy then toured around in the east foothills. There was a significant headwind from the south that we fought against on the way down, but it didn't bother me as much on … Continue reading Beautiful Ride in the East Foothills →