Mount Diablo Time Trial

[Trek420]

Deedolce, I'm sure we'll do another TE climb of MD soon, c'mon out and ride with us. should we do one before Cindysue leaves (temporarily I'm sure) the bay?

[RoadRaven]

Wow veronica - thats an awesome and significant improvement in your time!

Particularly considering its almost all uphill...

Did I say that was awesome? Did I say you were awesome?

An Awesome Animal!!!!!

Road left-in-the-carpark-just-below-the-summit Raven

[Bike Goddess]

Hey V- I trust you did the south side. I wonder what the diff would be if you had done the north side (shorter steeper depending on where you begin).

I'm totally impressed! But of course I'm not surprised as you've really worked hard this year. All of that hard work is paying off!! Yipee!!!!

If I didn't have floor issues at home this weekend, I'd do the brevet with you. I've done all of that route in one way or another and it's not bad as you know. I'm sure you'll be a star on that ride as well!

You might look at the 2005 stats for women your age Diablo Challenge and see how you compare. Bet you'd be in amongst the top contenders!

[Cassandra_Cain]

V for vicious mountain climber

That's really impressive, congratulations on your PR and doing so well.

Good on ya

[Trek420]

RoadRaven "Particularly considering its almost all uphill..."

almost? it's allllll uphill, one of those "even when it looks flat it's not" hills.

I'm in awe. I've gotten perhaps a mile from the top

[jobob]

V did the north side.

[Veronica]

V did the north side.

Yep, I almost always do it from the north side. It's so much closer to home for us.

I did look at the results from last year. I would have been in the top 700, 13th in my age group. There were about 900 riders total. That's just too many people in too little space for me. I think that's why I like double centuries, so few riders.

V.

[Bike Goddess]

See- 13th your age group and you did the harder side (after I said that I realized you had said in the Calif thread you were doing the N side)! I'll be you'd be even faster on the South Side........

Since the road is closed for that event, it might not be so bad. I had having to watch for cars when I go up. And escorted down- pretty cool!

Oh well, another time. I do wish I could come with you on Sat, but it doesn't look very promising

Weather should be good. Go for it girl!!!!!

[Veronica]

The brevet's game plan is to keep the HR between 165 and 175. That's pushing it up higher than I have on doubles in the past. The course looks to me to be the first 65 miles of the Davis Double and then return, so I'm just hoping to have a higher average speed than I did on Davis.

We did this brevet on the tandem a few years ago.

V.

[deedolce]

Deedolce, I'm sure we'll do another TE climb of MD soon, c'mon out and ride with us. should we do one before Cindysue leaves (temporarily I'm sure) the bay?

Ack!! Tempted, in a crazy, insane kind of way. As if I'd even make it 1/4 of the way up without my heart rate going through the roof!!

I suck, but I do love to climb. Yeah. Me, in the turtle group, bringing up the rear! I haven't done any hills this summer.

But seriously, let me know when you all decide to attack MD sometime.

How many miles is that ride?

dee

[extra-vert]

I'd be curious to know about an MD ride as well!

[Veronica]

So glad I posted about this ride back in 2006. My laptop was stolen a couple of months later so I don't have much data for rhe ride, just what I wrote here and what's in my Bike Journal log.

Anyway... I am so close to beating my PB time to the Junction. Okay, so I'm within two minutes. But when I set the PB in 2006, I had more than 4,000 miles on my bike for the year. I'd done 3 double centuries and a self supported tour of Nova Scotia pulling a 50 pound BOB trailer. So to be at all close to it, when I have less than 90 miles on my bike for the year, is pretty exciting!

I think that 50 minute time is going DOWN!

Veronica