Went on my second training ride yesterday, at 8:30 a.m. in Danville.  I think I have now reached critical mass in biking accoutrements: I was wearing my bike jersey, padded bike shorts (with baggy non-bike shorts over them, to maintain my street cred and preserve a certain mystery regarding my genitals), riding gloves, elbow and … Read more

All right, this is kind of scary — I have signed up to bike in a 100-mile race, the “Solvang Century,” next March 10.  That distance is approximately 99 miles longer than my usual bike ride; plus, I suspect there will be hills.  But I am determined to follow through — and, in doing so, … Read more