Quote Originally Posted by Fredwina
DDH,
I also only did 12 miles. and at 10.6 average! I did some hillclimbing. Basically I spent the first half hour ascending about 1000 feet to the National Forest boundary. Saw several rabbits, and some "Left Behind" Orange Groves. Rode breifyly thourgh the clouds(They were low today , at about 2200 feet) and then flew down the hill, and did some flats in a vain effort to up my average speed.
HOLY MOLY! I wanna grow up to be you! a thousand vertical feet in only half an hour? Wow! All at once? On a really good day, I can do about 250 with a couple of rests. I've not checked to see how long it takes, but it sure feels like an eternity. Please tell: granny gear? breathing breaks? shaky legs breaks? I've done more climbing, but y'know, there are downs in between, does that count? How much practice does it take to be able to do that kind of an up?????

And I LOVE your "vain effort to up your average speed" -- I tell DH that those ups wreak havoc on my average all the time!

Karen in Boise