Climbing Club - May Goals

[Trekhawk]

Time to post those goals for May.

Im afraid I didn't get in either of my two goal rides for April so I will keep that as my goal for May. Lets hope I get in a little more riding in May than I managed in April.:o


Lets hear them.:)

[maillotpois]

I hope to get in less than April. Maybe 25,000 feet.

[Kano]

Mine's a very modest goal: to get to the top of "my" hill without taking a break anywhere along the way to catch my breath, my heart rate, and find my legs again! I'm getting closer!

When I can do that, I'll start working on doing it twice in one ride!

Karen in Boise

[Shiraz]

Okay......I am committing to ride Buck skin (front side) twice and climb ride Garden Creek pass once.......ouch:eek:

Oh what have I done?????? I am not sure of the elevation but know that I have my 305 garmin I will find out.

[jobob]

I'll stick with my goal from this past month: 18,000

[Fredwina]

I'll go with 20,000. No more crazy stuff after My Arizona Adventure.

[Veronica]

I just want to finish the Central Coast Double.

V.

[tprevost]

can I join in? My goal for May is to finish the Memorial Day ride in the bay area w/out stopping on any of the climbs!

[Trekhawk]

can I join in? My goal for May is to finish the Memorial Day ride in the bay area w/out stopping on any of the climbs!

Of course you can join in mate. This club is open to any that want to climb no matter how big or small the climbing might be.:)
Good luck with your ride.

[tprevost]

Of course you can join in mate. This club is open to any that want to climb no matter how big or small the climbing might be.:)
Good luck with your ride.

Thanks! :p Now I gotta grab you for a mtn bike ride to get in shape for said ride!!! :cool:

[Jenn]

I just wanna make it up "Mt Hockaloogie" without DH having to ride behind me in the Xterra with the hazard lights blinking.:o
J/K the Alb Century, June 2, will be enough hills for me for May.

[Starfish]

I'm gonna set my goal as 13,000. That might be too ambitious for me, but that is the stated goal! LOL

[Wahine]

OK. Bike goal 30 000 feet. That's 6000 more than this month. Yikes. But I think I can do it, as long as I can keep riding outside.

Running goal stays at 20 000 feet. I don't really think I should be encouraging myself to run hills more than this.

Good luck in May everyone!!

[SadieKate]

May's goal is 13,800. I barely missed April's but I'm still 13% ahead of plan for the year. June is the big month so I need to keep up the momentum.

[Starfish]

Hi Climbing Godesses!

I posted a (somewhat long :o ) climbing training question called Distance Climbing Question in the Tips/Tricks section. Any comments appreciated!

(It is about my progression of climbing and distance towards a goal ride in August.)

Thanks!! :)

[SouthernBelle]

Yay. Now that I have my Garmin I can talk about climbing!! Since I haven't a clue what kind of #s I've had in the past, tough to set a goal though.

Here we go:

1. Set a good base #.

2. Climb the Oak Grove Road hill without stopping. 20% grade. One of the first I checked out with the new toy.

[Wahine]

OK. Bike goal 30 000 feet. That's 6000 more than this month. Yikes. But I think I can do it, as long as I can keep riding outside.

Running goal stays at 20 000 feet. I don't really think I should be encouraging myself to run hills more than this.

Good luck in May everyone!!

Well, one week gone and I'm up above 11 000 already.:D :D

Running, I'm only at 1600. That's OK.:) :)

How's everyone doing?

[Fredwina]

I may need to adjust mine, I've already got 5,000 feet.

[Starfish]

I'm at 3430. Goal was 13,000. So far, so good!

[kelownagirl]

I just got a Garmin Edge 305 so I will be able to set some goals after a few weeks of seeing what I already do. :) What a cool toy this is!

I did about 7500' in April and I've done 4200' already in May so my goal should be well above 10,000. Maybe 15,000?

[Starfish]

Got in 5127 Feet yesterday! Woohoo! (and saw 2 bears) Here are some internet pictures of where I was, although I didn't take these (and I apologize that I do not have the name of the photographer...they were from a personal traveler's website...not a commercial photographer)...there was a lot more snow up there yesterday.

How's everyone doing?

[maillotpois]

wow, Starfish - what a beautiful place you have to ride!!!

our death ride training ride yesterday was about 8000 feet. I may be closer to 30 for the month.

[SouthernBelle]

I was feeling good about my 3597 yesterday until I read ya'lls #s!

[Veronica]

I just want to finish the Central Coast Double.

V.


Done. :p

[Starfish]

wow, Starfish - what a beautiful place you have to ride!!!

It is truly gorgeous when the weather's good. Today it was back to heavy gray overcast, mountains shrouded in clouds, and cold wind. It is green for a reason! But, when it's good, it's very, very good.

[Starfish]

I was feeling good about my 3597 yesterday until I read ya'lls #s!

3597 is something to feel great about!

[maillotpois]

I was feeling good about my 3597 yesterday until I read ya'lls #s!

