Climbing Club - August

[Trekhawk]

Hey guys do we have a thread for Aug yet??

If not lets hear your Aug goals.

Im going to try and get back on my bike a bit more and with the kids starting school in a couple of weeks that should help.

Im setting my goal at 22000.

[Starfish]

Well, I am writing this from Shasta, where I hope to get in 10,500 feet on Sunday!

That will be 2500 more than I have ever done in one day, and at higher elevations overall. Frankly, I'm feeling nervous, but I'm not sure about what? What am I afraid of? Not finishing? Not completing my goal? Being too slow and getting swept up off the course? Just suffering? I don't know.

That is probably the entirety of my climbing goal for the month, because when I get back, I start some new responsibilities and will probably just be trying to ride for fun.

(Although, I have to admit, I would like to use the endurance boost I will have gained for some fun, easy-ish century or something later in August...)

[SadieKate]

Sheesh, my entire month's goal for August is 12,000 ft. Heck, when my average weekday ride has only 80-some feet at best, you do what you can.

MP got me looking at climbing in a new way though - feet per mile. I was just boggled by some of the numbers some folks were reporting but once I started looking at this a per ride basis for when I could get to the hills, I started feeling like I was accomplished something.

Annually, I'm averaging 41 ft/mile which is pretty consistent with some of the folks reporting high climbing totals - they're riding more miles than I am but at the same ft/mile ratio.

Our Telluride to Moab tour was 106 ft/mile over 6 days.
The mtb ride we use for hill training is 180 ft/mile.
June's monthly average was 66 ft/mile.
July's monthly average was 51.6 ft/mile.

Somehow this has given me a psychological boost and helps me get through the flat miles during the week.

[Starfish]

Our Telluride to Moab tour was 106 ft/mile over 6 days.

Wow. For 6 days...that strikes me as a LOT.

[jobob]

I hope to hit 200,000 ft by the end of the month, which would mean 40,000 ft of climbing this month. Probably a big stretch, but we'll see what happens.


Feet per mile involves too much higher math for me

[jobob]

I hope to hit 200,000 ft by the end of the month, which would mean 40,000 ft of climbing this month. Probably a big stretch, but we'll see what happens.

Well, I only (only, hee hee) did 35,000 feet this month, which is still the most I've done in any month so I'm pretty pleased.

And I'm about to break 4400 miles, which was my goal for the entire year. Booyah.

I've decided not to try for a double century this year. My climbing speed still leaves a lot to be desired, and I need to get in a few more hilly century-plus and double metrics, to build my confidence more than anything.

So I'm going to restart my quest for a RUSA R12 on Sept. 15. The R12 involves riding a RUSA (Randonneurs USA)-sanctioned brevet or permanent of 200K or more each month for 12 consecutive months. Fredwina's been doing that (see http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=16726), and I'm trying to sucker, er, lure others into too.

[maillotpois]

Well, Jo you'll be about 1/4 of the way there after Tam.

I have no goal. Get through Tam with my friend and then maybe take some time off, or at least with fewer miles.

[maillotpois]

Hey Starfish - good luck!! More importantly - have fun!!!

[maillotpois]

I have no goal. Get through Tam with my friend and then maybe take some time off, or at least with fewer miles.

I made my goal!!

16,551 for the month. I thought it was my lowest climbing month of the year, but it turns out I had fewer than 10,000 in February, so I did not set a new record!

Total for the year is 229,186, almost 3300 miles. Jo could stop riding right now and I wouldn't catch her before the end of the year!! How cool is that?? Truly!

It was a quiet month. I needed that. Wacky year, though. I think you can see my overuse injury coming on right about March - April.... , bearing in mind that July - December of 2006 was zero miles or feet.

Jan - 317 miles, 17,040 feet
Feb - 173 miles, 9,645 feet
March - 580 miles, 31,889 feet
April - 673 miles, 48,609 feet
May - 569 miles, 33,650 feet
June - 420 miles, 39,691 feet
July - 346 miles, 32,111 feet
Aug - 208 miles, 16,551 feet

[jobob]

Well, I am writing this from Shasta, where I hope to get in 10,500 feet on Sunday!

Ooooh, where are you staying in Shasta? Is it nice up there?

[teawoman]

I'm just going to sit here and gape in admiration.