Weekly Ride Report - 9/8/14 - 9/13/14

Date	Route	Course	Ride Time	Total Time	Distance	Avg Speed	Altitude	Max Altitude	Max Speed	Odometer
09/08/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:53:08	00:56:31	15.3	17.3	713	975	31.9	34036
09/09/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:53:01	00:58:47	15.3	17.3	711	975	31.3	34051
09/10/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:52:59	00:57:12	15.3	17.3	710	975	31.1	34066
09/11/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:54:13	00:59:06	15.3	16.9	707	975	32.4	34082
09/12/14	Rose Bowl Ramps	Climb	00:55:32	01:00:40	15.3	16.5	706	975	30.6	34097
09/13/14	San Gabriel Canyon - Camp Williams	Climb	03:25:16	03:40:28	53.7	15.7	4158	1820	34.1	34150
		Total Time	07:54:09	Total Distance	130.2	Total Climb	7705

A full climbing week, including a taper day before I climbed up to Camp Williams in 105 degree heat. My legs are tired. I also don't ride that well in hot weather because I have such a high cruising heart rate, about 175 bpm, that normal blood flow does not help my core stay cool. I can generally do much harder efforts in moderate temperatures, but in high temp days, I just have to ride within myself. Of course one could argue that it's not average to be able to do hard efforts in extreme heat without dumping bottles and bottles of water over yourself and sticking a little ice at the base of your neck. Excuse me for not having a support vehicle.