That's a good number, SB. Remember, everyone's got different terrain to ride on and is training for different goals. (In one double century last month I got 19,000 feet, and I am coaching a group for the Death Ride - 14,000 feet in 130 miles. But... I have friends who climb WAY more than I do every month.) Compare yourself to yourself! Do more next month than you did this month, etc.

[SadieKate]

Good advice for every single time someone asks "how fast do you ride?" or "how many miles do you ride?" :rolleyes:

[maillotpois]

What - you mean it depends?? :cool:

[SadieKate]

That reminds me. I need to stock up. :D

[Starfish]

Hi all...got in 3445 on Saturday...I think I'm up in the 12,000s now, and my May goal was 13,000, so I'm pleased.

How's everyone?

[kelownagirl]

I didn't set a goal other than to do more climbing. I'm already up to 13000+ so I'm happy. I didnt' know I did so much cllimbing before I got the gps. The sunday ride last week really added on the feet though. My legs were sore for days.

[maillotpois]

How's everyone?



Tired. I think I probably didn't eat enough in my double century yesterday. Oh well.

I'm at 28,325 for the month and 135,508 for the year. Pretty good. I think I need to do more speed work, though. Especially if I have any hope of riding with my husband and having fun. (I'm definitely climbing better than in past doubles we've done together - but my top end is just a little more sluggish than it was before. Oh well.)

[Starfish]

(I'm definitely climbing better than in past doubles we've done together - but my top end is just a little more sluggish than it was before. Oh well.)

Sarah: They seem to be inversely related, don't they?

KelownaGirl: Happy Surprise!

[Veronica]

So how is everyone doing?

I accomplished my big goal - Central Coast Double. I'll probably finish up with 35,000+ feet for the month.

V.

[Starfish]

As of today, I think I am at about 12,500. My goal was 13,000, so with five days to go and barring unforeseen yuckiness of any kind, I will make my goal. In fact, I might end up more in the 15,000 range. :)

[Kano]

So how is everyone doing?

I accomplished my big goal - Central Coast Double. I'll probably finish up with 35,000+ feet for the month.

V.


Like you, Veronica, I did mine! It was a pretty minor one compared to things I see here -- just to get all the way to the top of "my" hill in one shot.

Good thing about it -- I'm doing better on ALL the hills I climb now that I've figured out how to climb "my" hill!

And I'm starting to wonder just how many feet I am logging -- I don't have a computer that can tell me that yet!

Karen in Boise

[maillotpois]

I think my goal was 25,000. I should be around 30,000, depending on what I end up doing tomorrow. I think my real goal was "less than April", which was a crazy month. :rolleyes: So I achieved that.

[Starfish]

And I'm starting to wonder just how many feet I am logging -- I don't have a computer that can tell me that yet!

And so it begins. Don't get an altimeter unless you want to start climbing more than you ever thought you would! :p

[maillotpois]

Okey dokey - looks like I will be at 33,650 for the month as I don't expect to do much more outside riding this week.

Lovely!

[Shiraz]

Hi Everyone,
This is the first time I have set climing goals so I had a lot to learn. I had set out to make two climbs up the face of Buckskin and ride Garden Creek Loop. Well so far I did ride Buckskin (back side, longer ride) once and have not ridden Garden Creek. But I am learning how to use my garmin and have climbed 21, 000 feet so far. I hope to ride Garden Creek this week. It a beast!!!
I really had a great week of riding. I rode 138 miles this week but more flat than hills. Wed I rode 50, Saturday I rode 65 miles and a few other short rides. Hopefully June will have more climbing!!

[SadieKate]

21,00 just for the month? That's great. SE Idaho doesn't have gigantic long climbs, so you must have been really focused.

This entire week was spent completely on the flat but I still managed managed 15,121 for the month which is 10% over my goal.

[maillotpois]

SK you're going to need to add another moon to your goal - or at last a large asteroid...

[SadieKate]

Um, why? I still have almost 80,000 to meet my annual goal. Even at 15,000' a month, that's not easy around these laser-leveled fields.

[maillotpois]

You're just doing really well. I am sure you can fit in some spatial errata like an asteroid. But I know towards the end of the year sometimes it gets harder to fit in long rides or travel.

[SadieKate]

I'm usually the spatial errata.:rolleyes:

June is my big month, targeting 20,000. With the Telluride to Moab tour this shoud be a piece o' cake, but all the estimates from 1998 (the year we rode this tour) were before the days of cheap barometric altimeters.

[jobob]

Goodness, I climbed about 22,000 ft. this month - I had no idea it was going to be that much.

The Wine Country "1.1 metric" was about 4000 ft, the ride up Mt. Hamilton with Cindysue & the Lunachix was about 5000. Yesterday I rode the Three Bears with Z, Melissa, Nicole & Kim, and then two-thirds of Team Darwin Award (aka_kim & I) continued on over to Moraga, up Pinehurst to Skyline & Grizzly Peak Blvd. and back down Wildcat Canyon and San Pablo Dam Road to El Sobrante, which worked out to about 3500 feet all told (tho it felt like more :p ) Those plus a lot of other rides in the 1000-3000 ft range really added up.

