Monday Jun 30 |
 | run 18:30 [3]2.0 mi (9:15 / mi) | |
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| easy run around the block after work. legs are still tired enough to not go for a real run, but also getting sore from not doing anything for two days. |
Saturday Jun 28 |
| road bike 11:17:00 [3]206.1 mi (3:16 / mi) | |
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| LA Grand Tour: double lowland century. (route - top map)
So this was pretty sweet. It was lots of fun, I felt really strong through the whole thing, and its actually not that hard when they're feeding you cookies every 35 miles.
I got on the road just after 5, still in the dark, but the first 25 miles were out PCH, so the sun was up by the time we had to start making turns (which was good because I forgot to charge the headlight batteries so it died after half an hour). Hit the first rest stop and dumped the lights (it was also the last rest stop), and scarfed a few munchies (not too hungry yet after an excellent breakfast of scrambled eggs and french toasted pb&j's). Out towards the second rest stop and we started 'climbing', though it was only noticable because the old folks were dropping back. The highland route (where the real climbs are) forked off, so I was alone for most of this. Getting hungry at this point so I did some serious damage to the munchie table (cookies and pickles and fresh picked fruit). Hit some crappy roads and traffic on the way to the next one, plus a headwind for most of it. Not too bad though.
The lunch stop was an out and back up to Ojai at 110 miles, which went straight through a couple towns, so lots of stop signs, and the crappiest bumpiest roads I've seen in a while. Some of them had more gravel and potholes than pavement. I think it would have been worth doing the highland route just to avoid this section. Lunch was good though: bean burritos and pasta salad (which of course went inside the burritos).
The morning weather had been great - foggy and overcast, so nice and cool. It eventually burned off and the sun came out, so the last 20 miles into lunch started to get wicked hot. Also at this point I stopped having to pee, which at 110 miles I figured was a little early. So I decided I should probably drop the [non-cookie] munchies and just go for fluids for the rest of the day. Conveniently at this stop I also made an excellent discovery:
50/50 yellow gatorade + mountain dew = nector of the gods.
I'm pretty sure that it contains everything in it needed to sustain life. water. calories. salt. sugar. caffeine. bubbles. And despite tasting somewhat odd, it doesn't make me want to puke, and I really just couldn't stop drinking it.
So back down the craptastic road out of Ojai, then out on a nice bike path along the coast, then about 5 miles on 101 (speed limit 70?). Got off at the wrong exit, couldn't find the rest stop, but still looked around for a while, then decided I probably needed to drink more awesome-juice to increase my cue sheet reading skills (or more probably, less awesome-juice). Got back on 101 and went up to the next exit. Had to pee at this point, if barely, but at least I seemed to be improving. Mixed up another bottle of AJ, downed it on the spot, then made another for the road.
I think it was around 3pm at this point, and the ocean winds were nice and steady. So all that was left was 60 miles down the coast with a sweet tailwind, hopped up on AJ. Once I got into Ventura I knew the whole route home, so I could put away the cue sheet and just crank. Still felt really good, and with the tailwind I was averaging about 25 the whole way back down PCH. Got burned by some old geezer on the last hill up into the finish, but I was talking to him afterwards and apparently he's somewhat legendary in the riding club, and this was also his 50th double. So I don't feel too bad.
