Southern California - BF/So Cal 2008 C-A-M Challenge - Data Only

Date of Ride: June 28th
Type of Ride: Solo
Name of organized ride or route: Mt. Baldy Century. The Hard Way.
Actual Mileage:100.00
Ride Time: 06:28:20
Total Time: 07:48:50
Avg. Speed: 15.45
Altitude Climbed: 7002
Weather conditions: Warm to hot as hell climbing Baldy Rd. Then hot as hell re-entering OC
Synopsis of Ride: I rode from home in Anaheim through Carbon Canyon through Chino, Montclair, Clarmont to meet up with JPconrad and VanceMac at the base of Baldy and Mills. We climbed to the village and descended GRR/GMR where I said good by and returned home via Grand Ave and Brea Canyon.

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Date of Ride: July 4, 2008
Type of Ride: Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Casitas Pass, Gibraltar, Santa Barbara to Thousand Oaks
Actual Mileage: 125.25
Ride Time: 7:73:03
Total Time: not recorded
Avg. Speed: 16.6
Altitude Climbed: 6,289 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: hot and hotter
Synopsis of Ride: Met with an Echelon group to do the two Casitas Pass climbs. Didn't continue around the lake, but instead rode back to SB with Kelly (visiting from CO, whom I met on the Grand Tour) and partway up Gibraltar. He had to get back to his wife so we cut it short. After returning back to the house where we were staying because of the fire evacuation, Kim decided that she wanted to spend the night at her parents, so I met her for lunch at Beachbreak Cafe, then rode out to Thousand Oaks via Potrero.

To help keep count, this is number 20

Date of Ride: July 6, 2008
Type of Ride: Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Half of Sunday Worlds, then around the lake and Pancake Ride with Kim
Actual Mileage: 102.40
Ride Time: 7:03:31
Total Time: not recorded
Avg. Speed: 14.5
Altitude Climbed: 5,763 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: pleasantly warm
Synopsis of Ride: Started Worlds, but had some issues with my FD and stopped at the regroup to fix it. Kelly wanted to go around the lake and I wasn't finished with my FD when everyone took off so I went with him. After returning I hung out at Northstar with him and then went to FasTrack to watch the end of the tour stage while I waited for Kim to join me for lunch. Met her at Beachbreak for brunch, then rode around the Riviera and Montecito with her. She wanted to do lots of climbing, so I tried to string together as many uphill sections of the area as I could without backtracking or crossing on our route. We had a fun loop but it was getting late and she was getting tired so we headed to where she parked the car and drove home.

To help keep count, this is number 21

Date of Ride: July 12, 2008 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6227974)
Type of Ride: Mixed (about 65 miles in a group)
Name of organized ride or route: Sisquoc Road Race "Practice" (with transit)
Actual Mileage: 124.89
Ride Time: 7:00:48
Total Time: 9:34:50
Avg. Speed: 17.8
Altitude Climbed: 9,572 (Edge 305, reported by MotionBased)
Weather conditions: started foggy by my house, but once I climbed over the mountains it was warmer in the inland valley, and got very hot (near 100) by the end. Calm in the morning, windy (mostly head/cross) on the ride home.

Synopsis of Ride: Rode out 30 miles over San Marcos Pass to Los Olivos to meet an Echelon valley ride to preview next week's Sisquoc course. After leaving home, I decided I wanted to see the lowest effort I could do Old San Marcos in with a time under 20 minutes (8% average, 1,200 ft gain in 2.9 miles - note that many people can't even do this climb in under 20 minutes) so I hit the lower sections fairly easily. Maybe a little too easy, as I eventually realized I wouldn't make time unless I picked up the pace. I gauged the remaining effort nearly perfectly, and finished in 19:54 with an average HR of 152 and a max of 167 (my LT is 165). I wanted to average over 20mph on the rollers after descending Stagecoach, so I made sure to keep my effort at a mid-aerobic level (142 average) and hit my goal with 20.2. I had allowed myself plenty of time to get to Los Olivos, so I of course was quite a bit early. Everyone else was getting dressed & prepped, and I was already ready, so I went over to a coffee shop around the corner to get a bagel & lox sandwich.

