Training

I live in a mountain bike and gravel rider paradise.  If I were willing to retreat from cycling on the open road I wouldn't be writing...

As a cyclist I owe Larry Graham more than I'll ever be able to return.  Larry is one of my ultraracing models and mentors.  He and his w...

So ... I'm riding/training (bike) this morning going north on Skull Valley Road, climbing up the hill to Skull Valley USPS.  A passe...

Like most of us I am trying to find ways and methods to still participate in ultra events during the C19 pandemic.  I'm sharing some of...

As I've said in the past, December is the most dangerous month of the year.  That is the month when I look out at the warmer months ahea...

In the early 20th Century two brothers had just immigrated from Ukrainia to the United States.  Immediately upon their arrival they took a t...

It's just short of 4 months since the last of two knee replacements.  And I'm cycling with no hint of discomfort or pain.  The core ...

I recently read about a fellow retiring who said that it was time because he had to have a knee replacement.  It struck me as contradictory ...

I'm not training.   But I am doing extensive rehabilitation.   Knowing the difference is not easy.   Old news about knee replaceme...

The only way to recover well from total knee replacement is to become obsessed with it.  There couldn't have been a better surgery for a...

I really have no problem with the fact that I'm getting old.  ` Whining' is what people do when they have no plan to fix a problem....

In a few days I'll experience another medical miracle: knee replacement.  Second one in less than a year.   The right knee has seen ab...

It is May 5th 2019 and I'm fortunate to be able to have enough balance in my life to train well.  Consistency, volume and intensity.   ...

Skin Cancer and Cycling. As much as we may consider ourselves `recreational' cyclists and unlikely to trigger melanoma ... we aren...

A few years ago I wrote a brief blog post about the difference between  Epic v. Intelligent Training .  At that time I was training for the ...

The weather in central and northern Arizona has been unusually wet, cold and windy this year.  That means outdoor training has been meager. ...

I think it was Howard Zinn who said that disobedience isn't the problem.  Obedience is the problem.   I live in a location that has ma...

I'll be 73 in a few weeks.  And I'm not much of an athlete.  Never have been. But I've been getting medals and awards for the ...

Short post.  A week after Thanksgiving (2018) and it is time to set goals for rational weight loss.  Thirty pounds by June 2019.  No goal ...

My consciousness remains intact and is sharper and wiser than when I was much younger.  My `mind'  is another way of referring to my con...

2.5 months out from right knee replacement.  Training has been consistent and outcome has been better than expected.  I've been `itchin...

I'm typing this from a motel in Borrego Springs, CA, an hour and some change from the start of the  24 Hour World Time Trials . I arrive...

In November of 2017 I participated in the 24 Hour World Time Trial Championship in Borrego Springs, California.  Though I managed to put 25...

Perhaps the most consequential experience in my entire life was when I flunked my freshman year at St. Joseph's Academy for Boys in West...