Concussion / Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) AKA concussion, a personal experience report..
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2022-05-14 Origins of the Alta Alpine 8-Pass Challenge Double Century: The Mad Dog Death March Documentary
2021-10-27 Sebastian Rushworth MD: “Is intense exercise bad for your heart?” (a critique)
2020-06-20 Summitting White Mountain Peak on Mountain Bike — Minimal Snow, 20 June 2020
2020-03-04 Southern Inyo Double Double Century
2020-03-02 Reader Comment: Heart Health and Diet
2019-03-14 Sodium and Electrolyte Losses During Prolonged Exertion
2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Joshua Tree Double Century
2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Southern Inyo Double Century
2019-02-28 Southern Inyo Double Double Century
2018-07-25 The Best Performance Enhancer for Cycling: Drafting
2018-07-06 Counting Up My Double Centuries and Double Centuries in 2018
2018-06-30 Finished: Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2018-06-29 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2018-06-20 2018 Terrible Two Double Century: Good and Terrible
2018-06-14 Recovering from Extreme Efforts
2018-05-12 Central Coast Double Century: Won Highland Route, Exactly 8 Weeks After My Crash/Concussion
2018-03-14 Hamstring Tendon Injury: How to Treat When a Season of 8 More Double Centuries Looms?
2018-03-12 Counting Up My Double Centuries
2018-03-12 2018 Double Century #2: Joshua Tree Double Century in Twenty Nine Palms, CA
2018-03-09 Poor Customer Service Not Good for Any Business — Double Centuries Included
2018-02-28 Thoughts on Recent Training, What I’ve Learned and What Remains to Learn
2018-02-24 2018 Double Century #1: Camino Real Double Century in Irvine, CA
2018-02-09 Progress on Shedding Body Fat, Thoughts on Winning
2018-02-04 Double Century Schedule for 2018
2018-01-25 How is Drafting in a Paceline Different from an Electric Motor?
2018-01-01 Double Century Schedule for 2018
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2023-08-25 Aperture Series: Expansive View to White Mountain Peak
2023-08-22 Sigma FE 14mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Aperture Series: Bristlecone View to White Mountain Peak
2023-08-22 Aperture Series: Bristlecone View to White Mountain Peak
2021-08-04 Examples: White Mountains, Far Distance
2021-07-20 Examples: White Mountains, Dusk
2021-07-06 Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM Aperture Series: Late Day View to White Mountain Peak
2021-07-06 Aperture Series: Late Day View to White Mountain Peak
2021-01-01 Examples: Eureka Dunes on the Winter Solstice
2020-11-30 3-Way Shootout: Crooked Creek Canyon View to White Mountain Peak
2019-09-09 Fujifilm GF 110mm f/2: Panoramas in the Eastern Sierra
Recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) AKA concussion, a personal experience report..
The most challenging cycling road race in the USA?.
Details from the 2011 race..
A challenging one-day mountain bike ride in California’s White Mountains..
Some great and not so great miles..
Tips on how to eat and recover when training and racing..
Focusing on bike weight alone is often not the most cost effective way to cut weight..
Tips on avoiding problems..
Analysis of various workouts..
Classic Moots, race ride..
Trek’s top-end mountain bikes..
Choosing a mountain bike, wheels, tires..
2022-05-14 Origins of the Alta Alpine 8-Pass Challenge Double Century: The Mad Dog Death March Documentary
2021-10-27 Sebastian Rushworth MD: “Is intense exercise bad for your heart?” (a critique)
2020-06-20 Summitting White Mountain Peak on Mountain Bike — Minimal Snow, 20 June 2020
2020-03-04 Southern Inyo Double Double Century
2020-03-02 Reader Comment: Heart Health and Diet
2019-03-14 Sodium and Electrolyte Losses During Prolonged Exertion
2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Joshua Tree Double Century
2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Southern Inyo Double Century
2019-02-28 Southern Inyo Double Double Century
2018-07-25 The Best Performance Enhancer for Cycling: Drafting
2018-07-06 Counting Up My Double Centuries and Double Centuries in 2018
2018-06-30 Finished: Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2018-06-29 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2018-06-20 2018 Terrible Two Double Century: Good and Terrible
2018-06-14 Recovering from Extreme Efforts
2018-05-12 Central Coast Double Century: Won Highland Route, Exactly 8 Weeks After My Crash/Concussion
2018-03-14 Hamstring Tendon Injury: How to Treat When a Season of 8 More Double Centuries Looms?
