My group headed Southwest of Morgan Hill up into the foothills, then down beautiful Burchell Rd to pick up the Gilroy bike path, which we took to the Sports complex. Then we came back on the path to Santa Teresa Blvd, which we took back home. It was a nice day which started out on the cool side but got warm by the time we got back to our lunch stop.
Heading South on Santa Teresa up the hill that takes you out of town.A side trip up the entry road to CordeValle golf courseSouth On Turlock Ave
The next few shots are on Burchell Road, one of my personal favorites:
This is where Burchell tees into Hecker Pass highway, which needs to be crossed with careThe Gravel Entrance to the Gilroy Bike path
The next few shots are along the bike path, which runs for several miles:
This is where the bike path ends at the Gilroy Sports ComplexReturning on the bike pathMerging onto Santa Teresa Blvd from the bike pathThere’s an urban section of about half a mile through GilroyBack in a rural area, heading for home
https://ift.tt/wxOr4u3 My last strength workout went really well, I was able to go pretty hard without pushing my heart rate excessively. But afterwards it occurred to me that monitoring heart rate might not be enough. Strength training can cause a temporary spike in blood pressure which is probably not a good idea. I figured there must be a lot of research on this, because there are a lot of older people with cardiac limitations besides mine which is relatively rare (including heart-attack survivors, angina sufferers, and those with valve regurgitation). And they are still encouraged to do strength training to prevent sarcopenia. So I asked Gemini deep research about it and it produced this fascinating report . It points out that a resistance training session, properly performed, is beneficial to the heart because while it temporarily raises blood pressure, there is “a phenomenon known as post-exercise hypotension, where blood pressure remains below pre-exercise resting levels for se...
https://ift.tt/CX7dOP2 Yesterday my group did a loop first heading to the southeast of Morgan Hill and then turning north to pick up the Coyote Creek trail. We headed North up to Metcalf Park and then south, finishing at Rosy’s in Morgan Hill for lunch. A few of us also added a detour to check out a side route along Basking Ridge road on the way back. This was 40 miles for me, in about 2 1/2 hours, a nice brisk ride. Rosy’s has Taco Tuesday the 1st Tuesday of each month, their special is their delicious Salmon Taco’s which I love. The Coyote Creek Trail on a nice summer day, tailwind on the way out.
https://ift.tt/aS2nC3F Fall in our area is not as spectacular as in other places but it’s nice that it lasts this long. Some trees have lost their leaves by now, but other species, such as maples, are peaking. Yesterday I enjoyed a long ride up into the hills West of town. I rode through Paradise valley then past Chesbro reservoir, and returned to town via Willow Springs road, enjoying the glorious sunshine. Long rides at an easy pace, like this one, feel like they are good for my leaky heart valve, or at least are relaxing. I won’t give them up unless my cardiologist convinces me too, but I’m pretty sure he’ll approve. The hill across Chesbro reservoir, with the dam on the left Looking down Willow Springs road Japanese Maple in our back yard
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