With your support I bicycled all 560 miles between Ft. The Ride was an amazing experience, both physically and emotionally. My training took me around the Silicon Valley, from the flat valley floor up into the mountains that separate us from the ocean. I couldn't see around the corner until it was too late, and found myself moving too fast to navigate a hairpin turn. This taught me a very important lesson about appropriate speed when you can't see around the next bend, and the doctors promised 4-6 weeks recovery time to ponder this lesson.
Recumbent bikes allow one to pedal while leaning back with one's feet out in front.
It took a bit of getting used to, but put no stress at all on my shoulders and proved to be extremely comfortable on long rides. Starting at Ft. The shorter days tended to be hillier and hotter, and on all but the shortest day it took me most of the allotted time to get to the evening campsite. These bits of tendon that had never before made themselves known to me, but after all this riding they decided to protest by knotting up and trying to move my kneecaps to a new location. With the help of P.T.s taping my legs and plenty of motrin, however, I was able convince my kneecaps to stay put and to keep the soreness within reason.