As I get deeper into the next book, it becomes clearer that HARD aerobic exercise… intervals… for example… on two of the four aerobic days help a lot. Painful news. I went out today, determined to give it a...
CRETE KEDGE
QUICK NOTE TO SAY OUR BIKE TRIP (BACK ROADS THIS TIME) WAS A TERRIFIC KEDGE. PLENTY DIFFICULT IN PLACES, WONDERFUL COUNTRY… WONDERFUL PALS. TEN OF US WERE PALS, THE OTHER 11 WERE RANDOM AND ALL JUST GREAT. THERE IS...
FALL DOWN… GO BOOM
A recurring theme for folks over 50… fall down. Go boom. Endlessly boring to the kids… endlessly interesting to the rest of us. ‘On our last ski day, I was zooming down the Back of Bell Mountain, in the...
THE SWEET LIFE
LIfe is short but remarkably sweet, some of the time. For example, Hilly and I are off to Aspen tomorrow for a MONTH. That’s sweet. To be sure, I am going to be working much of the time on...
GLORY IN THE MORNING…AGAIN
Up early in NYC… get in a workout at 6:30 before horrendous day. Stop at Starbucks in Barns and Noble… chatting when heavy guy in suit comes up. I ask if he works in this skyscraper and, yes, he...
EXERCISE AND DEATH: LISTEN TO YOUR BODY
Two years ago, my closest friend died of a massive heart attack, after a lovely, 50 mile bike ride, at the age of 67. It was a perfect death but 20 years too soon…and heartbreaking for everyone. You won’t...
