My ankles have been sore lately, hopefully just an overuse injury. I had been hiking a lot so I cut back on that, but I've still been doing high-volume biking, like more than two hours per day. So I've decided to give my ankles a breather by sticking to shorter rides. This gives me time … Continue reading Emphasizing Upper Body (and Giving Ankles a Break) →

I did a ride down to Gilroy yesterday, mostly standing for the first couple of hours. The wind was from the south so it was good resistance on the way down. Then it was fun cruising back with a tailwind. I finished off with some brisk intervals for a good workout. It was cloudy for … Continue reading Cruise to Gilroy →

Yesterday I decided to do a two-hour time trial with my heart rate controlled to my maximum aerobic pace!!. This is inspired by the Maf-test (for "maximum aerobic function") developed by Dr. Phil Maffetone, one of the earliest proponents of training to develop this capacity. His version is only 30 minutes. I made it two … Continue reading Time Trial With Controlled Heart Rate →

Yesterday I rode my e-bike to Santa Teresa park (about 10 miles one way) and did an old favorite route, the Ohlone trail to the Coyote peak trail (pushing the bike up), and rode back down on the road. The bike worked great, 38 mm tires are enough to handle the unpaved trails even though … Continue reading Bike Hike →

I consider my "fit and trim" weight to be 165 lbs (which is a nice round number of 75 kg, or a not-so-round 11.79 stone). I tend to drift a few pounds above that when I allow too much junk to creep back into my diet. I've corrected that recently and stuck to much more … Continue reading Back to “Fit and Trim” →

http://www.Amazon.com/books This is an entertaining book by Tim Lebbon about him becoming physically active in his early 40s. The book is written in an enjoyable and witty manner. Like many of us, Tim had tried to stay fit in adulthood but could never make it "stick". The turnaround for him was getting talked into participating … Continue reading Run Walk Crawl →

It got to 99 F (37 C) in Morgan Hill yesterday, but thankfully not until the afternoon. I went on a shorter warmup ride on my own then joined my club ride at 10:00 AM. We went on a beautiful ride Southwest of Morgan hill up in the foothills, to Chictactic-Adams Park, then along Burchell … Continue reading Beating the Heat on My Club Ride →

I started out yesterday with about 30 min warmup briskly walking with hand weights. Then I rode, mostly standing for a couple of hours (at the "longevity inducing" aerobic pace I discussed recently), and finished with some fast intervals then strength training for my legs. This was a challenging but enjoyable combination. The weather or … Continue reading Walking and Biking →

In my last post, I talked about the idea of doing lots of aerobic-paced training and a smaller volume of high-intensity training, which I think of as "superpolarized". I tried it out today which was scheduled to be a harder day. It was enjoyable, first a long pleasant cruise, then finishing up with some strength … Continue reading Enjoying “Superpolarized” Training →

How would you train if your objective were not to excel in a sporting event, but to remain vibrantly healthy to the end of a long life? I have mulled this over for some time, and talked about it on this blog in the past. I got the title for this post from Rich Roll's … Continue reading The “Longevity Decathlon” →