Climbing Club - June Goals

[Starfish]

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.

[maillotpois]

So no Tour de Blast? Bummer! Glad the estate sale is behind you, though.

[Starfish]

So no Tour de Blast? Bummer! Glad the estate sale is behind you, though.

Yeah, thanks. I was seriously bummed , 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.

[maillotpois]

Yeah. Me either. Ahem. Did you talk to her when she was up there? Did you hear about the "incident"?

[Starfish]

Yeah. Me either. Ahem. Did you talk to her when she was up there? Did you hear about the "incident"?

No in-person talk. Swapped v-mails. Heard about "7 results" 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!

[RolliePollie]

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!

[Starfish]

Good heavens, Sara, if you can do 20,000 feet in a month, you can certainly go up Hurricane Ridge! (To reference your doubtful comment on another thread.)

[Zen]

I saw Nacimiento Road mentioned here earlier and it just reminded me of a place I was stationed while in the Army. It was called Fort Hunter Liggett, in Jolon, near Paso Robles. Out in the Middle of Nowhere but it was pretty. We could go to the beach, camp in Los Padres or drive down the coast to Pismo Beach, Clam Capital of the World!.http://virtualguidebooks.com/Central...ientoRoad.html