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Author: jpouchet

  • Exercise Intensity and How it Impacts Fitness, Health, and Mental Wellbeing 

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    Let’s start by defining Exercise Intensity as anything other than stress that raises your heart rate into Zone 1 or higher for a sustained period of time. How do you know your Zones (for HR they are 1 through 5)? Do a search there are many websites and formulas available. Most will get you close.…

  • Flying Commercial not Always Convenient as Options can be Limited 

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    Well that’s my observation for some, not all US destinations. It seems the US Navy has a penchant for placing boomer sub bases off the beaten path. Yes, that is by plan and a very good idea for national security! However when to comes to flying commercial transportation from KSNA (Santa Ana, CA) to KJAX…

  • AI Blog Writing, You Have to be Kidding Me

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    Seriously folks, there are now services that will use an AI to write all of your blog posts for you. And if that isn’t enough they will even provide you with a few daily prompts to get your thoughts organized. That’s about all you need to do. Create a few bullet points, all you PowerPoint…

  • Thank You Georgia

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    As in the State, where my wife and I are visiting our granddaughters. Ok, daughter-in-law too while we wish our son and the crew of the USS Wyoming a safe, uneventful deployment.  Have to say this area is flat, windy (feels like more headwinds than tailwinds), little cover, and incredibly courteous drivers. Wow, sure wish…

  • Making the Most of Travel Days

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    My wife and I are enjoying some not so quiet but extremely enjoyable vacation time in St. Mary’s, GA. Visiting our granddaughters. The youngest celebrates her big First Birthday this weekend. As much as I enjoy family time, thankfully they all know I will go nuts if I don’t get to exercise. After a little…

  • Training for Tailwinds, Yes You Do!

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    Okay so that is hard to believe. Why one earth are you telling us we need to ‘train’ for tailwinds? Clearly you don’t know Jack. (I’ve been wanting to find a way to incorporate that somewhere. 😀) Seriously, there are aspects of tailwinds especially when considered in the context of either a long day of…

  • Why Ride Across America?

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    There are so many reasons why at this stage in my life journey and bicycle riding / racing / fitness period I plan to take on this epic adventure. The main ones, at least that I will cover today are to honor my family members, friends, sports and industry acquaintances who we have lost to…

  • Training for RAAM2CC – Headwinds

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    As if the term Headwinds wasn’t bad enough already for those of us who enjoy outdoor activities now it seems the entire business world has started bandying the word about whenever they have less than ideal market conditions. And that in a nutshell defines what headwinds are for cyclists – less than ideal riding conditions.…

  • Back to Work – Really?

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    Well that’s a heck of a deal. You would think after screwing up the clocks we would get a national day off to adapt to this ‘adjustment’. An hour less sleep. Let me see does that mean I am now drinking my coffee earlier on my body clock? Can I have my second now an…

  • Sunday Funday

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    Hey I’m delighted you found the time to check in on my posts today. Greatly appreciated! Not much to say as I am at a NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association) coaches clinic.  Extremely well done and very motivating. I am looking forward to helping to build a team and cycling friendly community in South Orange…