Yesterday was a wonderful day for a bicycle excursion after work. So I took my bicycle out on the trail, to find a lot of other people out and about. Riding a bicycle can be a solo experience, or it can be a very social experience.The difference depends on how social I am, and how … Continue reading A fall day… a fall excursion
Tag: Cycling
Right of Way Issues
"Are you trying to get yourself killed!?!" I didn't have time to answer the car as it sped by me on Route 210 this afternoon. But if I had been able, I would have said: "No, I am just using my rights as a vehicle to travel on this road, obeying all the legal codes … Continue reading Right of Way Issues
Fitness Update: Triathlon
Last week was the start of intense heat in our area. Monday's run -- 8 miles -- was done early morning at 70 degrees with a 92 percent humidity. It was good practice for the hot temperatures for yesterday's "Father's Day" triathlon for the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. But I'll get to that in just … Continue reading Fitness Update: Triathlon
Fitness Update: too much at once
Last week hasn't been the most intense week for my fitness efforts. I mean, I slept in two of my days that I usually get up and do something -- just because my greatest deficit was sleep, and eventually you just have to take it if you want to stay fit. I did do a … Continue reading Fitness Update: too much at once
Fitness Update: Running and Racing
Once again, this week's update will be a day-to-day progression Monday: Started the day with a 12-mile run on the Line Creek Trail. My last long run on the Line Creek was 13.2 miles at 2 hours. Today's run was 12 miles a 1:57:42. I knew going in that I was running a little slower. The … Continue reading Fitness Update: Running and Racing
Fitness Update: tempo continues
(Note: Another week of writing progress as the week goes on.) Monday: Wife opened at work, so I got up when she left, ran a 5K, biked to YMCA, swam 1,000 yards, and biked to work. At end of work day I completed week 8 (final week) of the triathlon training challenge at the work … Continue reading Fitness Update: tempo continues
Fitness Update: More Personal Milestones
And by milestones, I mean that literally, as well as figuratively. Though I may actually mean mile-markers along the running trail. This week started out with the usual commuting to work, recovering from the past's weeks physical examination. I kept my activity points up by the usual bicycling commute, and then had the accident incident … Continue reading Fitness Update: More Personal Milestones
Fitness Update: 11 miles and a competitive 5K
For today's post I decided last week to follow through on another of my goals: write down my fitness observations as I exercised throughout the week, instead of trying to remember when I am trying to get it ready for publication on Sunday evening. So here goes: Monday -- I'd call this another one of … Continue reading Fitness Update: 11 miles and a competitive 5K
Fitness Update: continuing record-setting
Once again I set a new daily record with my Misfit Shine. Running longer distances really racks up the points. Last week I ran a 10-mile loop on Friday, followed by a small bike ride to the community center for one of two weekly swims that I did this week. While running last week I … Continue reading Fitness Update: continuing record-setting
Fitness Update: end of streak
Well, this week I ended an 82-day streak of meeting my 1500 point daily goal on my Misfit app. The interesting thing was Friday broke the streak. I made it out to the Kansas City Corporate Challenge kick-off walk, but that was about all the exercise I got that day between working from home and … Continue reading Fitness Update: end of streak
At The Rainbow 