Ditto, Darcy! By the way...did you do the Vine Ride today? Hats off to you if you did. Hot and windy!
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08-14-2010, 07:40 PM #1
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08-14-2010, 10:34 PM #2
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The Vine Ride is on the 21st, thank goodness, and I think the temperatures will be down into the low 70s by then. I can't seem to tolerate the heat anymore when I bike. I did too many rides in July, two of them in extreme heat conditions, and something happened to my body and I still haven't recovered, especially my right leg where I got severe muscle cramps on one ride. If the Vine Ride had been today, I would have gone out as soon as the volunteers showed up with the registration packets, around 6 a.m., so as to get my event tee and done the 35-mile loop. If the temperatures are normal on the 21st I will probably do the 75-mile metric, and not the century; if the temperatures are still hot, I will do the 35-mile loop, but still leave as close to 6 a.m as possible.
Originally Posted by oxysback
On the whole steepness thing (responding to other posts), I realize it is regional and probably alititude is a factor also, but there must be some sort of analysis somewhere that states what a cyclist is capable of achieving at specific levels of fitness. Even on the Tour de France, they show that the peleton will do a 12-mile climb at a 10% grade for example. I know for myself, the two factors are distance of the hill and the grade of the hill, in other words I can get up a steep 17% if it is only 1/8 mile, but if it goes over 1/4 mile I am down in my granny and praying. When I was new to climbing, 7-9% was a struggle, now it is normal, but yet if I go more than a mile of continuous 7-9% I am thinking not-very-nice thoughts.
A few months ago I was out on a ride and a female triathlete pulls up on my left. We cycle along together for a few miles, chitchatting, and she says she is from Colorado. Then she says, "Oregon sure is flat!" Like huh? Oregon has two mountain ranges, how can the terrain be flat?
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