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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
Saturday Century - In the RainMiles: 101.02 February Miles: 317.4 Year to Date: 626.38 Jon Wolf, Dennis Wolcott joined Joanne and I for the first Saturday Century where we got rained on. After 65 miles of just cloudy weather, a light rain began to fall and lasted for the rest of the ride. Dennis was coming off a long ride last week, the Casa Grande - Saguaro National Park 300 km brevet. Also, I was coming off a week of climbing in Phoenix, so our pace was slower than normal and the route was flatter than the last few rides. South Mountain Results 2/7/07 Miles: 46.74 Elevation Gain: 2782 2/8/07 Miles: 21.99 Elevation Gain: 3422 In an earlier posting, I mentioned that Greg worked me hard when he led me up South Mountain for my second time that night. Well, after downloading the data from my HAC4, I did an analysis. For the 2.62 miles that Greg paced me, my speed was the same as my first solo climb that evening, but my average heart rate went from 145 bpm to 154 bpm. No wonder I was gasping for air! the Next Few Weeks... Next week is the last hard training week before the Death Valley Double. I hope to ride a century on Saturday and another on Sunday. Notice the key word "hope". The following weekend is the weekend before Death Valley. So, no long rides, but Joanne and I will be riding in the Jack Frost Time Trial. Our time last year was 31:05.37. Our only goal is to improve, which means we should have been training for a short time trial, instead of training for endurance rides.
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