Weekly Ride Report - 1/19/14 - 1/25/14

Date	Route	Course	Ride Time	Total Time	Distance	Avg Speed	Altitude	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Odometer
01/20/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:57:42	01:00:03	16.4	17.1	579	930	27.8	30945
01/21/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:57:46	01:02:12	16.5	17.1	498	945	31.1	30962
01/22/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:56:48	00:59:27	16.4	17.3	600	935	30.6	30978
01/23/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:57:28	01:00:28	16.4	17.1	529	939	29.2	30995
01/24/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:57:38	01:00:52	16.7	17.4	607	916	28.3	31011
01/25/14	Huntington Loop - CCW	Rolling	00:56:46	00:59:32	15.2	16.1	941	910	28.7	31027
		Total Time	05:44:08	Total Distance	97.6	Total Climb	3754

Three weeks of cardio is done, and I get an extra day of rest after this block. I feel the fatigue in my legs too, so that's a good sign. You get big and strong during the recovery from effort, not during the effort. Looking at the first week results compared to this week's, I've chopped off about 45 minutes from my pace over a 100 mile distance. When I get into base fitness, I'm going to chop off another half hour from that, so I still have some work to do. Climbing and muscle soreness comes next, and then I'll start dropping about 5 pounds of water weight too.

Here's a bonus Find from the Grind video showing my rolling loop around the Huntington Library neighborhood:

Apparently, the social media rep for the Huntington even works on Sunday mornings. What a nice surprise!

@joeschmo1of3 What a ride! :D Stop in and say hi the next time you're pedaling past.
— The Huntington (@TheHuntington) January 26, 2014