Sunday, February 26, 2006
Road to CDA 06: Bike 80 (day 2)
Sun 2/26
Summary: Day 2 in Auburn, bike 80 (5:24), 6020 Ascent (past 2 days, 15,430 ft ascent)
Felt good. left IT band sore first 10 miles. Stopped and stretched it out lightly and it loosend right up. This ride was like 2 half's, one early nice and relaxed, and the latter 1/2, more intense.
First 40, ascent 1050, pace ave 17 mph, cloudy and 65 degrees
Second 40, ascent 5000, pace ave 12.5, windy and raining almost continuous, temp drop to 42 degrees. Finished frozen feet, hands. No waterproof gear, and only toe covers on shoes. No winter gloves on.
Zone Summary: Goal accomplished. Kept climbs in higher gears for muscular endurance, cadence around 40-50 on big climbs. Never above Zone 1.
Zone Summary:
Zone 0 = 18% (58')
Zone 1 = 82% (4:36)
*Good ride with Ann. Didnt push her, and it made me go easy. Felt like an easy recovery ride for me. Ann's goal is not to go 9:30, so no need to push her. I kept her back on the flats and didnt rush her on the hills.
*Breakfast, 3 slices french toast, 2 scrambled eggs, juice, coffee. 200g maltodextrin during ride + 1 cliff bar. Dinner, chinese: quart of rice with sliced chicken and veggies. Some low fat ice cream after.
*Tough decision. Supposed to rain heavely all day tomarrow and tuesday morning, highs of 50. Break in rain tuesday afternoon and wed. In Bishop (6 hour drive) supposed to rain tomarrow and snow, chance of rain tuesday and clear wed. We decided its not worth it to drive over 6 hours to catch 1/2 day of no rain. We now know many of the routes here and I feel comfortable knowing how far I am from the hotel in case of conditions turning bad on tuesdays long ride. Wed will probably now be the long ride. Being only 2 hours from tahoe, we can ride longer wed, right up until sunset, then make the drive. From bishop, the drive would have been over 4 hours, tough after a long ride. Oh yeah...there is a hot tub here too.
Summary: Day 2 in Auburn, bike 80 (5:24), 6020 Ascent (past 2 days, 15,430 ft ascent)
Felt good. left IT band sore first 10 miles. Stopped and stretched it out lightly and it loosend right up. This ride was like 2 half's, one early nice and relaxed, and the latter 1/2, more intense.
First 40, ascent 1050, pace ave 17 mph, cloudy and 65 degrees
Second 40, ascent 5000, pace ave 12.5, windy and raining almost continuous, temp drop to 42 degrees. Finished frozen feet, hands. No waterproof gear, and only toe covers on shoes. No winter gloves on.
Zone Summary: Goal accomplished. Kept climbs in higher gears for muscular endurance, cadence around 40-50 on big climbs. Never above Zone 1.
Zone Summary:
Zone 0 = 18% (58')
Zone 1 = 82% (4:36)
*Good ride with Ann. Didnt push her, and it made me go easy. Felt like an easy recovery ride for me. Ann's goal is not to go 9:30, so no need to push her. I kept her back on the flats and didnt rush her on the hills.
*Breakfast, 3 slices french toast, 2 scrambled eggs, juice, coffee. 200g maltodextrin during ride + 1 cliff bar. Dinner, chinese: quart of rice with sliced chicken and veggies. Some low fat ice cream after.
*Tough decision. Supposed to rain heavely all day tomarrow and tuesday morning, highs of 50. Break in rain tuesday afternoon and wed. In Bishop (6 hour drive) supposed to rain tomarrow and snow, chance of rain tuesday and clear wed. We decided its not worth it to drive over 6 hours to catch 1/2 day of no rain. We now know many of the routes here and I feel comfortable knowing how far I am from the hotel in case of conditions turning bad on tuesdays long ride. Wed will probably now be the long ride. Being only 2 hours from tahoe, we can ride longer wed, right up until sunset, then make the drive. From bishop, the drive would have been over 4 hours, tough after a long ride. Oh yeah...there is a hot tub here too.
