It's been fun to read this thread again! I never posted anything for June -- this year, my goal has been to get up hills any which way I can, but I think I've gotten to where I can get up them any which way now, and am working on adding a bit of speed and possibly a bit of "grace" to the process. I nearly caught DH on one of my most challenging ones a couple of weeks ago, and have left the poor guy in the dust on another not-so-big, but steep one that's starting to feel easy most trips. So, anyway, I guess I'm on track for this year's goal of being able to climb hills without too much embarrassment!
And, you know, ladies, this whole garmin/GPS thing is getting awfully tempting!
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06-24-2007, 09:39 AM #1
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06-25-2007, 08:04 PM #2
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well, this month is shot for me, for climbing goals. haven't been on the bike for 2 weeks as of tomorrow. but, estate sale is now done, the shasta ride looms large, so back in the saddle, maybe tomorrow.
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06-26-2007, 08:18 AM #3
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So no Tour de Blast? Bummer!
Glad the estate sale is behind you, though.
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06-26-2007, 02:17 PM #4
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Yeah, thanks. I was seriously bummed
Originally Posted by maillotpois
So no Tour de Blast? Bummer! Glad the estate sale is behind you, though. , but I seriously underestimated the physical and energetic toll doing that sale was going to require. I was simply exhausted, and felt that I shouldn't really even be behind the wheel to get down to the ride.
I can hardly wait for the ride report from Veronica, though.
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06-26-2007, 03:10 PM #5
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Yeah. Me either. Ahem. Did you talk to her when she was up there? Did you hear about the "incident"?
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06-26-2007, 05:45 PM #6
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No in-person talk. Swapped v-mails. Heard about "7 results" Originally Posted by maillotpois
of what must have been the incident, but no details! I did hear she was tough enough (of course, it is V after all) to do Tour de Blast 2 days later, anyhow.
Don't want to blow the story! I'm sure we will be graced with a great write up!
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06-26-2007, 07:03 PM #7
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I just tallied up my estimated climbing for the month so far and I come up with 22,600'! I did not think I would make it to my goal, let alone go over 20,000'. I should be able to get in another 3,000' by month's end.
Since I don't have GPS and I'm using bikely.com maps, I deducted about 100' to 300' off of each ride as I just have this feeling it's over-estimating my climbing somewhat.
Best climbing ride was up Iron Mountain Road - bikely tells me 3,500' (we didn't make it all the way up...I think then it's over 5,000'). Best descent was on the same road - 44.6 mph - my fastest yet.
Seeing these numbers is a great motivator for me. Yahoo!
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