Getting Stronger by Cycling with My Little One

I have been getting out in the evenings with Nuria wearing her pink helmet with bunnies in a child’s seat on the back of my mountain bike. I have really been enjoying having Nuria with me for the rides and she seems to really enjoy seeing all the cars and dogs that we run into along the way. She also enjoys seeing her Grandpa who joins on almost every evening ride. But let me tell you, Nuria is a little slave driver! I fell like I have a coxswain on the back of my bicycle. Every time that I stop to check and make sure that everything is OK with her, she greets me with a hearty “More, More”! She doesn’t want her Papa to ever stop pedaling!

All this riding with Nuria on the back of the bicycle has gotten me in alot better shape than I was before! I have been slowly ramping my effort up and that has avoided the knee problems that I have had in the past trying to get back into cycling shape.

Here’s to getting back in shape thanks to the drive of my little bundle of joy!

Another Mini Epic

I just had to get out this weekend and get in a good, strenuous ride in the hills above Simi Valley.  I always feel such a sense of freedom to get up above everything and look down on the rat race. 

So, in order to do that, I have to put in quite an effort.  We were celebrating Mother’s Day on Saturday with my Mom to leave the Sunday open to celebrate Claudia’s second Mother’s Day in Santa Monica at the Tudor House Tea Room.  We were slated to leave for the Simi Valley Street Fair at 10 am on Saturday so I had to leave early to get my ride in.  By early, I mean 6 am!  So I rode up Las Llajas to the Rocky Peak Fire Road and then back down the Chumash Trail home.  The ride was quite an effort that entailed a little bit of hike-a-bike on the back side of Rocky Peak!  But I made it and even had time for a shower before we headed to the Street Fair!

See you next time.