This year "Bike Sebring" was again held at the Sebring Raceway in Florida. This has 6, 12, and 24 hour events around the speedway track, which is flat. Recumbents are expected to do well on this type of course, and they did not disappoint, winning several of the events outright. I am on the mailing … Continue reading Recumbents Perform Well At Sebring Race →

On Tuesday I rode with my group in the hills East of Gilroy. We started at the parking lot of Harvey Bear park at the Mendoza ranch entrance off Roop road. I carpooled to the start with ride leader Kris. My ride to her house is posted here. The group rode out Gilroy Hot Springs … Continue reading Group Ride Tuesday, Dentist Wednesday →

On Saturday I went on an easy recovery ride because of my tough workout Friday. I cut it short because it started raining heavily, and finished up with some work on my trainer. Sunday I went for a longer ride of a bit over 35 miles. The pace felt "brisk but comfortable", and my average … Continue reading Three Day’s of Workouts →

On Thursday night I mounted my 28" wheel back on my recumbent with a heavy duty tire. I wanted to try that set-up out off-road. Yesterday I took it to Coyote Valley Open Space, Northeast of Morgan Hill, and it worked out fine, although I must admit an upright bike with fat tires is better … Continue reading Hard Workout With Headwind →

Wednesday morning I went on a longer recovery ride to the Northeast, mostly on Coyote Creek trail, a very pleasant cruise (posted here). One of my favorite panoramas on Coyote Creek trail, especially when it is this green. Wednesday afternoon I did some more easy riding in my local neighborhood (posted here). Yesterday I started … Continue reading Recovery Then “Bent Gravel” →

On Sunday I did a harder ride on my recumbent. I rode a brisk tempo to the Southeast of Morgan Hill towards Gilroy, then crossed over to the West side on Buena Vista, for a total of 32 miles. Ride is posted on strava here Monday I did my upper body workout rode my recumbent … Continue reading Three Days of Riding →

On Friday I did an easy recovery day of just under 20 km. I just did a pace that felt comfortable, which was pretty slow (posted on Strava here). This ride did put me over 600 km for march so far, which was a Strava challenge I'd signed up for. At my current rate I'm … Continue reading Recovery Day Then Longer Day →

Wednesday was hard upper body day, which I did first for 35 minutes at home. Then I squeezed in a 21 minute easy ride before lunch, and another 34 in the afternoon. Rides are posted here and here. Yesterday my wife had an errand so we were going separate for lunch, so I decided to … Continue reading Easy Day, Then a Metric Century →

I went on a local ride of a bit over two hours, first northwest of Morgan Hill in the Coyote Valley then West of town on some quieter residential streets. After warming up I did a brisk tempo ride of over an hour, then finished up with some intervals and short hill climbs. I felt … Continue reading Cloudy But Dry →

Today I was striving for a brisk ride in "zone 2" which is heart rate around 110-120 for me. I went up to South San Jose and back on my recumbent at an average hr of 112 so hit my target pretty well. It was unexpectedly raining (lightly) for about the first hour then cleared … Continue reading Brisk longer ride →