Climbing Club - June Goals

[Veronica]

I've never crashed my road bike. And every mountain bike crash I've had I've gotten up and ridden on - just a bit bruised and bloody.

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[SouthernBelle]

My goal will be to surpass what I did in May, which isn't over yet.

[Trekhawk]

School holidays start here next Friday so my goal for June will be to just try and get out on my bike when I can. I also want to try and get in the other hill ride I didn't manage in May.

[mtkitchn]

Can anyone join in the "fun"?
I'd like to get at least 20,000 feet in June. Over a third of it should be in one ride, climbing Mt. Lemmon in Tucson. That has 7,000 feet of elevation gain in 27 miles and goes through something like 7 climate zones according to Bicycling magazine. Of course, if I don't make it up the mountain I'll have to think of something else.

[maillotpois]

Anyone can join the fun!! Welcome. I've always wondered about Mt. Lemmon. We regularly do El Tour de Tucson (dead flat of course ), and I have always wanted to give Mt. L a try when we're out there. I'll be interested to hear what it's like.

[GLC1968]

I never set a goal for May because I had no idea how much I was going to be able to ride. I ended up with almost 10K feet of climbing, so not too bad!

I'm shooting for 15K for June and I hope to surpass that goal. I also plan on doing at least one climb up Hanging Rock and one climb up Pilot Mountain (our two local 'mountains').

We've got a weekend trip planned for mid-July that will include some NICE mountain climbing, so I've gotta work on getting the goat-legs back.

[bikerz]

Alright - I'm in

I'm setting a modest goal for June (compared to you mountain goats!) -- 10,000 ft in June.

(I'm calculating like mad -- If I do the 3 Bears once each weekend, that will be 6000 right there, and I should be able to get another 4000 in on other rides... )

[GLC1968]

I never set a goal for May because I had no idea how much I was going to be able to ride. I ended up with almost 10K feet of climbing, so not too bad!

I'm shooting for 15K for June and I hope to surpass that goal. I also plan on doing at least one climb up Hanging Rock and one climb up Pilot Mountain (our two local 'mountains').

We've got a weekend trip planned for mid-July that will include some NICE mountain climbing, so I've gotta work on getting the goat-legs back.

I fell short once again. Did just shy of 10K in June. Considering that I lost almost 2 weeks of riding to work issues, I guess I did ok. I did not make my goal of 15K nor did I climb the two mountains I'd planned.

I guess I'll have to work on kicking it up a notch in July!

And can I just add that all you ladies out west just amaze me with your photos!!! What I wouldn't give to have places like that to ride just outside my door. I mean, NC is pretty...and we do have quite a few beautiful places to ride (with plenty of climbing) but I have to drive an hour or two to most of them. When work is crazy, I can't get there...and well...local riding is nice, but it's not spectacular or anything.