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!