Week ending Saturday February 23, 2008

HYPNOGAJA- Here Comes The Rain Again

spin classes: 2 (Fri 6:30 am, Sat 9:00 am)

commute miles: 33.37

training miles: 60.94

weekly total: 94.31

2008 YTD totals: 638.15 miles, 13 spin classes, one flat

weight: 175 pounds.

EURYTHMICS - Here Comes The Rain Again

Lagunitas Market and Back

Battery died in camera, no pics today. Great seeing Bob again on this ride. It's been months since I saw John and him at the Eagle. Great thanks go out to James. James' tire caught a nasty nail on the eastern side of White's Hill, not only did his tire catch it rather than mine. I got a chance to practice tube changing. It isn't that I don't know how, it's just that I haven't had one yet on my road bike, and I'm long overdue, so I've been dreading it. Since I had the tire irons I took the opportunity to see if I was as rusty as I had thought. I wasn't, didn't take me all that long to get the tire changed. Getting the tire back on the bike was another story. It only took four of us. This ride had a bunch of first for me: first time to Lagunitas, first time up White's hill (I had been dreading it also, but it isn't that bad), first time up Camino Alto from the north, the first time on the infamous Julie Brown's training ride, and finally first ride over 60 miles this year (if just barely). I enjoyed this ride a lot. I'm still nervous about Marshall's Wall, but that will come in good time.

route and data:

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Total Time (h:m:s): 7:02:10, 6:55 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s): 4:39:08, 4:34 pace
Distance (mi ): 60.94
Moving Speed (mph): 13.1 avg., 57.1 max. (57.1 mph max just can't be correct, I hardly drive that fast)
Elevation Gain (ft) +6,671 / -6,669

Heart Rate Data: Avg, Low, High
Heart Rate (%max): 73, 41, 100
Heart Rate (bpm): 136, 75, 185

Temperature (°F) 51.1°F avg., 53.6°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) NNE 3.0 avg., NNE 5.8 max.

SF Wine Competition, 02-15-08

Absolutely zero miles ridden. Good thing I was still upright at the end of the day. Yet another Sunday morning still in my robe and not out on a training ride. That's it!!!...I'll see you all after the ride. No more attempts at socializing if I'm going to miss my training. I blame Wayne.

Bunch of photos from yesterday, another gorgeous day.

By the end of the day, I felt the same way Brent. Oh, whoever said 'Shortbus' was a mainstream movie is out of their friggin' mind.

Week ending Saturday February 16, 2008

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Good to the last drop, good thing there was no sediment. Uncle Zoie at Christmas.

spin classes: 1 (Sat 9:00 am)
commute miles: 87.33 (If I'm riding to work for a full day of work, it counts as commute miles and not training miles)
training miles: SF Wine Competition
weekly total: 87.33 miles

2008 YTD totals: 543.84 miles, 11 spin classes, one flat

weight: 176 pounds.

Home-2-Work; 02-15-08

Above: Lone runner on Ocean Beach early morning.

Below: View north at the Reservoir on the Sawyer Camp Trail.

route and data:

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Total Time (h:m:s); 3:20:18, 4:08 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s); 3:07:48, 3:53 pace
Distance (mi ) 48.36
Moving Speed (mph); 15.4 avg., 36.0 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +3,986 / -4,069

Heart Rate Data: Avg, Low, High
Heart Rate (%max): 85, 55, 103
Heart Rate (bpm): 158, 102, 190

Temperature (°F) 47.6°F avg., 51.8°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) N 0.0 avg., N 0.0 max.

Week ending Saturday February 9, 2008

Inadvertent easy week. There was a holiday on Tuesday afterall (and I don't mean Mardi Gras).

spin classes: 1 (Thur 6:15 am)

commute miles: 59.93

training miles: 47.18

weekly total: 107.11 miles

2008 YTD totals: 456.51 miles, 10 spin classes, one flat

weight: 175 pounds.

DSSF Jersey Ride: 2-9-2008

Chose to do the intermediate Paradise Loop ride on Saturday. I reasoned that since I was going to get my ass out of bed and do the ALC Category 3 Nicasio Loop ride (62 miles) on Sunday morning, I didn't want to tax myself too much on Saturday. As you can see, it is now Sunday morning and I'm in my robe and not on my bike. See how much that worked out for me.

Above: View from Sausalito towards San Francisco (right to left: SF, Bay Bridge, Alcatraz, Treasure Island, and Oakland way off in the distance).

Below: From left: John, Les, and Cameron. Three of ~20 DSSF riders on an awesomely beautiful day. Directly behind John is a park ranger police type guy with a speed gun, giving bicyclists warnings for travelling too quickly (I only saw warnings given, no tickets). FWIW, I ride like I drive, grannyish.

route and data:

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Total Time (h:m:s) 4:52:34, 6:11 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s) 3:29:40, 4:26 pace
Distance (mi ) 47.18
Moving Speed (mph) 13.5 avg., 42.0 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +5,626 / -5,636

Heart Rate Data: Avg, Low, High
Heart Rate (%max): 75, 41, 101
Heart Rate (bpm): 140, 75, 187

Temperature (°F) 56.6°F avg., 60.8°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) ENE 3.4 avg., ENE 5.8 max.

It's still friggin raining.

Week ending Saturday February 2, 2008

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my Smokey

spin classes: 2 (Mon 6:30 am, Tue 6:15 am)
commute miles: 56.52
training miles: 50.14
weekly total: 106.66 miles

2008 YTD totals: 349.4 miles, 9 spin classes, one flat

weight: 175 pounds.

Mountain View Foothills, 2-2-2008

Nice ride, rain started about mile 30 but not the heavy stuff. Managed to stay relatively dry. Only one pic taken below of the clouds/fog interacting with the hillside in Portola Valley.

Route and data:

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Total Time (h:m:s): 3:52:51, 4:38 pace
Moving Time (h:m:s): 3:24:11, 4:04 pace
Distance (mi ): 50.14
Moving Speed (mph): 14.7 avg., 35.0 max.
Elevation Gain (ft) +2,104 / -2,104

Temperature (°F) 50.6°F avg., 51.8°F high
Wind Speed ( mph) SE 10.7 avg., SE 11.5 max.