Around this time of year, our green hills turn golden. It happens sometime in May about a month after the last rain. It doesn't seem to matter whether we've had a dry rainy season or a wet one like this year. It's still pretty during the transition which takes a couple of weeks. After that, … Continue reading The Green Hills Are Turning… →

It got pretty warm in the afternoon here yesterday, so it was good that we finished our group ride not too much after noon when it was still in the 70s. After lunch, I still had a 3-mile ride to get home and it was getting hot. This was an outing to the southwest from … Continue reading Beating the Heat on a Group Ride →

Yesterday the Almaden Super Lions Club from South San Jose put on the 30th edition of their I Care Classic Ride, which starts and finishes in Morgan Hill just under 2 miles from my home. The local medical device company Paramit Corporation graciously hosted us. I had originally signed up for the Century route but … Continue reading I Care Classic Tour →

Once a month or so I like to retry the Strava segment that I created which is a time trial from the Coyote Creek Trail visitors' center to the Bailey Ave underpass and back. Yesterday I did it again and finished in 46 min 27 sec, a 2-minute improvement over my previous try. My first … Continue reading Coyote-Bailey Time Trial Revisited →

After a hiatus of a few weeks due to rain and my trip to Phoenix, I got to ride with my Tuesday group. We started down in Gilroy so I took my e-assist bike to meet them there. We headed across the valley to the hills on the east side then did some climbing on … Continue reading Group Ride in the Hills East of Gilroy →

On Saturday I did a long brisk cruise northeast of Morgan Hill. I took the Coyote Creek trail to the first flooded section, which I detoured around using Monterey Highway. I rejoined the trail at Metcalf Road and went north to Silver Creek Road. I knew another section was flooded before Hellyer Park, so took … Continue reading Two Weekend Rides →

After about three weeks of sunshine, we got a few days of rain, which is welcome because I hope it will keep the hills green longer. Yesterday there was an interlude when it stopped and I went out for a two-hour ride. This was scheduled to be an LH (legs, hard) ride so I cruised … Continue reading A Break In The Rain →

http://www.Amazon.com/books In his book New Steel, Chris Bystriansky tells his story about getting both his hips replaced (within about a year) at a relatively young age due to a congenital condition that caused him to get osteoarthritis. He had been active in various sports like hockey and swimming growing up. He still participated in biking … Continue reading Ironman After Two Hip Replacements →

I recently discussed Dr. Peter Attia's book Outlive, about healthy living practices. I promised to go into more detail about his ideas on exercising for longevity, which he calls the "Centenarian Decathlon". He emphasized three aspects of training specifically to stay healthy in the long term in his book: stability, strength, and cardiovascular training. He … Continue reading Exercising For the “Centenarian Decathlon” →

I just got back from visiting my brother Bill in Phoenix. It can get hot there by April, but I was lucky. It was nice and cool each morning, and only got warmer in the afternoons (80s most days, low 90s a couple of days). We went for hikes in the beautiful South Mountain Park … Continue reading Phoenix in the Spring →