We rode out to the course fairly uneventfully, although the pace was difficult for many of the riders, so we had to regroup many times. Once to Sisquoc, we did two laps, starting and ending at the Sisquoc store. Sprinted at the "real" s/f line both laps, but went too early the first time. The second time I stuck to Bill's wheel, and Sean jumped too early but I follwed him. He faded and I passed him. On the remainder of the lap, Bill attacked before the turn onto Orcutt-Garey, and I tried to bridge but I waited too long and let myself get swallowed back up by the group. I "attacked" on the whoop-de-doo and gave Bill another run but he was able to hold me off, and I fairly easily held off the rest of the group. We regrouped at the store and weren't sure if we were waiting for the women or not. It was not clear whether or not they were doing one lap or two. After maybe 20 minutes, we figured they had already left, so we started back at a fairly leisurely pace. Eventually there were some "attacks" but Bill and I held the pace steady and eventually reeled them back in. We regrouped at the top of Foxen and got a call from the women that they were back in Los Olivos.

Back in Los Olivos for lunch, I got a smoothie at the coffee shop from the morning, and then met everyone at Panino. We all hung out for a while, but eventually I had to leave for the ride back home. My legs took a while to get going again, and I could feel that I was a bit (ok a lot) dehydrated. The rollers were really hard on me, but the final climb was ok, despite the persistent strong headwind (it was actually somewhat of a refreshing breeze, since it was so fricken' hot). When I got home I weighed myself and had lost about 7 pounds :eek:

To help keep count, this is number 22

Date of Ride: July12
Type of Ride: BF Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Escape from the Orange Curtain San Diego Century
Actual Mileage:105
Ride Time: ~7:30
Avg. Speed: ~15
Altitude Climbed: 4000 Ft

Mucho fun ride. Beautiful weather and great company. All who did not attend are losers. :rolleyes:

Date of Ride: July12
Type of Ride: BF Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Escape from the Orange Curtain San Diego Century
Actual Mileage:105
Ride Time: ~7:30
Avg. Speed: ~15
Altitude Climbed: 4000 Ft

Mucho fun ride. Beautiful weather and great company. All who did not attend are losers. :rolleyes:

What he said :rolleyes:

Date of Ride: 07/12
Type of Ride: Group/solo
Name of organized ride or route: OCW Seal Beach Century modified from home
Actual Mileage: 109
Ride Time: 05:58
Total Time: 07:27
Avg. Speed: 18.25
Altitude Climbed: 2536
Weather conditions: started out 64 degrees and warmed up to 93 with an avg of 77.7
Synopsis of Ride: Decided to do my first century on my fixed gear. Started from home to meet up with the group 16 miles away. This ride heads south through Irvine to hook up with Laguna Cyn then heads north on PCH to Warner Ave in Huntington Beach for the turn around. Don't ask me why they named it Seal Beach Century because it doesn't even enter that city. The route is basically an out n back with the exception of after the Laguna Cyn climb it heads to the north of Irvine to Portola then back down Hicks Cyn bike trail to the finish at Food Park.

My stats:
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Date of Ride: 07/12
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: The Death Ride
Actual Mileage: 126. something (Garmin died, guessing based on friends Garmin)
Ride Time: 11:30
Total Time: 09:30 (based on friends Garmin)
Avg. Speed: 12.3
Altitude Climbed: 13,447 + I'd guess another 1,500 or so (based on my Garmin, before it died)
Weather conditions: 40's in the A.M. to Mid 90's in the Afternoon back down to 60's after the hail storm.
Synopsis of Ride: This was by far the best organized, best supported ride I've been on ever. The vibe was completely different than what I'm used to. The climbing was moderate to difficult and the views were incredible. I made it to the top of Carson Pass at about 4:45 and as we were getting ready to leave a hail storm hit. We were stuck for about 15-25 minutes. The descent was fast despite the rain and hail. This was an incredible ride!

