Sunday, March 28, 2010

Weekly Ride Report: 3/22/10 - 3/28/10

Date

Course

Type

Distance

Ride Time

Climb

Max Altitude

Max Speed

Avg Speed

Odometer

03/23/10 09:00 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.3

00:58:22

687

890

27

16.76

18094.1

03/24/10 09:00 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.4

00:57:18

694

916

29.2

17.17

18110.5

03/25/10 07:15 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

19.4

01:10:13

762

952

28.7

16.58

18129.9

03/26/10 09:15 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.6

00:57:28

754

912

25.9

17.33

18146.5

03/27/10 07:15 AM

Donut Man Ride

Rolling

42.8

03:01:47

1978

1073

35.9

14.13

18189.3

03/28/10 07:50 AM

Peet's Coffee Run

Rolling

24.2

01:32:45

1311

915

31.6

15.65

18213.5

 

Weekly Totals

 

135.7

08:37:53

6186

 

 

15.72

 

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Weekly Ride Report: 3/15/10 - 3/21/10

Date

Course

Type

Distance

Ride Time

Climb

Max Altitude

Max Speed

Avg Speed

Odometer

03/19/10 09:30 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.3

00:57:41

658

900

29.7

16.95

17991.9

03/20/10 09:30 AM

Huntington Library Laps

Rolling

15.2

00:56:44

1068

894

30.6

16.08

18007.1

03/21/10 07:30 AM

GMR - Mt. Baldy

Climb

70.7

05:15:19

4732

3377

34.6

13.45

18077.8

 

Weekly Totals

 

102.2

07:09:44

6458

 

 

14.27

 


Remarks: Even though I'm no longer training for some 100 mile ride, and I was supposed to cut down the weekly mileage and elevation, you can see how throwing in a post-century "taper" ride of 70 miles up a couple of mountains might throw those goals for a loop. Interestingly, my legs are more tired and sore from this Sunday's ride than the 100 mile-5250 elevation ride the week before, even though we did 30 miles and 500 feet less. I attribute this to the number of food stops and menu selection: I ate way more last week (hey, my registration fee paid for some of that!), and I ate a half a banana at each stop as well. Definitely feeling the lack of potassium after coming down from Mt. Baldy and GMR. Bonus of the day - forcing a Yaris to use a turnout on the descent because it was going too slow handling the curvy roads!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Weekly Ride Report: 3/8/10 - 3/14/10

Date

Course

Type

Distance

Ride Time

Climb

Max Altitude

Max Speed

Avg Speed

Odometer

03/09/10 08:30 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.3

00:59:45

718

913

30.2

16.37

17821.8

03/10/10 09:00 AM

Rose Bowl Laps

Flat

16.3

00:55:49

675

913

27.8

17.52

17838.1

03/11/10 09:00 AM

Rose Bowl Laps Plus

Flat

17

01:00:45

618

918

27.7

16.79

17855.1

03/13/10 06:45 AM

Solvang Century

Climb

100.6

07:04:52

5259

1550

47

14.21

17975.6

 

Weekly Totals

 

150.2

10:01:11

7270

 

 

14.99

 


Notes: Saturday was the Solvang Century, which was 100 miles around the Santa Ynez Valley, starting and ending in Solvang. The weather was great; sunny, clear, crisp air; perfect cycling conditions, except for one thing: constant 10 to 20 mile an hour wind. Our group joked at the 3rd SAG stop, that no matter which way we turned on the road, we never got a tailwind, so it was as if an angry, little wind god was following us around. We had images of a grey cloud with its cheeks puffed up as it blew, like the storm god in a Piers Anthony Xanth novel. Luckily, on the big 18 mile climb of the day, we finally got that tailwind. So, if the last time I did the Solvang Century was "Snowvang," this year was definitely "Windvang." But it was a great day, our group was very prepared physically, and if not for my flat tire with three miles to go, we all would have finished within 10 minutes of each other. A very successful outing, with no injuries, all finishers, and fun stories to tell around the dinner table after the ride.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Weekly Ride Report: 3/1/10 - 3/7/10

Date

Course

Type

Distance

Ride Time

Climb

Max Altitude

Max Speed

Avg Speed

Odometer

03/02/10 07:45 AM

Rose Bowl Laps Plus

Flat

21.7

01:22:46

932

958

31.1

15.73

17680

03/03/10 09:15 AM

ToC Circuits

Climb

17.1

01:01:16

1140

943

37.7

16.75

17697.1

03/04/10 09:15 AM

Warmup Laps – Lida

Climb

18

01:10:00

1006

1360

29.8

15.43

17715.1

03/05/10 09:15 AM

Glenoaks

Climb

17.6

01:08:14

1533

1440

26.8

15.48

17732.7

03/06/10 08:00 AM

Kaldi's Run

Flat

15.6

01:04:31

587

995

27.2

14.51

17748.3

03/07/10 07:45 AM

Arcadia – Burbank

Climb

55.5

03:54:02

3353

1345

38.3

14.23

17805.5

 

Weekly Totals

 

145.5

09:40:49

8551

 

 

15.03