So all in all it was a really sweet ride. Glad it was cloudy and cool for the first 80, and even after the sun came out there was only a couple hours of brutal heat before we got out onto the coast. I felt strong the whole time, and am really happy with the time. Total time (including cookie breaks) was just over 13 hours. |
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| C • Congratulations 8 |
Thursday Jun 26 |
| roller ski 54:00 [3]13.4 km (4:02 / km) | |
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| dp: 6:21, 5:34, 5:38, 5:39 |
Wednesday Jun 25 |
| road bike 1:43:00 [3]30.2 mi (3:24 / mi) | |
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Tuesday Jun 24 |
| rollerblade 48:00 [3]16 km (3:00 / km) | |
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Monday Jun 23 |
| road bike 1:44:00 [3]30.2 mi (3:25 / mi) | |
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Sunday Jun 22 |
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| nothing today. still feel like junk from yesterday. |
Saturday Jun 21 |
| road bike 5:47:00 [3]97.4 mi (3:34 / mi) | |
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| Looped up around the mountains, then back down PCH. Sort of the same as two weeks ago, but without the loop around the farm fields on the NW end. I left at 4:30am, and it was already 80 degrees. The race was to see if I could get through the valley and out to the ocean before it hit 100 (I don't think I made it). Its been hot for a couple days so I haven't been sleeping too well or too much, so I don't think I've been recovering well this week. My quads started to feel like junk after only about 20 miles, which isn't good. And whatever weird weather is make it both hot and humid at the same time (that doesn't happen here) also switched the direction of the winds out on PCH, so I had a headwind for the last 30 miles! It was hot enough when I finished that I didn't even bother to loop around the block to make it a clean 100 miles. |
Friday Jun 20 |
| roller ski 1:05:00 [3]16.5 km (3:56 / km) | |
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| dp: 6:28, 6:08, 6:02, 6:12, 6:24
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Thursday Jun 19 |
| road bike 1:42:00 [3]30.0 mi (3:24 / mi) | |
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Wednesday Jun 18 |
| road bike 1:45:00 [3]29.8 mi (3:30 / mi) | |
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Tuesday Jun 17 |
| rollerblade 47:00 [3]16 km (2:56 / km) | |
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Monday Jun 16 |
| road bike 1:47:00 [3]30.2 mi (3:32 / mi) | |
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Sunday Jun 15 |
| orienteering 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| setting more controls, and picking up other controls. but much less than yesterday, so it was generally an easy day today. |
| mtn bike 30:00 [3] | |
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| out to drop off some water |
Saturday Jun 14 |
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| Event: LAOC - Mt Pinos: Three Sprints and a Relay!
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| orienteering 2:00:00 [3] | |
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| setting controls, picking up controls, moving controls, reprogramming controls... from 6am until 8pm. a generally busy day. |
| mtn bike 1:30:00 [3] | |
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| one trip back up the mountain after putting out the top-to-bottom sprint sportident boxes, then another loop later in the afternoon to set some controls for Sunday. |
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| C • Thanks for the meet 2 |
Friday Jun 13 |
| rollerblade 52:00 [1]16 km (3:15 / km) | |
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Thursday Jun 12 |
| road bike 1:17:00 [3]20.9 mi (3:40 / mi) | |
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| my back hurt a lot after the run yesterday, likely as that was the first run in a month. but biking didn't bother it too much. |
Wednesday Jun 11 |
| run 48:00 [3]6.0 mi (7:59 / mi) | |
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Tuesday Jun 10 |
| road bike 1:46:00 [3]30.2 mi (3:30 / mi) | |
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Monday Jun 9 |
| rollerblade 51:00 [3]16 km (3:11 / km) | |
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Sunday Jun 8 |
| orienteering 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| A marathon day of control and streamer hanging up at Pinos, maybe 7 or 8 hours.. I think I probably hit 60-70 control sites. These are gonna be some fun races.
also, despite having two breakfasts and three lunches, I was starving all day. where's the sausage mcmuffins when you need them? |
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| C • Pratt KS 1 |
| mtn bike 30:00 [3] | |
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| back up the hill to the car. a few detours to play around on the dirt roads a bit, but not as many as last time since it was just about dark. |
Saturday Jun 7 |
| road bike 7:54:00 [3]139.3 mi (3:24 / mi) | |
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| the around-the-mountain-range-ride, plus a bonus loop around Camarillo-Ventura-Oxnard. route. a few good hills, plus some fun winds, but it all felt pretty strong.
also the gmap-ped "calorie counter" says I burned 24000 calories today. maybe thats if I had run it? |
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| C • Grand Tour 5 |
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| holy awesome (click the checkbox then hit the button) |
Thursday Jun 5 |
| roller ski 1:07:00 [3]16.5 km (4:04 / km) | |
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| dp: 6:30, 6:19, 6:09, 6:15, 6:09
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| soccer 1:00:00 [1] | |
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Wednesday Jun 4 |
| road bike 1:42:00 [3]30.2 mi (3:22 / mi) | |
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Tuesday Jun 3 |
| rollerblade 50:00 [3]16 km (3:08 / km) | |
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| soccer 1:00:00 [1] | |
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Monday Jun 2 |
| road bike 1:51:00 [3]31.2 mi (3:34 / mi) | |
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Sunday Jun 1 |
| orienteering 2:00:00 [1] | |
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| A couple hours wandering around the woods up at Mt Pinos doing control checking for the sprint courses. Mostly walking and mapping rootstocks. |
| orienteering 19:45 [5]3 km (6:35 / km) | |
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| Test running sprint #1 |
| mtn bike 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| On the drive in I dropped the mt bike at the bottom end of the map so I could ride back up to the top after checking out Sprint #2 (all downhill). Ended up wanding around the trails a bit just for fun - I'm not so good at this. |