Well, Jo you'll be about 1/4 of the way there after Tam.
I have no goal. Get through Tam with my friend and then maybe take some time off, or at least with fewer miles.
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08-01-2007, 09:56 AM #1
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08-01-2007, 09:56 AM #2
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Hey Starfish - good luck!! More importantly - have fun!!!
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08-01-2007, 10:24 AM #3
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My August goal is 25,000'. Of course, this is somewhat dependent on the weather, because if it gets really hot, then all bets are off! This upcoming Saturday, I plan to ride 50 miles here locally with about 4,000' of climbing. That may not sound like much to some, but it's a bit daunting for me!
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08-06-2007, 01:52 PM #4
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10,403 so far this month, with no goal at all for the rest of the month!
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08-06-2007, 02:30 PM #5
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jobob, reading between the lines, realizes ...
Originally Posted by Starfish
You did it !!!
Congratulations !!!
But you're going to have to give us more than that. Throw us a bone here wouldja!
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08-06-2007, 02:43 PM #6
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Jeez it sounds like a lot when the numbers are in feet. Well, I suppose it still is a lot of climbing in a month, but I really did think Trekhawk was saying she was going to climb twenty-two thousand metres in August for a second there.
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08-06-2007, 10:00 PM #7
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LOL - now that would be a lot of climbing for this sloth. Its funny you should mention the metres/feet thing. For ages I didn't realize my computer was reading my climbing in metres (I have it set for metric so I should have known Originally Posted by DirtDiva
Jeez it sounds like a lot when the numbers are in feet. Well, I suppose it still is a lot of climbing in a month, but I really did think Trekhawk was saying she was going to climb twenty-two thousand metres in August for a second there. ). Lets just say I was pretty depressed with my climbing numbers. I felt much happier when I realized it was in metres. After converting the numbers to feet it sounded a little better.
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08-06-2007, 04:30 PM #8
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Checkout the new thread...Shasta Ride Report... Originally Posted by jobob
jobob, reading between the lines, realizes ... [B][SIZE="3"]You did it !!!
But you're going to have to give us more than that. Throw us a bone here wouldja! 
Jo, thank you SO much for your exuberance (sp?)! It is so fun to have people to celebrate with...people who actually ride, themselves, so they KNOW what I mean! Yippee! Thank you!"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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08-06-2007, 08:25 PM #9
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Yee - ha!!!
Way to go Starfish! (And Jo who did a heckuvajob on a tough ride on Saturday!)
I'm at about 8000 for August and resting for a bit. Have to exorcise the @ss thetans. (See the Marin Century thread in "California" if you really want to know.) Plus, I popped my ankle out last night (duh - klutz in clogs). So I am definitely off the bike for at least a week.Sarah
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08-06-2007, 01:53 PM #10
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That's a pretty healthy proportion of climbing. How did it go? Originally Posted by sara
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08-31-2007, 02:22 PM #11
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I made my goal!! Originally Posted by maillotpois
16,551 for the month. I thought it was my lowest climbing month of the year, but it turns out I had fewer than 10,000 in February, so I did not set a new record!
Total for the year is 229,186, almost 3300 miles. Jo could stop riding right now and I wouldn't catch her before the end of the year!! How cool is that?? Truly!
It was a quiet month. I needed that. Wacky year, though. I think you can see my overuse injury coming on right about March - April.... , bearing in mind that July - December of 2006 was zero miles or feet.
Jan - 317 miles, 17,040 feet
Feb - 173 miles, 9,645 feet
March - 580 miles, 31,889 feet
April - 673 miles, 48,609 feet
May - 569 miles, 33,650 feet
June - 420 miles, 39,691 feet
July - 346 miles, 32,111 feet
Aug - 208 miles, 16,551 feetSarah
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08-31-2007, 06:34 PM #12
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Did not make my goal this month I only got in just over 19000 and was aiming at 22000. Oh well maybe next month.
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08-31-2007, 06:37 PM #13
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MP & Jo, you mileages and climbing are truly amazing to me. Really impressive, month in and month out.
I have really taken a month of rest and easy workouts...maybe just 3 easy workouts a week, no ride longer than 16 miles...just kind of letting down and getting some maintenance workouts in this month since Shasta.
Tuesday morning, a new training phase begins!!"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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08-31-2007, 06:47 PM #14
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My August just ended with a very hot and unusually HUMID ride! I am very sweaty. I got a new rear tire yesterday and I swear, it feels like a new bike. It's wonderful!
So, August for me = 511.3 miles and approximately 30,050' of climbing.
I really wanted to break 500 miles for the month. Otherwise there is no way I would've been out there just now riding in this hot and sticky weather. Ugh!
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