Climbing Club

[maillotpois]

Don't forget Monday February 19 up Coleman Valley Road and Tuesday February 20 up Trinity Grade !! Those will be stages to watch - and climbs to ride!

[jobob]

Don't forget Monday February 19 up Coleman Valley Road and Tuesday February 20 up Trinity Grade !! Those will be stages to watch - and climbs to ride!

Lee and I are taking the whole week off to follow the ToC - so perhaps we'll attempt those too. gahhhhhhhhhhhh what am I saying

V - Cool ! I'll start a separate thread

[five one]

fiveone - good for your DH on C2K! And if you're training with him, you'll surely get better at hills even if you don't want to do that particular ride. What rides are you looking at doing? A great one for hills is Grizzly Peak in May. Also the Mt. Hamilton Challenge is a good ride as well.

Oh...I'm still working on Table Mountain on the Chico Wildflower. It was in the 90s a few years ago when I tried the 100 mile option for the first time. I bonked badly and that's stayed with me. I've always done the 100K since then to avoid that climb. Tustin Rd. on Strawberry Fields Forever is another one I can't seem to manage. I've cr*pped out in the same place three years in a row .

We're definitely doing Chico again this year. Hopefully the weather will cooperate because I signed us up for the 100 mile ride. Don't know about Strawberry Fields yet. I think I'm more inclined (no pun intended ) to just train and ride on roads I know are tough rather than sign up for organized rides. The South Bay has plenty of hills! Once we get into DST, we'll be doing hill repeats once a week, aka Thigh Burners in our little ride group. That helps, but I'm usually bringing up the rear with every interval. (Insert heavy sigh here).

BTW, DH had a total knee replacement two years ago. Long story leading up to it best saved for another time and thread. He's been slowly coming back cycling-wise and C2K is next on his list of challenges. He's never ridden it before. I'm not so driven. I just want to ride, get better at a few things, and have fun. First I need to revive my flagging endurance base, however, before I think about tackling the hills.

[Trekhawk]

Thanks ladies - looks like we have a few interested riders. I will start a thread in the last week of Jan so we can state our goals for Feb.
Hmm now I just have to decide how much energy I can muster in chilly February.

[Deanna]

Lee and I are taking the whole week off to follow the ToC - so perhaps we'll attempt those too. gahhhhhhhhhhhh what am I saying

Coleman is not bad. One or two tough spots, but oh so worth it for the views at the top and the actual valley is gorgeous too.

I'm up for the hill climbing club. It will help me become a better descender.

[Veronica]

I'm toying with idea of a goal of riding all 3 local mountains every month.

Or maybe two out of three. At least Diablo and Tam can be done on the mountain bike, so there is variety.

Maybe one a month and rotating through all three...

V.

[Veronica]

Oh and Jo... I think Coleman is easier than Sierra. Maybe because the views distract me. What do you think Deanna?

V.

[cindysue]

Im hoping some of you wonderful ladies here at TE will be able to help keep me motivated to ride hills this year. I dont particularly like hills and Im not very good at them but I do like the way I feel when I have managed to complete a hilly ride. As I was chugga lugging my way up a hill today I thought maybe we could start a climbing club here at TE.

Hey Trek -

I know you have a long drive to get here, but I wanted to let you know that I'm planning on putting together a LUNA Chix Hills series sometime around April. Suggestions are welcome while details are being worked out - but you can expect to see Mt. Diablo, Mt. Tam, Mt. Ham, and Kings Mtn. on the list.....

This will be a progressive series working our way up to the steepest climb......

[Trekhawk]

Hey Trek -

I know you have a long drive to get here, but I wanted to let you know that I'm planning on putting together a LUNA Chix Hills series sometime around April. Suggestions are welcome while details are being worked out - but you can expect to see Mt. Diablo, Mt. Tam, Mt. Ham, and Kings Mtn. on the list.....

This will be a progressive series working our way up to the steepest climb......

Thanks Cindy - I would be interested even if I can only get to a few of the rides. April is pretty busy (well at least for my husband on babysitting duties) as Im registered for Party Pardee, BAB and SLOB Wildflower rides.
Could you post a link to the info when you have a plan and hopefully I will be able to get to a couple of them.

Thanks again for letting me know.

Leslie

[SadieKate]

I'm definitely going to join you in this climbing club. I just haven't figured out what my goals are for the year. The primary one is a certain nemesis hill in Colorado that skunked me 9 years ago, but I hadn't done any real hill training and . . . and . . . and . . .

I'm going after it this year. It better be whimpering and cowering when I get there.

[Trekhawk]

I'm definitely going to join you in this climbing club. I just haven't figured out what my goals are for the year. The primary one is a certain nemesis hill in Colorado that skunked me 9 years ago, but I hadn't done any real hill training and . . . and . . . and . . .

I'm going after it this year. It better be whimpering and cowering when I get there.

LOL - Im sure you will blitz it.....I think I can hear it cowering as we speak.

[Orions.Star]

I can only go up or down. I would like to go over the mountain by April. So this will help motivate me! and I use to complain about being a flatlander before moving here....

[kelownagirl]

I definitely need to join this challenge. I have managed to go from avoiding hills altogether, to choosing them and not despising them. Someday I'd like to welcome them. Hills are what separates DH and I when we ride so I really want to get better at them. Don't have any fancy device for calculating data so will state my goals as the number of times I do certain hilly rides.

I have some major "hilly" goals this summer anyway (120 km hilly ride around the lake, part or all of 320 km Banff to Jasper, and climb Alpe D'Huez this summer with only 14 stops - haha) so it will be good to have a focus and motivation here.

I can't start riding outside for at least another month so won't be able to do February goals yet. I'll stay on the side lines and cheer you all on till I can ride though!

[Kano]

I think besides climbing in general, I want to work on Bogus BAsin Road this summer -- it's a sixteen mile road up to the ski resort at the top, with its claimto fame being something like 140 hairpin turns. The altitude gain over the whole road is over 2500 feet, I think maybe closer to 3500. I figure this is a big project for me, with the scariest part being coming back down!

(It's pretty spooky on snowy mornings like this morning in the Durango with the skis on top too!)

Karen in Boise

[Lifesgreat]

Hmm now I just have to decide how much energy I can muster in chilly February.

What, it's gotten below 60 F??? Count me in, but I do need to wait to ride until the temperature gets above 15 F