I should be posting my workout log, but something happened at the end of my rainy ride: I crashed and dislocated my shoulder. OUCH! My left hand slipped off the brakes and I headed toward a wrought iron fence. Not wanting to impale myself, I stuck out my left arm to arrest my fall, and… …
The last post was rather cryptic, so let me fill in some details. Last Wednesday, my mom had a mild heart attack. She actually diagnosed herself via EKG (she’s an anesthesiologist, and was prepping for a case), and drove herself to the hospital. She had an angiogram that found no blockage or narrowing of the …
Just a quick word from the Wasatch Front. Mom is doing okay, she’s up and around. She’s still stubborn – wanting to run around too soon – but it could’ve been a lot worse. I’m returning to DC on Monday, but I’ll enjoy the low humidity in SLC while I’m here.
I was going to head out on the PPTC Tuesday night ride, but came home to find my rear tire (which needs replacing, anyway) was flat. Totally flat. So I’m in the market for a new rear tire a little earlier than expected. I’m running a Specialized Mondo 700x23c on the front, and I really …
In one month and one day I will ride the Civil War Century, and there are a few things I need to do before then: purchase a new rear tire (the current tire has about 1,300 miles on it) purchase spare tubes purchase some gel-padded cycling gloves replace front brake pads (they have over 2,200 …
Okay, having the HRM working is an interesting thing. I decided to measure my resting heart rate this morning (you’re supposed to measure this immediately after waking up, before you actually get out of bed) to establish a base rate for workouts and to get a handle on my fitness level. This morning’s resting heart …
It took me long enough to do, but my Sigma PC1600 heart rate monitor now has fresh batteries and is ready to log data. That’ll make for more accurate workout logs.
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle > Great Falls/Potomac, MD Distance: 31.1 miles Duration: 1:45 Weather: hazy, 86 degrees Avg HR: 155 (est.) Type: aerobic A hot-and-humid Sunday ride, done solo. I followed the PPTC Tuesday route, more or less, and it was fine. Quite a dearth of rider out on the roads, which was …
The Hartford Courant is running a short series (part 1, part 2) on the woes at Connecticut Public Television. Over the past 16 months, CPTV has moved to a new, larger office while slashing positions, cutting back local programming, and losing both viewership and the resulting donors. CPTV has run up large debts: past-due phone, …
Activity: road cycling Location: Middleburg, VA Distance: 16.4 miles Duration: 1:05 Weather: hazy, 85 degrees Avg HR: 141 (est.) Type: aerobic This was a bit of a two-part ride: the first 4.3 miles were spent riding with sprite around Middleburg. We saw some deer (including a fawn) while riding behind the town cemetary. After that, …