Corey,

I thought that was you when I stopped to talk to Russell at TurtleRock. I was the guy in the Club Hypoxia jersery. Great ride, except for the rain, I think you missed most of it though. I was 1/2 hour behind you and we rode in the rain and hail from about 1/2 below Pickett's Junction to the top, from that point on it pretty much rained steadily up until about 1/2 below the summit.

My wife was waiting at the summit to take pictures, and when it started to hail, she drove down to find me, and offer me my rain jacket. She found me about 3/4 of a mile below the summit.At that point I was soaked to the bone, I had already been riding in the rain for the better part of an hour. At least I had my rain jacket for the descent.

Corey,

I thought that was you when I stopped to talk to Russell at TurtleRock. I was the guy in the Club Hypoxia jersery. Great ride, except for the rain, I think you missed most of it though. I was 1/2 hour behind you and we rode in the rain and hail from about 1/2 below Pickett's Junction to the top, from that point on it pretty much rained steadily up until about 1/2 below the summit.

My wife was waiting at the summit to take pictures, and when it started to hail, she drove down to find me, and offer me my rain jacket. She found me about 3/4 of a mile below the summit.At that point I was soaked to the bone, I had already been riding in the rain for the better part of an hour. At least I had my rain jacket for the descent.

Yea, we were at the summit on Carson when the hail started, and when it died down we started our descent. We did get caught in the second phase of it though, the rain and spitting hail on the way down. I had dropped my cold weather gear earlier in the day so I got pretty soaked. Sounds like you got the brunt of the hail storm as you were coming up though! Oh well, it just makes for better stories!!!

Date of Ride: June 14
Type of Ride: solo
Name of organized ride or route: Rancho Penasquitos, Ramona, Highway 101
Actual Mileage: 100.1
Ride Time: 8.5 hours
Total Time: 11 hours
Avg. Speed: 12
Altitude Climbed: 3500 feet. (estimate
Weather conditions: Hot, no wind
Synopsis of Ride: Half of this ride was the Encinitas Century, but I did the climb to Ramona first, the other half was long the coast up to Carlsbad.

Date of Ride: July 24 (part 1 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6336163), part 2 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6345202))
Type of Ride: Solo, Group
Name of organized ride or route: Solvang Loop, Bella Vista Ride
Actual Mileage: 104.8
Ride Time: 5:53:04
Total Time: 6:05:19
Avg. Speed: 17.8
Altitude Climbed: 7,771 (Edge 305, reported by MotionBased)
Weather conditions: started cold & foggy by my house, cleared up over the pass but was still foggy in the valley. Warmed up along the coast on the way home. In the evening it was clear and warm but not hot.

Synopsis of Ride: Rode up OSM to 154 and over the pass, down Stagecoach and back around to 154, 246 to Solvang, then the back roads through Alisal & Nojoqui Falls back to the 101. Entire ride was non-stop. My hand was swelling from being stung by a yellow jacket the previous day and the rough roads were somewhat painful, especially descending in the drops. I made good time, 1:30 to 246 and 1:45 to Solvang. Had a slight tailwind on the way back on the 101, and together with the draft off the cars, my average speed was nearly 24 mph for the 24 miles to Goleta. This ride by itself was 67.6 miles in 3:36, for 18.8mph average, solo.

In the evening I rode out and met the usual Thursday evening ride. Everyone was hoping I would be tired from Solvang, but I had plenty of energy and was not sore and charged up most of the climbs. It was a great ego-boost to hear "oh crap, there goes Steve" when I started riding off the front on a climb. Overall it was only our second fastest time for the ride, I guess without Bill there to push me I slacked off...

