Dear Bloggers, I have to drop a name. Sorry, but I want you to know that I routinely bike with the brand-new New York State Road (Bike) Racing Champion, Michael Patterson, for men 55 and over. And you should...

We’ve got these "limbic" or mamalian brains, right? Feed on emotions? Gotta connect or you get the sniffles? You remember all that from the book, yes? Okay, here’s an implementation tip. Flew all the way to Florida on Friday...

I am freshly reminded how key it is to have a gym. We suspended our shockingly expensive NYC gym membership for the summer, because we’re away so much. But now, we’re here for a week, and no gym. It...

Here’s a dreary insight from my recent trip to a single sculling camp: you can be in good aerobic shape and still have a hard time doing a new activity. Like rowing, if you’re basically a biker. You have this...

Having joked about it, let me quickly say that the people who went on this trip were, almost to a man and woman, good company, into rowing and fun to be with. Many were wildly over my level –...

Arrived at Craftsbury Rowing Center mid afternoon, after six hour drive, expecting warm greeting and nap. Not the deal. Cool greeting and message to meet at the lake in ten minutes. Scary girl already there. Someone mentions that she...