The Other Side of Dr. Xeno's Brain

It's me, Dr. Xeno. Here are lecture notes and ideas for my work teaching physical and cognitive development across the lifespan (HDEV 3101) at the Department of Human Development at CSU, East Bay. This content is often referred to as mind-brain, mind body connection, brain and behavior; but it is really about the knowledge derived from the related fields of neurology, neuropsychology, neuroscience and cognitive science. Sometimes I just write about my kids or bike racing. Feel free to comment!

Saturday, September 29, 2007

X highlight for 2007

Magically, my 'add image' featured restored itself here in blogland. With pix again, I promise to post more than once a month for all of the 07-08 schoolyear....

One day, last June, we East Bay Cyclists racing under the banner of EMC2/Vellum Cycles put on a little crit race. The course is fun and I've come to know & love it much better in the past year or so; we did our skills camp there last December and (coach) Gianni leads a sprint workout there on Wednesdays. IT was a real thrill to be a part of a solid day of racing - not as a racer, but as a host for the day of racing. MY highlight for 07 was not any result - but being a part of the cycling community and giving something back to my team and other racers.

EMC race day, I got overly eager in the 35+4/5 race and attacked halfway through the race (something I hardly ever do). Whatdya know, the only responder was my teammate Adam M... I was on day 2 of racing (Dash for Cash day before) and had little sleep (as registrar for our race and father of 2 wild boys). SO, the image above captured our brief foray OTF and my HR nearing max. I finished mid-pack and a wee bit batter the day before. Really, a success because a year before this weak display of bravado, I had pneumonia. Here's to the 2007 NCNCA season, was fun and mostly healthy for me! See you at the races next year - and hopefully in some off-season activities in the next 4 months.

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