Northern California - Final Low-key Hillclimb of 2007: Thanksgiving Day, Mt. Hamilton

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'nother
11-19-07, 09:55 AM
http://lowkey.djconnel.com/2007/week9/

Who's in? The series has been great fun so far. Hamilton should be interesting...different character than most of the other climbs.

AzureDrpTp
11-19-07, 02:38 PM
I heard BigSean was blazing up the Sierra climb on saturday. ;)
BigSean
11-19-07, 03:41 PM
I heard BigSean was blazing up the Sierra climb on saturday. ;)

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:The only thing blazing was my lungs. I am much more suited for Mt Hamilton. However I cant really take off and leave my wife all day to cook by herself. I wish I could do it, cause it is more my kinda of grades. Big ring climbing and keep the momentum going. I havent been doing any sustained climbing lately and it really showed as I died with a mile to the top. I went out a punished myself with 6 repeats on Kennedy yesterday.:D

Hermes
11-19-07, 04:48 PM
Velodiva and I will be there.
Hermes
11-19-07, 06:23 PM
Hey 'nother: How many water bottles are you going to carry?
Ty.S
11-19-07, 06:24 PM
I really wanted to do this one, but I can't bail on my obligations, if the race was earlier in the AM and I wasn't so slow, I'd be able to. Maybe I'll just do my OLH / Skyline / Kings loop a few times or something.
'nother
11-20-07, 08:12 AM
Hey 'nother: How many water bottles are you going to carry?

Good question. I will probably go with 2 smaller bottles, maybe not quite full. Or if I'm feeling really brave, just 1 large one, full. I hate carrying water I don't use in a race...but this is going to be ~1.5 hrs or longer at fairly high intensity.
Hermes
11-20-07, 09:08 AM
Good question. I will probably go with 2 smaller bottles, maybe not quite full. Or if I'm feeling really brave, just 1 large one, full. I hate carrying water I don't use in a race...but this is going to be ~1.5 hrs or longer at fairly high intensity.

My wife and I did a trial ride up MH three weeks ago on the weekend that it was warm and I consumed three large water bottles on the climb. It will be cooler Thursday and I think I am taking two large ones and plan on drinking them. On the training ride, I felt great the last 7 miles and I think part of it was I was not dehydrated.
uspspro
11-20-07, 10:36 AM
I would take 2.