{"id":15102224,"date":"2026-05-10T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/some-sunny-rides\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:28:38","slug":"some-sunny-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/some-sunny-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Sunny Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve had better luck with sunshine the past several days, with some gloomy mornings mixed in. On Tuesday my group did our &#8220;Taco Tuesday ride&#8221; out and back to Metcalf Park and then to Rosie&#8217;s downtown. Wednesday I did a 2 1\/2 hour ride at a brisk pace with some on-bike strength training and intervals at the end. Afterwards I did my upper body strength training. This was my hardest recent session and was well-tolerated. I did a shorter recovery ride on Thursday and another longer brisk ride on Friday. Yesterday I recovered again, throwing in some indoor kayak exercises. I am encouraged that I seem to be able to go longer and at a faster pace without feeling badly later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had my yearly wellness check-up (we used to call them &#8220;physicals&#8221;) with my GP on Thursday and all was well. She did think a mole on my face needs further examination so I&#8217;ll see a skin doc about that in June. The big check I&#8217;m waiting for is with my cardiologist in August, which includes an echocardiogram to see if my aortic valve replacement&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/09\/28\/more-on-aortic-valve-leakage\/\">paravalvular<\/a> leakage&#8221; has progressed. I doubt it because I&#8217;m completely asymptomatic and can work out hard without getting out of breath, but we&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"13638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-760\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-8.png\" data-orig-size=\"865,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-8.png?w=865\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-8.png?w=865\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13638\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>  <strong><em>Yesterday South On<\/em><\/strong> Hale towards homee<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"13636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-759\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-7.png\" data-orig-size=\"865,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-7.png?w=865\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-7.png?w=865\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13636\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Yesterday On Scheller back toward Hale<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"13634\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-758\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6.png\" data-orig-size=\"865,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6.png?w=865\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-6.png?w=865\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13634\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Yesterday Starting North on Dougherty<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"866\" height=\"559\" data-attachment-id=\"13632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-757\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-5.png\" data-orig-size=\"866,559\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-5.png?w=866\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-5.png?w=866\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13632\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Yesterday Old Monterey Northbound. There is a nice hedge and Redwood Grove next to the train tracks<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"13628\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-755\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-3.png\" data-orig-size=\"1133,549\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-3.png?w=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-3.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13628\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Friday, East on Tennant<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"496\" data-attachment-id=\"13630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/image-756\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-4.png\" data-orig-size=\"1133,549\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-4.png?w=1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-4.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13630\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Friday on Colombet<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2026\/05\/10\/some-sunny-rides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Life \u2013 Fitness \u2013 bionicoldguy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had better luck with sunshine the past several days, with some gloomy mornings mixed in. On Tuesday my group did our &#8220;Taco Tuesday ride&#8221; out and back to Metcalf Park and then to Rosie&#8217;s downtown. Wednesday I did a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15102226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15102224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-300x194.png",300,194,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-620x401.png",620,401,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-768x496.png",768,496,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-670x446.png",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8.png",865,559,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-510x510.png",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-160x160.png",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-24x24.png",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-48x48.png",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-96x96.png",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-150x150.png",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15102224-image-8-300x300.png",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/lifestyle\/health-fitness\/fitness\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Fitness<\/a>","tag_info":"Fitness","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15102224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15102225,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102224\/revisions\/15102225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15102226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15102224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15102224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15102224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}