Category: health

Getting Fit — 28+ Mile Bike Ride on 5/30/23

I rode with the same lady I went riding 9 miles with last week.  We met up at a bike-friendly church (parking, bike repair kit, welcome to bikers signs, use our bathrooms) on the bike path and headed north on the Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail.  My new friend has an e-assist bike, so I…

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Getting Fit: bike ride Ottawa County 052623

Copy and pasted from Strava (on a 30-day free trial and need to figure out how to lift actual maps from it of the rides) 11.44 mi 1:21:43 296 ft 156 Avg Max Speed 8.4 mi/h 17.3 mi/h Elapsed Time 1:45:52 Clear Temperature 64 ℉ Humidity 43% Feels like 62 ℉ Wind Speed 8.3 mi/h…

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Getting Fit — On the bike

I’ve taken 2 bike rides so far, one on the 16th and the other yesterday, the 25th. On the 16th I went a tad over 8 miles.  Perfect riding weather. Yesterday I went on a ride with a new friend that I met on the bike path riders facebook page.  We met up at the…

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Earth Day 2023 EcoTrek Fitness, Happy Little Trees 5K Walk

Cari Draft, my fitness guru and founder of EcoTrek Fitness, leading the Earth Day Walk at Hoffmaster(that’s me lollygagging behind [i.e. struggling to keep up] with Cari’s husband, Jeff) Several months ago I saw the Happy Little Trees program through the State of MI DNR and that they were having a 5K for Earth Day. …

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The Weekly Smile for the 5th of September 2022

Last year I joined a facebook group Bike Path Riders: West Michigan because I wanted to ride with a group for a change, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made. Not only has it introduced me to a group of wonderful people, but it has motivated me to invest in a…

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Getting Fit — Bike Ride 082222

Today’s ride was out on part of the North Bank Trail but mostly on the Spoonville and Idema Explorer’s Trails.  It took awhile to recover from the distance (30+ miles) and terrible sunburn of the last ride.  This ride was about half as long and I was spray-saturated with SPF.  I added a little more…

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