[SadieKate]

You animal! :D

On our way to Cantelow Saturday, we smelled a grass fire somewhere. I looked around for you and Kim, but nowhere to be seen.

[Shiraz]

Ladies,
If I am reading my garmin download right and adding my ascents I should have 27, 093 ft for May. Is that how you all are counting?

I got in another ride today of 41.79 miles of hills total ascent of 6158 ft. I rode from my daughters up Butte, then Pocatello Creek up Buckskin,around Rapid creek to Inkom then to Ross Park back up Satterfield to my daughters. I only averaged 12.3 mph today with the hills, oh well. I am so tired!

Sadie, have a great time in Moab and say hi to Yellow. You all have a great time at the LRRH. I wish I was riding agian this year.

[SadieKate]

Garmim elevation gains - it depends. If you read all the forums over at motionbased and tons of other websites, the barometic measurements can be somewhat high after you've used the gravity-fixer thingie in the training center or MB, and the jury seems to be mixed as to which does a better job. Overall, it appears from what I've read that the totals can be ok to somewhat high, but at least somewhere in the ballpark. I've only been to Boise a couple times but I don't remember huge mtns. Definitely some climbing and rolling hills, but nothing gigantic and long like the Sierras or the Cascades.

If you have the Edge or Forerunner which only uses GPS elevation, your totals will be really, really high.

Barometric altimeters are the most accurate but it even depends on the particular instrument itself.

[Shiraz]

Sadie, I don't live in Boise I live in American Falls which is close to Pocatello. I ride in back hills of Rockland and Pocatello. It is definitely not flat but I will check with other bikers to see what they are getting. I cetainly don't want to claim inaccurate numbers.

[maillotpois]

6158 feet in 42 miles is a lot if VERY steep long climbing. The Death Ride in the CA Sierra Nevada mountains is "only" 14,000 feet in 130 miles (to extend that logic, DMD is 19,000 feet in 210 miles). I try to plan my team's hard training rides so the climbing is a factor of ten of the mileage - 7000 feet for 70 miles, 8000 feet for 80 miles, etc. Those are HARD rides.

I'm wondering if there is something funky going on with your altimeter? GPS based altimeters give notoriously high readings. The barometric altimeters are more accurate than the GPS.

[Shiraz]

Very interesting. I did some checking on motion base and looked up Buckskin/ Inkom loop and indeed the elevation gain was 2592 ft over 37 miles. So my garmin is counting at least 2-3 times. So until I can figure this out can I look at the elevation at the start of your ride and the high point and figure out the difference to get a better idea? Thanks for helping me better understand and learn how the Garmin works.

So truely my climbing for May is really around 9 to 10,000ft :D

[maillotpois]

What sort of Garmin do you have?? 2 - 3 times increase is huge, and way beyond what you sometimes see with a gpos based altimeter. I wonder if there is a product problem. You should call Garmin. From what I hear, their support is very good. Even Motion Based adjusts elevations high, so if you are 2 - 3 times Motion Based, there's a real problem with your unit.

[Fredwina]

I think I need to get more realistic with my goals:o
May totals; 28,806

[easterbird]

Question re this device. I use the 'set real altitude' option every time I ride. Sometimes at the end of a 3-4 hour ride(when I'm back home) the altitude will be off(over what I set it before ride) by 20-50 '. Is that excessive?

I bought this to use elevation gain goal with you TE climbers. For May 14-31 I logged 14,000 per the VDO. Is it real? Has the June goal setting begun?:D

[maillotpois]

June goal setting is on a different thread.

I don't know about the VDO at all, so I can't answer that! Sometimes my Garmin won't quite get the starting altitude right when I start a ride from home (we live in a redwood forest and finding the satellites is difficult). So it can be off a few feet by the time I get home. I'm not too worried about that.

[Trekhawk]

Well I only managed one of the two hill rides I had set as my goal for May.
I guess meeting half of the goal is better than nothing.:o

[Starfish]

Guess I never officially reported in my May numbers...just over 14,000, so I hit my goal. Woohoo!

[SadieKate]

easterbird, I believe the VDO has a barometric altimeter. This is the best for determining actually climbing gains/losses. See my notes above about GPS-only units (such as the Edge 205 and the Forerunners as opposed to an Edge 305). As an example, yellow used a Forerunner 305 for the Little Red Riding Hood which reported about 2,500' climbing. My Ciclo reported 1,089 for the same course. Since this course is very, very flat, the 1,089 is the more accurate number.

Barometic altimeters work using air pressue so as weather patterns change the pressure changes. Just during the course of a day pressure will change. I think that 20-50' is pretty normal.

Just a note though for anyone thinking about GPS based computers, the GPS in yellow's Forerunner is far more accurate for distance and speed than the cycling computers based on wheelcircumference.