http://www.Amazon.com/books A Heart for Running: How Running Saved My Life, is the story of how a talented amateur runner, John McDonnell, overcame a severe heart condition in his late 40s, recovered, and came back even stronger. John is of Irish descent and grew up in Massachusetts. He married an Irish woman, Roisin, and after a … Continue reading A Heart for Running →

My sciatica flare-up is still bothering me when I stand or walk too much, but it is ok when I sit or ride a bike. So Yesterday I tried a longer (2 hour) ride and it went fine. This is good for me for relaxation and enjoyment. The sciatica symptoms (pain down my right leg … Continue reading Back To Longer Riding →

It was clear and cold today, a nice day for riding after all our recent rain. which totals about 9 inches for the year so far. I went for an hour of easy spinning, I still have to take it easy because I'm getting sciatica symptoms from the piriformis muscle of my right leg. It's … Continue reading Clear Day After The Rains →

Our latest series of rainstorms continued yesterday. We've had about four inches total over the past several days. This is a great start to the season, I hope it keeps up. We even got some hail yesterday morning. That's unusual for this time of the year, hail usually accompanies summer thunderstorms when we get it. … Continue reading Some More Heavy Rain, and Even Hail →

I have a pretty good home gym setup for both cardio and strength so don't normally need a gym. But gyms have special machines that are sometimes nice to use as well as classes. This wasn't enough incentive for me to pay for a gym membership, but if it's free that's a different matter. Some … Continue reading Back in The Gym →

We got about another inch and a half of rain here in Morgan Hill over the weekend, with more on the way today. This is a total of 4 and 1/2 inches this season so far, I really good start. I hope it keeps up! Yesterday we had a brief interlude between storms, so after … Continue reading In Between Rainstorms Again →

Two days ago we had a solid rainstorm of over an inch in Morgan Hill, and today it's raining again. This is great for our drought conditions, and we are happy to be expecting a lot more rain last week. Yesterday we had a beautiful clear day between storms so I was able to sneak … Continue reading Beautiful Ride Between Storms →

I have been interested in what constitutes "too much of a good thing" with endurance exercise for some time. I first discussed it in my post "How Much Exercise Is Too Much?" and gave an update on it here. I recently came across an article in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients that gave an interesting insight into … Continue reading New Insight On Excessive Endurance Training and Health- The Role of Healthy Diet →

My e-bike was getting a tune-up when I went on this week's group ride, and we were going on a route without too much climbing, so I decided to take my recumbent. There were no e-bikes on the ride, just me and nine other people on uprights. I was always right up at the front … Continue reading Interesting Recumbent vs Upright Result →