Climbing Club Feb results and March goals

[kelownagirl]

I *think* I did about 1000 feet today. I have not found a reliable way of figuring it although I kinda liked routeslip that said I did 35,000 feet.

My lungs thought I had climbed that much. The air is too cold for me to work that hard I guess. Had an ok avg speed the first half, but had to go very slow all the way back...

[SadieKate]

Oh my gosh! I guess it's true when they say increasing intensity increases your speed. Since I have this climbing goal, I thought I'd wander around in the statistical stew and this is what I saw.

Jan 1 to Mar 3 of each year
2005 – 359 miles / 10,085 ft.
2006 – 654 miles / 6,412 ft.
2007 – 795 miles / 20,997 ft

Well, I put 2 and 2 together and realized how much the climbing is responsible for my avg speed for the Santa Rosa 200k. I really had no expectation of riding fast but I had to keep up with the bungee cord (maillotpois).

I know I increased the miles, but the change in miles between 2006 and 2007 is pretty negligible. However, the climbing isn't. Nothing for some of you folks, but HUGE for me. Okey-dokey. Bring on them thar mountains.

[Fredwina]

Oh my gosh! I guess it's true when they say increasing intensity increases your speed.

Actually, I was thinking think that this morning. I did usual climbing route (minus the section of road that the City of Upland is fixing, and I was a 1/2 MPH faster, Granted my "new" route was a little flatter, and I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped the next time I do it, but I've noticed my average speed slowly creeping up.

[jobob]

Hills are your friend.

[Starfish]

Got 1300 in today with a little 9 mile ride! Boy was I slow. I am at 4800 on the month, so maybe I might actually make my March goal of 10,000.

[jobob]

1300 feet in only 9 miles must've been steep! Good job. Don't worry about the speed, it will come with time and practice.

Did you have fun on the downhill ?

[Starfish]

1300 feet in only 9 miles must've been steep! Good job. Don't worry about the speed, it will come with time and practice.

Did you have fun on the downhill ?

Jobob, I hope you are right about the speed. I am not a fast rider, and I can live with that. But, honestly, today I was going seriously slow on some portions. Like 3mph in a couple places.

We have a mountain in our back yard that goes from sea level to our ski area at 5,000 feet in less than 20 miles. The bottom portion is the hardest, with a lot of 9-10%. Right now, only the bottom 5 miles is open except the weekends, and there is still too much snow up higher, anyhow.

The downhill was fun, but COLD, and I thought I was well bundled!