To help keep count, this is number 23

Date of Ride: July 19, 2008
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Jacumba 200K Brevet
Actual Mileage:124.32
Ride Time: 10.01
Total Time: 11.05
Avg. Speed: 12.3
Altitude Climbed: 8085 per Blackburn Delphi
Weather conditions: Started nice (overcast), warmed up to HOT high 90's to 100's
Synopsis of Ride:San Diego east county - Chula Vista/Otay Lake east to Jacumba, if like to climb and desend this ride is for you, some nice desents, but wrong time of year to be riding in the desert

Date of Ride: July 26 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6360549)
Type of Ride: Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Lake Casitas Loop, OSM, Goleta
Actual Mileage: 102.3
Ride Time: 5:18
Total Time: 5:58
Avg. Speed: 19.3
Altitude Climbed: 4,958 (Edge 305, displayed on unit)
Weather conditions: Warm & Warmer

Synopsis of Ride: Rode out to ROCO ride, fast pace to climb. I was feeling good and worked up front to chase some attacks. Tried to bridge once but failed. Rode 4th wheel behind Cody, Mark, and Gary up the last rise of 192 to the 150 and all the way to the base of the climb. That was probably the hardest I've ever ridden, and I didn't have a chance to recover, so I was pretty much shot for the climb. I fell off the front group and rode near LT to the top top of the pass, catching and riding with a few others that were shelled as well (note that there were many people behind me). After regrouping at the top, we cruised down to the lake and around to Ventura, and then got on the Cody train on PCH and the 101 back to Carp. We were flying at 26-30 when he would pull and the speed would drop 2-3mph when he pulled off. Fortunately he took long turns at the front and everyone else took short turns, so he pulled us most of the way. There was a flat right past the Seacliff exit, so we had to wait for that, and then we got going and hammered the 101 section, most of the way over 30. From carp the rest of the way in, the speed was pretty civil. I took a long pull from the edge of carp to summerland.

By the time we were downtown, most of the people had turned off, and nobody wanted to stop at Northstar, so our small group cruised up state st, and then turned onto Calle Real to Goleta. Cody was going to go up OSM and I decided to punish myself and join him. We stopped at Tucker's Grove park to fill up our bottles and then headed up. I stayed with him for the first mile but the rest of the ride started to catch up with me and I dropped back. By the time I hit the switchbacks I could barely pedal and managed to drag myself up to the top in about 19:45. Not a horrible time, but for the HR I was putting out, I should have done it 2 minutes faster. A sign that I was probably dehydrated.

When got down and were having a nice conversation so I rode past my house and ended up looping all around Goleta with him. I picked his brain about a lot of persistent BF topics, for the pro perspective on things. Riding on the path nearing home, two girls were selling lemonade on the adjacent street, so I stopped, turned around, and got some. With ice. I drank that and then poured the rest of the drink I got at the park into the ice, and drank that. I got home and weighed myself and had lost 7 pounds :eek:

edit: To help keep count, this is number 24

I'm getting a little tired of doing a full writeup, so lets just say that on July 31 I did basically the same thing as July 24 and August 2nd did a similar ride as July 26, but with some extra climbing and more stops.

That makes 26, I'm halfway there and only a month behind...

Date of Ride: August 3
Type of Ride: Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Sunday Worlds, SB Tri route, OSM & part of Painted Cave
Actual Mileage: 103.45
Ride Time: 5:53:06
Total Time: 7:04:08
Avg. Speed: 17.6
Altitude Climbed: 6,265 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Started out foggy and got hot later in the day.

Synopsis of Ride: Did Sunday Worlds. Felt good despite yesterday. Was tired, but still able to put in hard efforts. Did goob and stuck with the front group over the top and down to the 150, and all the way around to Bates. Felt like I wanted to die at the regroup. Got going again down the 192 and approaching the sprint a sheriff car pull out and blocks the road (people up front reported that he appeared to do it intentionally), almost causing us to stack up but nobody went down. Usual cruise back to Northstar to hang out. Bill said he was going to ride back out that way with Carlos and Kelly because she was going to do the triathlon, so I headed out with them. My legs felt dead and it took forever to warm them up. Just as they were feeling good again Kelly dropped her chain, or something, and it took us a while to get it sorted out. My the time we reached Toro my legs were working again and we cruised around the course, back out to goob, etc.

