I sprained the MCL in my right knee early in 2002. I went to physical therapy for it a few years later, but the outcome ranged from "my knee hurts some" to "my knee hurts a lot when I stand" to "my knee just hurts all the time and is unstable" as the years went by. I stopped running with any seriousness after 2014 and more or or less completely ( Read more... )

Normally, I'd title this post "Resolutions 2023" or some such thing, but after the more or less total failure of my 2022 resolutions, or more accurately, my uncharacteristic failure to remember my 2022 resolutions and the subsequent failure to even attempt to keep them, I opted against making any resolutions for 2023. This was probably the right ( Read more... )

So, Birdie is up to date on her COVID vaccines. She also got her flu shot. What's changed in our life because of it?

Well, we still aren't going out and about very much. In addition to COVID, both the flu and RSV are running rampant this year, and there's no vaccine for RSV. We still aren't eating out at restaurants, and most other pre-pandemic/ ( Read more... )

Well, this was a weird year, which had a big impact on my resolutions, as seen in my one prior update.

1. Stay Small And HealthyI was concerned about this when CrossFit was shut down in March. They did reopen in the summer with a number of changes for safety, but I opted not to return anyway, which I still feel was the right choice. Fortunately, ( Read more... )

My employer has had "bike to work" month six years in a row.

In July 2015, I won "most total miles" with 232.7 miles over 13 commutes.
In June 2018, I won "most total miles" with 250.6 miles over 14 commutes ( Read more... )

I went to CrossFit 92 times in 2018, which sounds good until you realize that at my membership level the maximum I could do would be times a week, or 156 times per year. Sure, I always lose some to vacations and holidays, but even if you assume 25 would be missed for that, that still leaves nearly 40 sessions that were missed due to conflict, ( Read more... )

It occurred to me the other day that I've been remarkably fortunate in acquiring possessions that last forever. An example of this would cover assorted bags. At a quick count, I've got 6 bags that I use pretty regularly, ranging in age from 10 years to 28 years ( Read more... )

Back in September, I had only biked 500 miles due to my sabbatical and other travel, and based on prior history getting to 1,000 miles seemed improbable. Then October happened. A combination of good weather and minimal evening activities led me to knock out 250.6 miles on 14 commutes in that month alone, the perfect "lack of" storm of biking if you ( Read more... )

Since my first day of CrossFit last December until the end of July, I lost five pounds. Weight loss wasn't my main goal, and I got significantly more toned and fit, so this was perfectly fine with me.

Over the five weeks I was in Europe, I lost seven more pounds. This puts my at my lowest weight since the end of the 2013 bike seasonI was certainly ( Read more... )

So how's biking gone this summerWell, so far I'm at 285 miles, the vast majority of that via commuting. Using my 2014 standard of two commutes a week, and starting with the week of May 10, my fifteen commutes has me two rides behind pace entering this week. Of course, I was on vacation for two solid weeks of that. Last year I was able to overcome ( Read more... )