Climbing Club - July Goals

[maillotpois]

I am shooting for 20,000. This would be an astounding amount for me.

Astounding!!!

[Trekhawk]

Well done Starfish!!!
LOL I guess I better get off my bottom and set some goals next month. Apparently taking holidays that dont involve cycling is not a good training method.

[RolliePollie]

I am excited to report that despite no riding for the first week of July due to a vacation, I'm going to meet my 20,000' goal this month. My rather inaccurate estimating method now puts me at 19,020' with one more week to go. I can also now ride about 20-25 miles with +/-1,800 feet of climbing without stopping to rest. I'm very happy about this!

You Death Riders amaze me...but I may try it next year. Maybe two or three passes? It would be a good goal to strive for.

[Starfish]

I can also now ride about 20-25 miles with +/-1,800 feet of climbing without stopping to rest.

Sara, that's great! I am also very impressed with your monthly total. And, I'm with you...I daydream about things like the Death Ride...

[maillotpois]

You Death Riders amaze me...but I may try it next year. Maybe two or three passes? It would be a good goal to strive for.

It's definitely do-able. If you can get into the ride (lottery), then give it a shot. My advice is just start the ride and see how the day goes. You may surprise yourself. In the group we coached, we had a guy in his 60's who'd had polio and lost all muscle in a leg (he has a brace), a guy with diabetes who fractured his pelvis last year and the DR marked his one year anniversary off crutches, and a woman who'd had leukemia. I take so much inspiration from folks like that. They all made all 5 passes. (Oh yeah, and we also had a woman who had pulmonary emboli last year and was not able to ride her bike for 6 months! )

[RolliePollie]

It's definitely do-able. If you can get into the ride (lottery), then give it a shot. My advice is just start the ride and see how the day goes. You may surprise yourself. In the group we coached, we had a guy in his 60's who'd had polio and lost all muscle in a leg (he has a brace), a guy with diabetes who fractured his pelvis last year and the DR marked his one year anniversary off crutches, and a woman who'd had leukemia. I take so much inspiration from folks like that. They all made all 5 passes. (Oh yeah, and we also had a woman who had pulmonary emboli last year and was not able to ride her bike for 6 months! )

I was thinking I should go ahead and enter, then see what happens with the lottery. I have a friend who's ridden it three times, so I bet he'd be a great "coach." Sounds like the group you coached was amazing!!! It is definitely inspirational to hear stories like that. If those folks can do it, then I should be able to do it too!

Starfish - maybe you should enter the lottery too! You certainly have a good training route for climbing rides. If you come do the Death Ride with me, I'll come ride Hurricane Ridge with you next summer. Sound like a good deal?

[Starfish]

Starfish - maybe you should enter the lottery too! You certainly have a good training route for climbing rides. If you come do the Death Ride with me, I'll come ride Hurricane Ridge with you next summer. Sound like a good deal?

Sara, definitely PM me all the info you learn about joining the lottery, etc! I am sickly and strangely intrigued. What is the matter with all of us drawn to these rides?

I kind of had a different ride in mind for next summer's goal, but they might not be mutually exclusive...perhaps only from a time-off, travel-time perspective!

[maillotpois]

Boy do I have some Death Ride stories for you guys. Get in, and then we'll talk!!