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Saturday May 19, 2018 #
9 AM
biking - dark blue bike 40:09 7.16 mi (5:36 / mi) +880ft 5:01 / mi
ahr:129 max:164 weight:138lbs
Got home after yesterday's ride and fiddled with the front derailleur some more. Zero progress, probably made it even worse.
And rain was coming, wasn't sure what I felt like doing.
And then thought, sure don't need the big chain ring on South Sugarloaf. And if I get going now, I'll beat the rain. And even though it's chilly and normally I'd wear tights, I figured I'd be working hard enough to stay warm. Which certainly turned out to be true.
Two questions in mind. First was the usual, what sort of time could I do up the hill. My best last year was 9:05. It's a good test, and certainly a good measure of fitness, the only problem is that it's not all that much fun, so I don't do it very often. So there is less data than one would hope. But some is better than none.
The other question dealt with the really steep way up, and here, as is often the case, Phil was the motivation. He's been doing repeats with SMAC, four loops, starting at the top, down the less steep way to just above the hairpin and then up the more steep way. Incidentally, that loop is one way, and the direction of the loops is the wrong way. Ah, so what....
I guess the question was, could I make it up, and what sort of lap time could I do. I certainly wasn't thinking of four laps, knowing that the first climb up to the top was already going to trash me.
Anyway, off before the rain. Got up in 9:13, acceptable. Maybe started a little too quickly, seemed to be breathing hard already after a couple of minutes. But hung in right to the end.
Momentum carried me the little bit down to the upper parking lot, and in the process I figured I meant as well get Phil's loop over with, so off I went on that, after noticing that there were no cars there might be coming down the narrow steep part when I'd be going up.
Down to just above the hairpin, sharp right turn, and straight up. Lowest gear, for sure. Probably down to about two miles an hour. But I stayed on the bike, and after a bit it got a little less steep, and then less, which was really good because I was wasted.
Finished the loop, just under 5 minutes. Totally trashed, didn't give the slighted thought to another. Coasted down the hill, easy pace going home, and then off to the bike shop to get proper repairs done.
Certainly type 2 fun (the planning and the memories are fun, just not the doing). :-)
And rain was coming, wasn't sure what I felt like doing.
And then thought, sure don't need the big chain ring on South Sugarloaf. And if I get going now, I'll beat the rain. And even though it's chilly and normally I'd wear tights, I figured I'd be working hard enough to stay warm. Which certainly turned out to be true.
Two questions in mind. First was the usual, what sort of time could I do up the hill. My best last year was 9:05. It's a good test, and certainly a good measure of fitness, the only problem is that it's not all that much fun, so I don't do it very often. So there is less data than one would hope. But some is better than none.
The other question dealt with the really steep way up, and here, as is often the case, Phil was the motivation. He's been doing repeats with SMAC, four loops, starting at the top, down the less steep way to just above the hairpin and then up the more steep way. Incidentally, that loop is one way, and the direction of the loops is the wrong way. Ah, so what....
I guess the question was, could I make it up, and what sort of lap time could I do. I certainly wasn't thinking of four laps, knowing that the first climb up to the top was already going to trash me.
Anyway, off before the rain. Got up in 9:13, acceptable. Maybe started a little too quickly, seemed to be breathing hard already after a couple of minutes. But hung in right to the end.
Momentum carried me the little bit down to the upper parking lot, and in the process I figured I meant as well get Phil's loop over with, so off I went on that, after noticing that there were no cars there might be coming down the narrow steep part when I'd be going up.
Down to just above the hairpin, sharp right turn, and straight up. Lowest gear, for sure. Probably down to about two miles an hour. But I stayed on the bike, and after a bit it got a little less steep, and then less, which was really good because I was wasted.
Finished the loop, just under 5 minutes. Totally trashed, didn't give the slighted thought to another. Coasted down the hill, easy pace going home, and then off to the bike shop to get proper repairs done.
Certainly type 2 fun (the planning and the memories are fun, just not the doing). :-)