Yeah, I know. It's Saturday, but:

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Dist: 26.28 mi
Time: 2:13:32
Max: 40.9 mph
Ave: 11.8 mph

Old Frend

This Sunday's was a very pleasant ride around Santa Cruz (up, down, up, down, up,...) with an old high school friend that I manage to see about once a year.
24.7 mi
2h, 4min, 57s
Max 41.5 mph
Av 11.9 mph

God Help me, I just not that Bright

Tomorrows ride is a race.
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Finished in 1:18:42.7 (8.23 mph). The fastest finisher did it in 0:43:33.3 (15.7 mph) which smashed the record
547th out of 885 overall (62nd Percentile)
132 out of 192 M 30-39 (69th Percentile)

P.S.
Pix of me passing somebody, and mugging for the camera.

Last Big Training Push

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20.91 mi
2h, 2m, 28s
10.2 mph

Marin is a BITCH!!! Surprisingly my arms were the limiting factor.
And one thing I did not think about is that, while most of the hill is in the shade, but the last 2 blks are in full sun.

El TOyonal is also a very nice climb and shade most of the way, but for the last bit. Sigh.
It also sucks to get lost on a bike while climbing a hill. :(

Anyway my test is in one week, so I will be doing slightly more interesting things than exersizing. Maby.

Short, Sweet, To the point. AKA: To Sammy's House

I am rather busy today, so I do not have much time for a big ride. I have to get my promotion documents in by 7pm tomorrow. But I mustn't neglect my training so I will just ride straight up the hill.



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Ok, google maps is driving me ape shit, the road I am going on exists on some portions of gmaps, but not others. I can draw out the route, but if I try to link the route the road is not there. Grrr.

Climbing Claremont

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Yup, Claremont is steep, like 20% in spots steep. But it was really nice, there was almost no traffic going up Claremont, but down Centennial was a little dicey, I found out the max my breaks can do. Oh, and Grizzly peak was funny, cuz a Fucking Prius was holding up a line of cars, and me.
Dist: 10.96 mi
Time: 1:02:55
Max: 36.7 mph
Ave: 10.4 mph

New Section "Sunday Rides"

Every Sunday I go for a bike ride, sometimes easy, sometimes hard, sometimes short, sometimes long.
Here is todays planed route:

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Post Report:
8.76 mi
0:47:40
Max 33.1 mph
Ave: 11 mph
Centennial is not as bad as I remember it, though it is still a bitch of a climb.
And down Grizzly Peak, and Spruce was just a nice, lazy cruz down the hill that I enjoyed very much.