Weekly Ride Report - 7/29/14 - 8/2/14

Date	Route	Course	Ride Time	Total Time	Distance	Avg Speed	Altitude	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Odometer
07/29/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:53:23	00:58:08	16.4	18.4	592	964	30.8	33467
07/30/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:53:11	00:57:34	16.4	18.5	592	965	30.2	33483
07/31/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:52:17	00:54:24	16.4	18.8	594	965	30.8	33500
08/01/14	Rose Bowl Laps	Flat	00:52:54	00:58:11	16.4	18.6	590	964	29.1	33516
08/02/14	Santa Fe Dam Loop	Flat	01:57:04	02:01:37	35.4	18.1	1189	906	31.6	33551
		Total Time	05:28:49	Total Distance	101.0	Total Climb	3557

Break shortened week means only 101 miles, but the next building block is progressing nicely. I still haven't made much of an improvement over last year, at least from my hazy memories of my times on my flat course, but that's why I'm recording a bunch of new data. In 2010, I rode that Rose Bowl Laps course 99 times, and only broke into the 52 minute mark twice, both times assisted by a paceline of motorcycles. Last year, I broke into the 51 minute mark by following a fast dude for one lap. This year, I've broken into the 51 minute mark during a peak week by doing 3 flat-out sprint intervals in a row. That hurt. However, so far this year, I've ridden the flat course 67 times, and broken the 52 minute mark 12 times, all on my own. Some of those times I was the one dragging people behind me, so that was also a nice ego boost.

Back in April, I rode my Santa Fe Dam Loop, so I was curious to see how much I've improved over the last 3 months. 7 minutes over 35 miles amounts to about a 6% improvement. That's pretty good for 13 weeks of work.