Coolio Feb 10th Rides

[melissam]

CC,

Welcome back to the great outdoors! I'll be following your progress back to health.

DrBadger,

The ride I was on today passed by part of the Stanford campus, and I could have sworn I saw you at a stoplight. But now that I've seen your post, I know for sure that it wasn't you.

I went on a 34 mile ride with the AIDS/Lifecycle Training group. It was awesome! The weather was absolutely perfect, and the route took us thru some very picturesque areas. I'd forgotten how beautiful riding thru Woodside and Portola Valley is. I'm a sucker for rolling hills and oak trees. I was surprised how strong I felt after yesterday's hill-o-rama ride. (Um, yesterday was a hilly ride on the Mel scale, not on the Veronica/Jobob/Maillotpois/SadieKate/AKA_Kim/hope I'm not forgetting anyone scale.)

[Melalvai]

(Um, yesterday was a hilly ride on the Mel scale, not on the Veronica/Jobob/Maillotpois/SadieKate/AKA_Kim/hope I'm not forgetting anyone scale.)

I bet your Mel hilly-scale is the same as mine. The mountains in Missouri are not those of the east or the west.

[Fredwina]

Ok , double dip time!
Return some books to library and picked some more (I'm on a Bernie Cornwell kick)
Then I rode over the start of the womens ride Had another flat on the way
We did an new route, and I wound dispensing some fitting advice, some energy drink advice, and made myself useful. Split from the gals to get a new tube at REI and headed home to check the see if shop had my car done
27 miles this ride 38 for the day

[kelownagirl]

I did 27 km on the trainer in 1 hour. Watched "Must Love Dogs" and did sprint intervals during the commercials. There are too many commercials....

[melissam]

I bet your Mel hilly-scale is the same as mine. The mountains in Missouri are not those of the east or the west.

Hey Melalvai --

Maybe we should develop our own Mel Scale of Hilliness (MSOH.)

Let's see, maybe it would go something like this.

Objectively speaking:
1 (MSOH) = 0 - 500 feet of elevation gain during the ride
2 (MSOH) = 500 - 1000 feet of elevation gain during the ride
3 (MSOH) = 1000 - 3000 feet of elevation gain during the ride
4 (MSOH) = 3000 - 5000 feet of elevation gain during the ride
5 (MSOH) = 5000+ feet of elevation gain during the ride

Subjectively speaking:
1 (MSOH) = eh? Was there a hill on the ride?
2 (MSOH) = That was kind of fun -- a little uphill, a little downhill
3 (MSOH) = Oh man, my legs are gonna be a bit tight tomorrow
4 (MSOH) = Good Lord, what did I get myself into?
5 (MSOH) =

Or something like that.

[Melalvai]

On the way home from the grocery store there's a MSOH 1 hill. The first time my husband complained I said "What hill are you talking about? There's no hill there." Then when I started hauling full loads of groceries home I said "Oh, there is a hill there! Wow, that's one heck of a hill."

On the way home from work is are three MSOH 2 hills. Well, the third one, not really, but coming after the first two, it is a nuisance. "I thought I was done with the bloody hills already!"

The rest of the hills, that I encounter on recreational rides and thus not regularly, are all MSOH 5.

[melissam]

Mel,

Uh huh, you said you didn't have hills in MO. I see how you are. Wanna join Team Sandbagger?

-- Mel

PS My Saturday ride was a 4 on the MSOH.
PPS Adding over 10 pounds to your bike should give bump you up 1 on the MSOH. So your Grocery Hill merits a 2 on the MSOH. (We may have to adjust this adjustment...)

[spokewench]

CC - You'll get there! You're making great progress and won't it be amazing when the pain is all gone - and soon it will be.

spoke