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

Date	Route	Course	Ride Time	Total Time	Distance	Avg Speed	Altitude	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Odometer
03/03/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:55:41	00:59:02	15.3	16.5	929	962	31.1	31461
03/04/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:56:15	00:59:21	16.4	17.5	680	919	31.6	31477
03/05/14	Glenoaks Blvd	Climb	00:52:17	00:56:57	13.6	15.6	981	1411	31.1	31491
03/06/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:54:17	00:58:09	16.4	18.1	678	945	30.6	31508
03/07/14	ToC Circuits	Climb	00:59:09	01:01:51	16.6	16.8	984	965	35.4	31525
03/08/14	Chantry Flat Loop	Climb	01:22:52	01:26:39	18.5	13.4	1990	2142	33.0	31543
		Total Time	06:00:31	Total Distance	96.8	Total Climb	6242

Climbing week! Well, climbing week was supposed to be last week, but the rain put a damper on that. The big hurt on my legs was definitely my Chantry Flat loop. It's only 18.5 miles, but with almost 2000 feet of climbing in about 4 miles, I get a little slowed down. Struggling to maintain 7 mph on that steady 10% plus grade definitely motivates me to get stronger. I set lots of personal bests for the year, making big jumps, not incremental gains. I broke previous records by almost 2 minutes on the climbing courses, and about a minute or so on the flats. Also, weight loss is done for the year. I need to keep my current weight while adding muscle and trimming more fat. The best way to do that is sore legs and sleep. The only way to get sore legs is pain, but you need to make sure your rest and recover from that pain. And here's how you get pain.