5 October 2025

Earned my next badge of honor in biking

I had been barely out for 15 minutes or so on my bike. Huffing and puffing as I pushed my way up hill in one lonely stretch of road, I was busy mentally mapping out in my mind the route I was going to take. With my head down, slowly inching upwards, I thought I saw some brown and metallic on the road barely a foot away. I did not have much time to react.

I was able to barely save the front wheel. The rear wheel was not so lucky. I heard a clanging, followed by an unmistakable hissing noise. I quickly got off and pulled the bike to the sidewalk. Within about thirty seconds, the tire was flat as a pancake.

Realizing I didn’t have many options, I walked back home for three miles, dragging the bike with me. Well, at least I got some exercise done!

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4 October 2025

4 miles today

I started my run in cool, cloudy weather with long sleeves on. I was enjoying the wooden walkway so much that I decided to keep going a bit farther. When I hit the 2-mile mark and turned around, the sun was out and it suddenly felt really hot. I also noticed that running on concrete hurts my feet more than it used to, so now I try to stick to the wooden paths.

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21 September 2025

5K in my old digs

Lately, I have picked up my miles and have been paying for it with all sorts of pains in parts of legs that I did not know I had. Pounding on concrete cannot be great for the joints at my age. So, went to good old Big Creek Greenway this morning.

Loved it. Seeing so many runners on a Sunday morning brought back a lot of fond memories from the past. I need to probably start going back there …

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