The Ride with odd gloves
To mark the one week anniversary of my failed my bike ride, I was back for the same route, this time though I had brought my other bike and apparently due to a packing error some odd gloves (at least I still have a right and left even if they didn't match). I headed up Steven's Creek Canyon Rd, and continued up Redwood Gulch with great determination, I would not stop, I would succeed. As long as succeeding just means in this case getting to the top without stopping then my goal was meet, if it had been to keep my heart under my lactate threshold, then I still need to do some work. From Redwood Gulch, I continued up Highway 9, along Skyline to Highway 92. It was great afternoon and perfect route for very few stops. I came back along Canada Rd, through Woodside and Portola Valley, eventually getting back to Foothill Expressway to complete the route. It felt great to get a long ride in, this is never a disappointing route.
Ride Details (
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Distance:
64 Miles
Climbing:
8,311 Feet
Heart Rate:
154bpm Avg.
195bpm Max
Speed:
15.8mph Avg.
45.0mph Max
Labels: Cycling
The Ride that wasn't...
Today was not going as planned, I missed the morning's Ride and Tie practice, but I'd figure I would make it up with a good long ride, on my favorite Skyline Loop. I started off my ride from Chain Reaction at Foothill Crossing, I had one false start and returned to the car for a some extra layers, though the sky was clear and the sun was shinning it was cold. This was the first time I'd tried this route on the using my Triathlon bike which is not particularly suited to steep climbs with it's race gearing. I headed up Steven's Creek Canyon Rd, towards the legendary Redwood Gulch climb, my goal was to make it up the hill without any stops. It started off well and I was keeping my heart rate in check, but then just around the first steep turn, my chain came off. I stopped and put it on again, due the incline I went back down a little to get a proper start. It was a tough climb but things were going well, the grade then leveled out which gave me a few minutes to get my heart rate come down a bit. As the second part of my climb began the chain dropped again, I fixed and continued on. Moment later it came off again, however on close inspection the chain itself was broken, 7.6 miles and the ride was over. I had my cell phone so starting make calls, luckily someone was able to rescue me.
Technical Details (
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7.6 Miles
1619 Feet of Climbing
Heart Rate:
144bpm Avg.
189bpm Max
Speed:
12.4mph Avg.
34.9mph Max
Labels: Cycling
Quick out and back on McKean
This morning was a short Captain's Ride with the Ironteam, we met near Almaden park to start the ride. The route was out on McKean towards Uvas out and back in 1 hour. Well when you just have hour to complete a ride you have to make it fast :-) We followed up with a short run afterwards.
Ride Details (
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58 Mins
19.63 Miles
1215 Feet of Climbing
Speed:
20mph Avg.
35mph Max
Heart Rate:
157bpm Avg.
190bpm Max
Labels: Cycling, Running
The possessed trainer...
It was another Spin at Sport's Basement, I'd given out my regular trainer, which left me with my Computrainer. I had used it a number of times before with the a computer attached but never it's standalone mode, of course it would been a good idea to read the instructions before hand, but it has six buttons how hard can be? Well I got it going pretty easily, however after a few minutes it was clear I had know idea what I'd set it to. Every time I changed down the gear the resistance on the trainer increased, it wasn't until the end I realized I had it set to track to watts, so the best part of 45 minutes I was spinning at around 275 watts. I need to go read that manual now.
Labels: Spinning
A little chase..
Today's ride started up at Edgewood and Canada Rd, where a number of great rides and long days have started this year. However it seems no matter how many times that I go there I always manage to underestimate estimated time to arrival, I arrived just a couple minutes before the ride began. I got geared up as quickly as I could and headed out, just 5 minutes behind the rest of the team. Nothing like a little chase to start a ride :-)
We started out by heading up Canada Rd, which is perfect for getting warmed up and catching up. I managed reach the front of pack and coincidentally my maximum heart rate for the ride. We turned around at Highway 92 and headed back towards Woodside, culminating the ride with a couple loops around Woodside.
Ride Details (
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Distance:
25.7 Miles
Climbing:
2,016 Feet
Heart Rate:
134bpm
173bpm
Speed:
18.1mph Avg.
39.2mph Max
Labels: Cycling
Speed, speed, speed...
Swim/Run at Gunderson.
Labels: Cycling, Swimming
Back on One
This weeks Captain's Ride was at Santa Cruz, I carpooled down with my Co-Captain Ann who organized this mornings ride. For change I actually arrived early, 7:30am ready for the 8am start. We started out at Natural Bridges, for a ride up Highway 1, the weather was perfect and not windy as it often is which meant for a nice fast ride. I went North on Highway 1 and turned around just past Davenport, to my favorite hill though only hit 36mph max today. After the ride followed a 30 minute run, along Cliff Road.
Technical Details (
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Distance:
25 Miles
Climbing:
2,300 Feet
Heart Rate:
158bpm Avg.
189bpm Max
Speed:
19.3mph Avg.
36.9mph Max
Labels: Cycling
To mark the one week anniversary of my failed my bike ride, I was back for the same route, this time though I had brought my other bike and apparently due to a packing error some odd gloves (at least I still have a right and left even if they didn't match). I headed up Steven's Creek Canyon Rd, and continued up Redwood Gulch with great determination, I would not stop, I would succeed. As long as succeeding just means in this case getting to the top without stopping then my goal was meet, if it had been to keep my heart under my lactate threshold, then I still need to do some work. From Redwood Gulch, I continued up Highway 9, along Skyline to Highway 92. It was great afternoon and perfect route for very few stops. I came back along Canada Rd, through Woodside and Portola Valley, eventually getting back to Foothill Expressway to complete the route. It felt great to get a long ride in, this is never a disappointing route.
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