Tuesday I rode with my group to the Southeast of Morgan Hill. I had actually dangerous luck with flats. I mounted a rear flat however couldn’t discover the rationale. Then the substitute tube went flat after a few miles. That is on a Schwalbe marathon plus tire, which has virtually 12 mm of a flat safety belt. After scrutinizing the tire I lastly discovered and eliminated a staple over 15 mm lengthy that had labored by way of the belt. Luckily I had a second spare tube and was okay after that. It was good to have buddies round to maintain me firm however a bit embarrassing to be holding up the group.

Wednesday I did my upper-body power exercise early within the morning. After that I went with my good friend Ted, a retired police officer, to a taking pictures vary to attempt my hand with pistols. I had solely shot a pistol a number of instances in my life, 54 years in the past after I joined a membership at West Level that used 22 caliber goal pistols. I used to be fairly dangerous at it so gave up after a few weeks. This time I attempted out Ted’s 45 caliber and 9 mm automatics and 38 cal revolver. Along with his teaching I did significantly better than up to now however was scattering the photographs fairly than getting tight groupings. Ted mentioned this was brought on by anticipating the shot and flinching a bit. He mentioned to squeeze slowly and let the shot shock me. That helped considerably. It jogs my memory of Eugen Herrigel’s dialogue about releasing the arrow in Zen And The Artwork of Archery. General, this was actually tiring! It’s a foul concept to do it on the identical day you do an higher physique exercise.

The subsequent day I did a protracted laborious journey with some intervals. Then yesterday I did a protracted straightforward journey to the Northeast of Morgan Hill which was actually pleasurable and stress-free, averaging about 20 mph with my help. I observed with a tailwind I might exceed 20 mph which makes the help kick off, a great way to preserve the battery.

Tuesday’s journey is posted on Strava right here, Thursday’s right here, Yesterday’s right here.