After getting home and sleeping and eating and doing a bunch of chores I got out again for 10 miles of climbing. I intended to go up OSM and Painted Cave and around Camino Cielo to the 154 and down, but I left home too late and ran out of light, so I cut PC short and jetted back down. Total time does not take into account the time that I was home, just the stopped time during the two rides. I was definitely tired from two days of hammering and just took the climbs at an easy steady pace.

#27

Come on guys, it's August. I want to start seeing some 8's in that list!

Date of Ride: August 2
Type of Ride: small group
Name of organized ride or route: Mt baldy
Ride Time: 6:03
Total Time: 8:00
Avg. Speed: 16.8
Altitude Climbed: 9000
Weather conditions: started cold then warmed up to about 85-90.

Date of Ride: August 7
Type of Ride: Solo, Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Solvang Loop, Bella Vista Ride
Actual Mileage: 102.6
Ride Time: 5:53:35
Total Time: ?
Avg. Speed: 17.4
Altitude Climbed: 6,441 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Warm this time
Synopsis: Basically the same two rides as 7/31 and 7/24. Coming back from Solvang the winds were slightly more favorable than 7/31 but more of a cross than on 7/24. I was fatigued for sure and felt like I had no power coming back on the 101. I practically died when I got back to Goleta and limped into work. I was mostly recovered for the ride in the evening and still managed to push the pace a bit but trailed behind Bill most of the time.

#28

I'm out. I had to have surgery August 4 and can't ride again until at least September. :mad: So, unless I can get special dispensation from the master of CAM...;)

I'm out. I had to have surgery August 4 and can't ride again until at least September. :mad: So, unless I can get special dispensation from the master of CAM...;)

I may be able to arrange something.

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Date of Ride: August 16 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6528613)
Type of Ride: Mixed (mostly solo)
Name of organized ride or route: Saturday ROCO + Hwy 33 & Gibraltar
Actual Mileage: 126.95
Ride Time: 8:18:12
Total Time: 8:59:26
Avg. Speed: 15.3
Altitude Climbed: 13,551 (Edge 305, reported by MotionBased)
Weather conditions: Cool in the morning, hot the rest of the day
Synopsis: Took the ROCO train out to Casitas, then forked off and climbed up the 33 alone to Rose Valley, then back over Casitas Pass, and wandered back to town through the foothills, and capped it off with Gibraltar to Camino Cielo and down Painted Cave/Old San Marcos. I was planning on doing one more climb for 15K total, but I was feeling dehydrated so I just cut across to my house. I had 7 bottles-worth of liquid, filling up at every opportunity and still lost 6 pounds :notamused: I ran out of water when I was almost near home, but honestly I can't imagine drinking any more than I did. I saw so many people doing Cool Breeze, I almost felt like I was in it!

Date of Ride: August 17 (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6540539)
Type of Ride: Solo
Name of organized ride or route: Tour de Front Range (modified route)
Actual Mileage: 105.79 (MotionBased lost some data)
Ride Time: 8:11:27
Total Time: 8:30:52
Avg. Speed: 13.1
Altitude Climbed: 13,511 (Edge 305, reported by MotionBased)
Weather conditions: Cool in the morning at low elevation, hot in the mountains and the rest of the day
Synopsis: Rode the 101 out to Refugio. Because it was a considerable amount of flat to get out there, I wanted to do it twice to make it worth it. I got pretty dehydrated yesterday, and since all of the roads are pretty remote (more so than yesterday) I took 3 bottles. Filled up 2 1/2 times so I had about 10 bottles-worth today and I STILL got dehydrated and lost about 5 pounds :notamused:. Again I had planned one more climb for 15K but cut it short as I felt I was doing more harm than good.