2018-03-12 Counting Up My Double Centuries
2018-03-12 2018 Double Century #2: Joshua Tree Double Century in Twenty Nine Palms, CA
2018-03-09 Poor Customer Service Not Good for Any Business — Double Centuries Included
2018-02-28 Thoughts on Recent Training, What I’ve Learned and What Remains to Learn
2018-02-24 2018 Double Century #1: Camino Real Double Century in Irvine, CA
2018-02-09 Progress on Shedding Body Fat, Thoughts on Winning
2018-02-04 Double Century Schedule for 2018
2018-01-25 How is Drafting in a Paceline Different from an Electric Motor?
2018-01-01 Double Century Schedule for 2018
2017-06-03 Completed: 2017 Eastern Sierra Double Century
2017-04-30 Completed: Devil Mountain Double, but with weird symptoms again
2017-04-01 Completed: Southern Inyo Double Century, and Using a Face Mask for Dust
2017-02-24 Completed: Camino Real Double Century
2016-06-18 Next Up, the Toughest Double Century of all: Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2016-05-28 How is Drafting in a Paceline Different from an Electric Motor?
2016-04-06 2016 Solvang Spring Double Century
2016-03-14 2016 Southern Inyo Double Century and Joshua Tree Double Century
2015-12-17 Keeping the Pounds Off + Fat Loss, Muscle Mass, Bone Density, Training, BMI, DEXA
2015-08-03 Everest Challenge 2015: Not Happening as far as I can tell
2015-07-17 Veloflex Vlaanderen Tubular 700 X 27C: Putting to the test for Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge
2015-03-22 Three Double Centuries, a Week Apart
2015-02-22 Aggressive Start to 2015: Two March Double Centuries Planned, Maybe 3
2015-02-21 Fitness Pre-test for a Double Century
2014-12-07 Awesome MTB Video: Danny McAskill: 'The Ridge'
2014-10-03 Everest Challenge 2014: Ugly Weather, Minor Illness Leads to DNF
2014-09-17 Off to Everest Challenge 2014: September 26/27
2014-09-13 Nine Ascents of Old La Honda
2014-08-18 Stages Cycling Power Meter: Mechanical Damage on 2nd Ride from Rock Slam (bummer)
2014-04-01 Panda Licorice Powers Me Through the Solvang Double Century
2014-03-24 Solvang Spring Double Century — Results
2014-03-20 Death Ride or Everest Challenge Not Hard Enough? Try the ’Four Horsemen of the Solstice’
2014-03-18 Solvang Spring Double Century
2014-03-16 To Draft or Not to Draft: What Does it Accomplish?
2014-03-09 First Long/Hard Ride in Preparation for Double Century
2014-02-19 Discipline of Getting the Fat Down for Optimal Power-to-Weight
2014-02-08 Rides in 2014 to Prepare for the 2014 Everest Challenge
2013-12-30 Everest Challenge 2014: September 26/27
2013-08-26 Everest Challenge Results
2013-08-17 Acclimatizing for the Everest Challenge
2013-08-10 8 Ascents of Old La Honda Road: Can I Handle the Everest Challenge?
2013-08-07 Eat More, Lose More Weight?
2013-07-27 Cooling Vest for Dealing With Hot Riding Conditions?
