All posts in July 2022

Let’s just say that going up a long hill with the wind in your face isn’t enjoyable. However, one of the places I stopped to recover had these interesting folks:

I was especially interested in the cow, but the dog didn’t seem appreciative of my visit:

The horse, however, didn’t seem to care much:

Regardless, I survivied today’s ride…highest heart rate 166.

I did get back outside today…and it was a great day to ride for day 28 of 30 Days of Cycling!

No pictures, but you an see how beautiful it was by watching my thought for today:

If you are wondering where this is in Strasburg, Colorado…here is a photo of what I had my camera attached to to recorded it (snapshot taken a previous day): Read More

Day 27 of 30 Days of Cycling was on the exercycle in the basement again. Not only was it windy (albeit not horribly so), the was on and off…which just adds discomfort to the ride.

But today (I am posting this a day behind and post dating on WordPress), I am shortly going to climb on thy bicycle regardless of conditions. At least, that’s my plan. 🙂

Posting this late and backdating in WordPress…but one thing I generally avoid…at least first thing in the morning…is wind. Makes a bicycle ride painful.

Day 26 of 30 Days of Cycling was on the exercycle…

Since I had another unattended Supplementary Instruction session, today’s ride was in the basement again…

Assuming the weather cooperates, I’ll be back outdoors tomorrow!

I headed north this morning. Can you figure out where in Strasburg, Colorado I turned around at for day 24 of 30 Days of Cycling?:

Okay, the side of the building gives it away. 🙂

Of the three pieces of equipment, this was my favorite:

To give you a feeling of its size, I’m 6’4” or 6’3”, without a bicycle helmet:

Tomorrow’s ride will probably be inside, given Wednesday morning life obligations…

Just an ordinary ride today (day 23 of “30 Days of Cycling”)…probably my favorite loop now, for which this is the halfway mark:

(Posted the day after, backdated to the day of the ride.)

I figured I’d still take it a bit easier after Thursday’s “fun” ride, so I headed north on Strasburg Road. Trip out: no problem. Trip back: well…harder than I expected. On the surface (based on Thursday and today), it seems that my body does not start back up well after I stop for a drink. Hmmm…

Regardless, here are some pictures from my turn-around point today. First is a look northeast:

Here is a panorama that from due west to due east (you can click on it for a larger version):

Here are some flowers that I noticed on the side of the road just before I climbed back on the bicycle to head home (and why I said creation is a blessing):

And, finally, if you are interested, the Apple Fitness stats from today’s ride, which show a maximum heart rate of 162: Read More

I was going to ride outside on day 20 of 30 Days of Cycling, but my back suddenly got really painful first thing, so I went with the basement exercycle. Probably good, since yesterday’s ride caused me to make sure nothing went wonky with my heart. 🙂

(Posted a day late, but WordPress backdated to reflect the day of the ride.)

Day 19 of 30 Days of Cycling as toward Byers again.

This is me, just before I left first thing this morning:

And this is looking back at the halfway point:

Sadly, the perspective of the photo above does not do justice to the hill that I had to go back up in order to return home. Let’s just say that I got most of the way up it, but had some symptoms that meant it best to stop. Probably nothin’ other than not being in shape enough for the hill (and the eastward wind adding a decent amount to the effort), but I’m going to get checked out to make sure that is all it was.

And, unless they tell me otherwise, I’ll be back on my bicycle for day 20 tomorrow!

P.S. As much as it hurt my male ego, I rested a bit, walked up the remainder of the hill (with still a really high heart rate), and then rode the rest of the way home.

BTW, one of the symtopms was my heart rate hit 166, something I’ve never seen before. I am 58 and considering I am out of shape, that’s probably not the greatest thing based on this from the American Heart Association:

Maximum heart rate is generally calculated as 220 minus your age. That would make mine 162, so 166 isn’t horribly above that. But, at that point in time, it felt somewhat horrible. 🙂

UPDATE: The EKG and blood test all came back good. The critical care doctor said I can do what I am doing, but should listen to my body.

Nobody showed for my morning trig session, so I clocked out and went ahead and used the Exercycle for Day 18 of 30 Days of Cycling, while watching Zoom to see if any came late.

Nothing to report, although it was good to have my iFit subscription active again, so I could ride in Hawaii. 🙂

BTW, iFit folks (if you happen to read this), on your site you were going to force me to pay for a year for the individual plan (no discount), but I could go monthly by subscribing through your iOS app. So, now Apple is getting a cut instead of you getting it all.

(This was posted the following day, but backdated in WordPress to reflect the date it is about.)

Good moooooooooo-orning. 🙂

These gentle folks were at the halfway mark of the bicycle ride I just returned from. They were all laying down, and I tried to keep my distance, so as not to disturb them. However, as you can see, all but a couple wanted to know what the weird lookin’ guy was doing.

From a timing perspective, I rode indoors (Day 16 of 30 Days of Cycling). I plan on being outdoors again tomorrow morning…

First week, at least 15 minutes round trip. Last week, at least 20. This week, 25.

Day 15 of 30 Days of Cycling! Halfway there!

Other activities delayed my ride, but it still was over 90° when I set out tonight.

I did a Facebook Live stream of today’s ride. I am still debating whether I’ll upload the high quality copy my GoPro HERO 10 took to YouTube, but here are some video frames from my ride:

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I don’t know what the model is…and I don’t think it is made anymore…but the Subaru in the last photo is one of my favorite cars “of old.”