Climbing Club - April Goals

[Starfish]

Hi wonderful climbers. Finally, we had a break in the rain for a couple hours today, and I got out for 16 mostly flat miles, with a couple of hills (400'). I neglected a bunch of work to do it, but when the rain started up again this afternoon, I was glad I had gone! I felt really out of shape, but I was truly grateful to be out on my bike in the sunshine. I REALLY needed that. Thanks for all your words of support. What a wonderful forum this is.

[Veronica]

Yay!

I did my Evil Coach Troy Ultra Leg tape. Then went out for a few miles. It was blustery and my knees were cold, so I didn't stay out for long. It's hard to do an easy spin into a 15 MPH headwind.

V.

[Starfish]

I did my Evil Coach Troy Ultra Leg tape. Then went out for a few miles.

This might belong on a different thread, but also about indoor climbing workouts...

Do you keep a different bike in your trainer to make it easy to go in and out, or do you switch out rear wheels, or do you just use the whole same bike indoor and out?

I have a trainer, but I have heard that maybe I shouldn't use the same skewer (or even tire) on the trainer as on the road... I don't use my trainer as much as I'd like because of these things...

[Veronica]

Before I got a second road bike, I would take my bike in and out of the trainer. I put a wider tire on the back, since my skinny tire was getting beat up. I would ride my outside training rides with two different tire sizes. For events I would change the rear tire back.

I've used the same skewer the whole time.

V.

[kelownagirl]

I am finally figuring out a rough idea of what the climbing is for my usual routes. So far this year I did:

Feb: 760 m (2470')
Mar: 1925 m (6256')
April so far: 1195 m (3883')

Total to date: 3880m (12,609')

I think that keeping track will really motivate me to do more climbing. Thanks for doing this thread.

(I can't wait to get a GPS bike computer...)

[Trekhawk]

The weather better improve next week or Im going to be hard pressed to meet my goals for April. Im going to try to head out today but I just checked the weather and they are saying chance of a snow shower.......WHAT THE!!! . I dont mind going up hills in bad weather but coming down is another matter. Between having the kids home for spring break last week and this weather I have hardly been out on my bike and it makes me very crabby.

[maillotpois]

Sorry about your crabbiness! I agree - it is COLD!!! My toes were so cold this morning on my ride.

And the thought of more rain this weekend makes me mad. We're doing a team ride at Pt. Reyes and riding out there can be completely mellow or beyond words brutally hard depending on weather. Well, I suppose the team needs the training. (The coach, on the other hand, may decide a cozy SAG car is more fitting... )

I am upping my goal to 35,000 for the month. Making it will depend on whether I decide to take a weekend off or do a hard ride at the end of the month.