Bike Training 2010: First Pescadero Loop
January 16, 2010
I’ve decided to write up little posts about my bike training this year since it’s useful for tracking progress and, mainly, because I find it fun to look back at all our awesome rides.
For 2010 so far we have two big rides scheduled for sure:
Solvang Double Century (March 27th)
DeathRide (July 11th)
We’re also toying with the idea of going for the triple crown, which means completing three double centuries in the season. If we end up doing that (which is in large part contingent on me not dying during the Solvang double at the end of March) we’ll likely also do the Davis Double and then one other.
I’m also very much thinking about doing the Super Tour this year. The Super Tour is a two-week biking extravaganza up in Northern (like really Northern) California. You can see their proposed route here (it’s a pdf). To me this sounds epic and unforgettable, but the problem is Chris can’t get that much time off work so I’d have to do it alone. And biking for two weeks hardcore by myself doesn’t sound nearly as fun as doing it with Chris. So we’ll see…
And other than that we have loads of weekend adventures planned, including a two-day event biking to Monterey and back, a one day Santa Cruz-and-back ride, and lots more!
Anyway, back to Pescaderoaasd! On January 16th Chris and I dived head first into our training with our first Pescadero loop of the year!
Summary:
Distance: 60 miles
Elevation gain: 6,463 ft
Average Speed: 11.1 mph
Max Speed: 39.7 mph
Average Heart Rate (HR): 132 bpm
You can see all of my stats here. And all of Chris’ here. If you get bored, it’s sort of fun to compare our heart rate and watts at different points in the ride.
Overall the ride went way better than I thought it would. Granted, I don’t think we physically could have gone any slower up old la honda and tunitas, but I wanted to be extra cautious with our first longer climbing-filled ride. My legs felt ok and the food in Pescadero was, as always, friggin fantastic. Worth the ride right there!
2010 season, here we come (slowly but surely!)
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Three double centuries! Ahhhh… My legs hurt just thinking about that many miles on a bicycle. You guys are machines!
My garmin data says I climbed 450 ft more than you. I guess it’s less than a 10% difference.
I find it interesting that your overall HR while riding tends to be lower than mine, but climbing is the opposite.
Anyways, here’s to not dying this year! <3
Another point of interest–your garmin lost your HR at lunch, but mine kept recording. Was wondering how you were “dead” for a stretch of time until I saw the location.