I did a group ride in the hills East of Gilroy on a cold and windy day but it was still fun. It was probably about 20 mph average, gusting maybe to fifty, so not much compared to what folks are going through in other places like the UK. Last night I got woken up … Continue reading Cold, Windy, and Beautiful in the East Hills →

"Round the Reservoirs" is a classic loop from Morgan Hill, very typical of the scenery near many of California's inland coastal valleys. If you climb up to the foothills West of town, you run into Oak Glen Ave which takes you past Chesbro reservoir. It then runs into Uvas road, and heading south you pass … Continue reading Round the Reservoirs Plus →

Jeff Rothschild, who has the website eat.sleep.fit (nutrition advice for active people), co-authored an interesting paper [1] on nutrition strategies to get improved fitness and health benefits from exercise. It turns out it is very helpful to try to increase signaling from the enzyme AMPK (short for the mouthful "5ʹ adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase"). … Continue reading Getting Improved Fitness and Health Benefits From Exercise →

I was sure glad I had electric assist today, as I rode 38 miles on the Coyote Creek trail. The wind was strong and gusty from the north, it would have been really challenging making progress in that direction without the help of the motor. The upside is that it made the air incredibly clear … Continue reading Beautiful (but windy!) day on the trail →

I went for a romp on a nice day on my recumbent. I took the back way to Watsonville Road, then over to Sycamore which took me to Oak Glen and Paradise Valley. Then around Chesbro reservoir to Willow Springs Road, and back home, for about a 90-minute pleasant outing. The path through the flood-control … Continue reading Paradise Valley Loop →

Runner's World this month (Feb. 2022, available online here) had an excellent article "The Dangerous Lie of the Perfect Running Weight", which echoes a lot of what was discussed here previously under the topic focus on health, not weight. It profiles four runners of various weights. The first is a young woman who was a … Continue reading No Ideal Weight For Exercise →

A good discussion on Clarence Bass's website, "Think Yourself Young", and an article in the Guardian "Can you think yourself young?" called my attention to this topic. There has been quite a bit of scientific research indicating that the answer is "yes", and conversely, with a poor attitude, you can make yourself age faster. It … Continue reading Mindset Affects Aging →

My meetup group did a two-hour plus hike at Rancho Canada Del Oro open space preserve. I rode my electric-assist recumbent to meet them, so between the ride and hike I did about 3 1/2 hours. I was pretty wiped out afterward but had a good time. Rancho Canada Del Oro backs up against Calero … Continue reading Bike-Hike, Rancho Canada Del Oro Open Space →

I have just completed an ebook "Healthy Aging and Long Healthspan" and made it downloadable here. Pretty much all of the material in it appears elsewhere in the blog, but it can be hard to track it all down, even though I've tried to organize my blog with the "contents" tab. So the book is … Continue reading Just Added- Free “Healthy Aging Ebook” →

More motivation to stay active as we age so we don't fatigue easily...