Bike

Weather in Abilene is good for bike riding just about year round.  Even in the winter months, you can find several days that are amenable to getting out and getting some beneficial exercise.  My wife and I have been riding since March, so we are relative 'newbies' to the activity...

Approximately 1,500 riders line up at the starting gate at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi for the beginning of 'Conquer The Coast' 2011. (Photo By Randy Jones) This past Saturday my wife and I rode the 'Conquer The Coast' bike ride in Corpus Christi. It's a 68-mile event that takes riders all the way around Corpus Christi Bay. It was a fantastic day with beautiful weather, and also a chanc

You never know what you're going to find at an Abilene garage sale. Even when you're not really looking. We turned down the street leading to our house early Saturday morning just in time to see a guy ride to the corner on a bicycle and lay it down to tack up a garage sale sign...

The 2011 Tour De Gap bike ride was a huge success.  The event drew more cyclists than ever this year.  The ride was a LOT of fun and all proceeds will benefit the Food Bank Of West Central Texas. My wife Kathy and I rode the 27-mile route.  We finished together with a time of just over 1 hour and 47 minutes.

The annual Tour De Gap Bike Ride and Race is scheduled for this Saturday, July 23rd. Registration begins at 6:30 at Old Settlers Reunion Grounds in beautiful Buffalo Gap, Texas. The ride gets underway just after 8am.

I've been a runner since I was 24 years old.  On any given good weather day, you could find me pounding the pavement. That has been the case now for 25 years, at least four days a week. Until this year. I turned 50 in January, and while I haven't had any issues whatsoever with my knee joints, the big birthday got me thinking about the future .  I didn't want to pound all the cartilage out of my