Weekly Ride Report: 1/25/10 - 1/31/10

Date	Course	Type	Distance	Ride Time	Climb	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Avg Speed	Odometer
01/26/10 09:00 AM	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	17.9	01:03:40	820	1030	28.3	16.87	16975.3
01/27/10 09:30 AM	Rose Bowl Hill Repeats	Climb	17.4	01:05:56	1110	946	30.6	15.83	16992.7
01/28/10 10:00 AM	ToC Circuits	Climb	16.5	01:03:00	1293	951	36.5	15.71	17009.2
01/29/10 09:30 AM	Glenoaks	Climb	17.1	01:13:41	1612	1569	28.6	13.92	17026.3
01/30/10 07:30 AM	Pasadena - Glendora	Climb	62.5	04:03:43	3560	1406	34.1	15.39	17088.8
	Weekly Totals		131.4	08:30:00	8395			15.46

Remarks: As you can see in that last entry, a group of us climbed almost 3600 feet over about 60 miles. At our post-ride meal, one of our group was trying to think of a way to impress his teen-age children after punishing his body for 5 hours (their first question is always "why would you do that?"). So we thought of ways to analogize that large number. Suggestions were: 3 and a half Eiffel Towers; 3 Empire State Buildings; and 1 and a half Dubai Towers. Really, that Dubai Tower is a beast at half a mile tall!