It sure is steamy out there today! It was like a sauna, even before sunup.Sometimes we start getting weather like this as early as March; and it can persist well into November. I often wish I lived where it weren\’t so humid; and where there were four well-defined seasons. Spring and Fall typically are fleeting […]
I\’ve begun to mix it up now. About five years ago, I began to do off-bike exercises to develop some strength in my core; arms; and upper body. I gleaned a number of exercises from various sources; and after some experimentation, I grouped them into arm; upper body; leg; lower body; and core exercises. It
Like so many cyclists, I want to ride fast. It feels great to fly along, feeling like your wheels aren\’t touching the ground. But getting there seems to take an eternity. This morning I rode 45.4 miles; and astonished myself by averaging 14.5 mph! I wasn\’t expecting that, because about five miles before I got
It\’s the old 40/60 again. There\’s a 40% chance of T-storms tomorrow. That doesn\’t look so good for my long ride. Of course I don\’t like that; but on the other hand, that means that there\’s a 60% chance that there won\’t be a T-storm. This it\’s 40/60; and I have to try to focus
This morning I saw the July full moon, aka \”buck moon\”. I wondered where that name comes from; and I thought it might be because bucks, i.e. male deer, are in full antler by this time of year. I looked it up; and I was right! Yesterday morning there were some clouds near the horizon,
Am I staying on track? As always, I wonder whether I\’m really doing the right things. In the last week or so, my Garmin\’s Recovery Check feature has read \”Fair\” three times. Usually it says, \”Good\”. Too many late nights? I haven\’t been taking it too easy, have I? (Contradictory though it sounds). This month
Spare me the flat tires, please. We hear it all the time. Take along at least one extra tube when you\’re going on a long ride. If you\’re heading out on a bicycle tour, make that two tubes; and probably an extra tire as well. I keep a spare tube in my road bike\’s under-saddle
Vocabulary! @%#*! Wait a second. WHAT did you say? Yes, folks, we cyclists have our own vocabulary of four-letter words. Arch: what I love to see at the end of Tour de Cure! I\’ll bet TdF riders are even more elated at seeing the Arc de Triomphe! Also, the bottom of your foot. Bike: a two-wheeled
It may feel as hot as a desert; but with our humidity, a desert it is not. Yesterday afternoon the heat index rose to 112 degrees! I’m glad I can ride in the morning, before I go to work. I’m also glad that, when I ride a bicycle to work, I have less than three
Voila! There it is, at last! My apologies to anyone who\’s been trying to access this web site for the last 5-7 hours, and found it a confusing mess. I was doing a lot of tinkering. My pages were very long; and I was trying to rearrange them long into shorter ones. Not to go