BTW, if you click on the link, the elevation profile of the first two climbs looks like something...

#29 & #30

Month number 8 for 2008
Date of Ride: August 16, 2008
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Cool Breeze 200K
Actual Mileage:126
Ride Time: 9:09
Total Time: 11:05
Avg. Speed: 13.7
Altitude Climbed: 6744 per Blackburn Delphi (8400 per website)
Weather conditions: Beautiful day.
Synopsis of Ride:Road with my wife, new climbing record for her. Road thru some beautiful areas, I always enjoy the coast. Have ridden the CB Century a number of times so it was nice to change it up but have some familiar areas. Number 8 for the CAM also number 8 for my R-12.

Date of Ride: August 16th
Type of Ride: Organized Ride
Name of organized ride or route: Coolbreeze Century
Actual Mileage: 101.9
Ride Time:5:39
Total Time: 6:01
Avg. Speed: 17.3 (According to Garmin)
Altitude Climbed: 4351 (According to Garmin, although I don't think that's right)
Weather conditions: Very Nice, sunny with a little bit of a breeze
Synopsis of Ride: Awesome as always!!!

Date of Ride: 8/23
Type of Ride: Family ride (Tracie did 60 miles of the route)
Name of organized ride or route: La Jolla to Dana Point and back
Actual Mileage:113
Ride Time: Hard to say
Avg. Speed: Fastish, then reeel sloooww, then somewhat fastish
Altitude Climbed: 4000 per altimeter - mostly rollers
Weather conditions: Overcast starting out - sunny from mid-morning on. Mild headwind going north - much stronger tailwind on the return leg.
Synopsis of Ride:A hybrid solo/duo Century. I rode solo to Oceanside where I met Tracie at the Amtrak station. She rode to Dana Point with me. We had a nice lunch with my brother and sister in law at a French Bistro where we ate overpriced sandwiches with funny French names. Tracie lost steam on the return to Oceanside - but OTOH she hasn't been on the bike in a couple of months and this is the farthest she has ridden in a day to date, so who am I to complain? My return to La Jolla was uneventful and I had enough energy to drope a number of riders who didn't know they were racing me.

Date of Ride: August 28
Type of Ride: Solo, Mixed
Name of organized ride or route: Solvang Loop (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6629445), Bella Vista Ride (http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6629444)
Actual Mileage: 103.35
Ride Time: 5:56:17
Total Time: ?
Avg. Speed: 17.4
Altitude Climbed: 6,513 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Foggy in the morning and evening
Synopsis: Same rides as 8/7, but slower and more tired.

#31

Date of Ride: August 23rd
Type of Ride: Organized Ride
Name of organized ride or route: OCW Long Beach Century + to/fro home on the fixed gear
Actual Mileage: 123
Ride Time: 6:50
Total Time: 8:50
Avg. Speed: 18
Altitude Climbed: 2346 (According to Ciclosport Hac4)
Weather conditions: Since most of this ride is along PCH the temp was nice but the wind coming from the ocean made it tough at times. Avg temp 76 with a low of 64 and a high of 91
Synopsis of Ride: I rode from home to the start in Irvine to add 17 miles. The group was small about 8 but only 4 stayed as a "group" most of the way. We didn't have any tandem for an engine so I had to step up with my massive quads:rolleyes: and do the majority of the work. I tend to ride like a tandem with my fixed gear because with my 53x17 it takes me awhile to get up to speed but once I'm there, I hold it. I had a total of 29,992 pedal strokes.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=79721&stc=1&d=1220028035

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Date of Ride: August 30
Type of Ride: Mixed (mostly solo)
Name of organized ride or route: Saturday ROCO + Hwy 33 & Gibraltar
Actual Mileage: 127.90
Ride Time: 8:53:31
Total Time: 9:24:51
Avg. Speed: 14.4
Altitude Climbed: 12,209 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Cool in the morning, hot the rest of the day
Synopsis: Same ride as 8/16, but slower, and more painful. Took the ROCO train out to Casitas, then forked off and climbed up the 33 alone to Rose Valley, then back over Casitas Pass, and wandered back to town through the foothills, and capped it off with Gibraltar to Camino Cielo and down Painted Cave/Old San Marcos. I completely bonked about 7.5 hours in and crawled over Gibraltar and Camino Cielo, and coasted down the last 10 miles or so, pedaling only when absolutely necessary...

