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title: "Biking at Alviso County Park (Santa Clara)"
date: 2019-03-17
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# Biking at Alviso County Park (Santa Clara)
For years I have played basketball as my primary form of exercise, but as I’m getting older (now 43) and injuries have started increasing, I’m considering doing more low-impact sports, such as biking. I’ve been biking to work for the past 8 years or more, and my current round-trip commute is about 16 miles. Switching between biking and basketball has usually been the extent of my cross-training, but I think I developed some tendonitis in my foot (due to overuse), and something is messed up with nerves in my shoulder (not sure why), so I am taking a break for a few months to heal. During this time, I’m trying to bike a bit more.

This morning I rode out to [Alviso County Park](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Alviso,+San+Jose,+CA/@37.4408875,-122.0204995,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808fc8142f8c97e9:0x76e4ea58bc25c854!8m2!3d37.4261669!4d-121.9761384). This is an interesting park. Apparently, Alviso was a popular shipping port for the Bay area decades ago, but two events caused the area to decline: railways replaced shipping ports as a primary distribution path, and the capital moved from San Jose to Sacramento.