Climbing Club - April Goals

[Trekhawk]

Time to set those goals for April ladies.

Well I have decided not to set myself an amount for April as with Spring break thrown in there (little chance of riding that week with the boys at home) and other family stuff it will be a short riding month for me.

So instead I have decided to try and do two routes locally that I have avoided up until now. One involves riding down to the Yuba river and back (back is the scary part imagine canyon). The other involves adding an extra loop I found on routeslip to an already hilly ride.

Lets hear your goals.

Oops nearly forgot check out the March thread for some of the March results.

[Veronica]

I got almost 25,000 feet in for March. I'd like to top that in April. I also want to climb at least two out of the three local mountains. And some mountain bike time would be nice.

V.

[GLC1968]

April....hmmm, not sure. My first mountain century is May 5th, so April will have to have a good amount of climbing in it.

I'm going to shoot for 14,000 ft.

[jobob]

I'm shooting for 18,000.

Hopefully I can start it out right with a ride tomorrow up Palomares, Crow Canyon & back down to Sunol & over Calaveras.

[kelownagirl]

I have a hard time setting actual climbing footage goals because I don't have an altimeter but I will attempt to climb Knox Mountain once a week in April, AND do hill repeats on Steele road and/or Gordon Hill once a week. If that's unmanageable, I'll alternate the two - one on week, and the other the next week.

[maillotpois]

Got 34,200 for March. Probably shoot for 20,000 in April. I think it may be a quieter month. Famous last words.

[SadieKate]

TrekHawk, I hope you've been training hard. I've got the Davis tour all mapped out for you. 6 bridges and 6 tunnels in 14 miles with only 120 ft of climbing.

[Trekhawk]

TrekHawk, I hope you've been training hard. I've got the Davis tour all mapped out for you. 6 bridges and 6 tunnels in 14 miles with only 120 ft of climbing.

Looks like a few killer climbs in there. I better up my hill training.
Lucky I have the Trek with those granny of granny gears.

[Starfish]

I am shooting for 13,000 in April. Got started with 500 today!

[Wahine]

Alright, I'm joining a little late but I only recently (ie in the last hour or so) figured out how to retrieve elevation data from my Garmin GPS. 8 days of April have gone by and I've logged a little over 7000 feet of climbing on my bike, 9700 running.

So I think I'll shoot for 25 000 feet riding this month. Running, maybe 20 000. I don't think I should be running hills as much as I have been.

How's everyone doing so far?

[Trekhawk]

Alright, I'm joining a little late but I only recently (ie in the last hour or so) figured out how to retrieve elevation data from my Garmin GPS. 8 days of April have gone by and I've logged a little over 7000 feet of climbing on my bike, 9700 running.

So I think I'll shoot for 25 000 feet riding this month. Running, maybe 20 000. I don't think I should be running hills as much as I have been.

How's everyone doing so far?

Welcome to the club Wahine.
After a nice ride with some of the TE girls yesterday I have about 6500 for the month so far.
Good luck with your April targets for riding and running.

[Veronica]

I think I'm on target for the number of feet, but looking at my schedule, I'm not sure when I'll have time to climb two mountains.

V.

[Starfish]

Wahine, nice to see you here!

Boy, I am not on target at all. My mom and dad both died in the past 4 months, and we are now in the process of packing up the house to sell, and I happen to also live there currently! This week was really a lost week on the bike, and I am really noticing the difference in recovery times on days when I am also really emotionally stressed.

Anyhow, I have done a whopping 1000 feet or so over 2 short rides. I have some work to do to make my goal, but I am still committed, and I had a really relaxing day on the bike today, despite getting rained and hailed on!

[maillotpois]

Wow - Starfish - I am so sorry for your loss. What a tough time this must be for you.

Big hugs to you.

[Starfish]

Wow - Starfish - I am so sorry for your loss. What a tough time this must be for you. Big hugs to you.

Thanks...I don't want to hijack this thread...but I have been thinking of starting a new thread somewhere about training/recovery in the midst of really stressful times.

The blessing is that we (my brothers and I) were able to care for both of them for their last few months in their own home, and they were able to die at home as they had always wanted. It has been a helluva 6-8 months, and amazing to experience the huge impact on my physical recovery now that I have started working out again.

Back to climbing...I decided to go ahead and target the Shasta Summit Century as a fun and motivating goal, which is why I am trying to keep up with the climbing training!