Climbing Club - August

[Trekhawk]

Hey guys do we have a thread for Aug yet??

If not lets hear your Aug goals.

Im going to try and get back on my bike a bit more and with the kids starting school in a couple of weeks that should help.

Im setting my goal at 22000.

[Starfish]

Well, I am writing this from Shasta, where I hope to get in 10,500 feet on Sunday!

That will be 2500 more than I have ever done in one day, and at higher elevations overall. Frankly, I'm feeling nervous, but I'm not sure about what? What am I afraid of? Not finishing? Not completing my goal? Being too slow and getting swept up off the course? Just suffering? I don't know.

That is probably the entirety of my climbing goal for the month, because when I get back, I start some new responsibilities and will probably just be trying to ride for fun.

(Although, I have to admit, I would like to use the endurance boost I will have gained for some fun, easy-ish century or something later in August...)

[SadieKate]

Sheesh, my entire month's goal for August is 12,000 ft. Heck, when my average weekday ride has only 80-some feet at best, you do what you can.

MP got me looking at climbing in a new way though - feet per mile. I was just boggled by some of the numbers some folks were reporting but once I started looking at this a per ride basis for when I could get to the hills, I started feeling like I was accomplished something.

Annually, I'm averaging 41 ft/mile which is pretty consistent with some of the folks reporting high climbing totals - they're riding more miles than I am but at the same ft/mile ratio.

Our Telluride to Moab tour was 106 ft/mile over 6 days.
The mtb ride we use for hill training is 180 ft/mile.
June's monthly average was 66 ft/mile.
July's monthly average was 51.6 ft/mile.

Somehow this has given me a psychological boost and helps me get through the flat miles during the week.

[Starfish]

Our Telluride to Moab tour was 106 ft/mile over 6 days.

Wow. For 6 days...that strikes me as a LOT.

[jobob]

I hope to hit 200,000 ft by the end of the month, which would mean 40,000 ft of climbing this month. Probably a big stretch, but we'll see what happens.


Feet per mile involves too much higher math for me

[jobob]

Well, I am writing this from Shasta, where I hope to get in 10,500 feet on Sunday!

Ooooh, where are you staying in Shasta? Is it nice up there?

[maillotpois]

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.

[maillotpois]

Hey Starfish - good luck!! More importantly - have fun!!!

[RolliePollie]

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!

[Starfish]

10,403 so far this month, with no goal at all for the rest of the month!

[Starfish]

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!

That's a pretty healthy proportion of climbing. How did it go?

[jobob]

10,403 so far this month, with no goal at all for the rest of the month!

jobob, reading between the lines, realizes ...

You did it !!!
Congratulations !!!


But you're going to have to give us more than that. Throw us a bone here wouldja!

[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.

[teawoman]

I'm just going to sit here and gape in admiration.

[Starfish]

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!

Checkout the new thread...Shasta Ride Report...

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!