Aug. 19th, 2020: This came in the mail. Nicest award I can remember being given.
Sept. 10, 2020: Silicon Valley Clean Energy sent me a new jersey. I like how it just advertises for our smaller political juristictions (including Mountain View) and our county.
Sept. 12, 2020: That Silicon Valley Clean Energy jersey has a great side view! They see an electric future. Makes sense, because that's their day job.
Feb. 3, 2020: Starting the year strong and hoping it continues to go well! Yesterday I did the 408K race, a very San Jose event. Five miles of flat streets between the Shark Tank and Santanna Row. Did it at an average pace of 18 min. 28 seconds per mile. I was much faster when Virginia was setting the pace. Too bad she is on injured reserve right now.
Feb. 27, 2020: Finished getting my book of Taji 100 miles for the year. Got most of them Visiting Virginia in the hospital. Got the rest of them going to other locations in Mountain View mostly. Turns out that Feb. 2nd was the last time I woke up in the same bed as Virginia. Now I know that will never happen again. Since I never paid the schwag included Taji 100 registration price all I get is this screen capture type thing from their website. Yay! Not another shirt!
Aug. 19, 2020: Finally got around to taking this picture. In early March I was super busy tying up loose ends after Virginia died. Also, I was trying to figure out what was going on with this COVID-19 story. To busy to update my online bling collection. Got the pin for being a poll worker for the primary election. That was several days working in a vote center instead of the traditional long election day in a precinct.
Jan. 12, 2020: Did Hot Chocolate 2020 with Virginia. We did even worse than last year, when we got cut off at the Great Highway turn around. This year she was having trouble breathing, and we were even slower. We got turned around even earlier! Not going to brag about my time, but grateful to the organizers for having a graceful way to suffle us slow fogies into the post race party before it was over.
Jan. 9, 2020: Swapped out the flimsy idea of a tire (10 oz. gumwall so thin it's translucent) that came with my new bike for something more substantial, a Schwalbee Marathon Plus (26+ oz. of solid black rubber with a reflective stripe). Yeah, the marathon weighs in a full pound heavier, but I get very few flats rolling on that. Not only that, but I'm a whole lot more visible in headlights. Totally worthwhile upgrade to the bike!