2013-07-23 Observations on High Altitude Adaptation (Fluid Loss / Gain and Hematocrit vs Hypoxia)
2013-07-15 Tracking the Caloric Deficit — First Week
2013-07-11 Assessing Performance Ascending At a Higher Body Weight
2013-07-11 2013 Everest Challenge Stage Race
2013-06-30 Ascent of White Mountain Peak (MTB)
2013-03-13 Everest Challenge 2013 is a Month Earlier — Late August
2013-02-28 Shoulder Healing, Left Knee Happy or So I Hope
2012-10-22 Everest Challenge 2012 Ride Notes
2012-10-10 White Mountain Peak Cycling Videos
2012-10-04 Everest Challenge 2012 Power Data
2012-10-04 2012 Everest Challenge Results
2012-09-21 9500' Is Not Sea Level, So Say My Lungs and Heart at Tioga Pass, Aerobic Energy at High Elevation
2012-09-08 The Everest Challenge Sept 28-30 Could Use Some Aid Station Volunteers
2012-09-08 My Race Prep for the 2012 Everest Challenge Coming on Sept 28-30
2012-08-20 Summitting 14,232' White Mountain Peak, on the Moots Mooto X YBB 29er
2012-08-08 Trek to the Summit of White Mountain Peak, 2012 Version with Moots Mooto X YBB 29er
2012-07-02 Recovery from a Double Century (normally not bad, a virus is no fun)
2012-07-01 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 1st Finisher, 2nd Place
2012-06-23 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent on June 30
2012-06-16 Everest Challenge 2012
2012-06-15 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent on June 30
2012-06-05 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent
2012-05-07 Double Centuries and Killer Rides for 2012
2012-04-29 Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,870+ Vertical Feet
2012-04-24 Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,000+ Vertical Feet
2012-03-28 Solvang Spring Double Century Performance Analysis
2012-03-28 Solvang Spring Double Century Experience Report
2012-03-22 Solvang Spring Double Century
2012-03-14 Power Output During the Death Valley Double Century — Possible Explanations
2012-03-09 Analyzing Power Output During the Death Valley Double Century
2012-03-06 Death Valley Double Century As a Self-Supported Ride — DONE!
2012-02-23 Nutrition for a Double Century
2012-02-23 Death Valley Double Century As a Self-Supported Ride
2012-02-22 Comfy Tires for a Double Century
2012-02-17 Endurance Energy Source with Protein
2012-02-17 Double Centuries and Killer Rides for 2012
2012-02-13 Signed up for Double Centuries: Devil Mountain Double and Alta Alpina
2012-02-08 Training for 2012 Everest Challenge — Double Centuries
2012-01-31 After Such Big Gains, How to Train in 2012?
2011-11-17 Efficiency On a Bike
2011-10-05 Moots MootoX RSL Hard-tail in the Mountains — Ride and Handling (Plus White Mountain Photos)
2011-10-03 Everest Challenge — The Experience
2011-10-03 Eat at Dick’s in Big Pine, CA any Day, or after the Everest Challenge
2011-09-26 Everest Challenge — Success!
2011-09-17 My Racing Bike for the Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race Sept 24/25
2011-09-16 Everest Challenge Stage 1 Course REVERSED in 2011
2011-08-07 Trek to the Summit of White Mountain Peak — Trip Report Now Up!
2011-08-07 Trek Top Fuel 9.9 SSL and Trek 'Gary Fisher' SuperFly 100 Elite 29er Reviews Now Online
2011-08-01 Trek to the Summit of White Mountain Peak — Mission Accomplished
2011-07-22 Trek to the Summit of White Mountain Peak — On Schedule for ~ July 29
2011-07-15 Everest Challenge— Weight Down, Fitness is There, Two Months to Go
2011-07-01 Trek to the Summit of White Mountain Peak — Late July
2011-06-29 Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race With 29,000 Feet of Climbing, Sept 24/25, 2011
2011-06-01 The White Mountain Peak MTB Challenge™ (from Bishop to Summit)
2011-04-01 Training Progress For Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race
2011-02-10 Training progress for the Everest Challenge
2011-02-09 Everest Challenge road bike stage race: 29,000 feet of climbing