#32

Also, this was my first ride with power data!

Entire workout (125 watts):
Duration: 9:24:51 (includes stops)
Work: 4019 kJ
TSS: 529.6 (intensity factor 0.77)
Norm Power: 169
VI: 1.35
Pw:HR: 12.80%
Pa:HR: 29.74%
Distance: 127.905 mi
Elevation Gain: 16417 ft
Elevation Loss: 16316 ft
Grade: 0.0 % (102 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 642 125
Heart Rate: 76 181 134
Cadence: 1 119 68
Speed: 0 76.1 14.4
Pace 0:47 0:00 4:11
Altitude: -19 3906 1345
Crank Torque: 0 745 164

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Map
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Elevation profile
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Date of Ride: September 1
Type of Ride: Small group
Name of organized ride or route: Santa Barbara to Figueroa Mountain
Actual Mileage: 100.04
Ride Time: 6:31:10
Total Time: 7:12:27
Avg. Speed: 15.3
Altitude Climbed: 10,838 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Cool & foggy in the morning, hot the rest of the day
Synopsis: Met Ed and Mark at the base of Old San Marcos, rode up and over the pass with them, down Stagecoach and out the 154 to Armour Ranch Road, where we met Michael. Together the 4 of us rode up Figueroa Mountain from Happy Canyon and dropped down to Los Olivos. Michael pulled most of the way back to his car on the 154, where he stopped with Mark. Ed and I rode back on the 154, up Stagecoach and turned onto Camino Cielo to go up to the top of Painted Cave. He turned down toward home there but I continued up Camino Cielo to the repeaters to get some extra climbing and distance. Coming down I took the 154 instead of OSM to stretch out the distance and rolled into my driveway at exactly 100 miles :p

#33

Entire workout (149 watts):
Duration: 7:12:27
Work: 3764 kJ
TSS: 548.8 (intensity factor 0.899)
Norm Power: 198
VI: 1.28
Pw:HR: 35.01%
Pa:HR: -35.96%
Distance: 100.04 mi
Elevation Gain: 13680 ft
Elevation Loss: 13683 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-3 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 544 154 watts
Heart Rate: 67 174 130 bpm
Cadence: 1 120 72 rpm
Speed: 0 69.2 15.3 mph
Pace 0:52 0:00 3:55 min/mi
Altitude: 54 4422 1662 ft
Crank Torque: 0 695 185 lb-in

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Date of Ride:September 6th
Type of Ride:Organized
Name of organized ride or route:Amtrak Century
Actual Mileage:101.2
Ride Time:4:58
Total Time:5:25
Avg. Speed:20.5
Altitude Climbed:Unsure
Weather conditions:foggy and misty in the morning until about 11:00 when we got to Carlsbad, then sunny but cool.
Synopsis of Ride: Awesome ride, Awesome party on the train. We hit this ride hard (Merckx89 and I) teamed up with a few groups of people and rocked it. The weather was perfect, although the morning mist was causing my hoods to stay pretty wet the whole time. My Garmin took a crap 3 times on the ride, so I lost all my info. But regardless it was an awesome ride!

Date of Ride: Sept. 20
Type of Ride: group ride/solo ride
Name of organized ride or route: OCW Tom's Farms Century
Actual Mileage: 105
Ride Time: 6:09
Total Time: 7:45
Avg. Speed: 17
Altitude Climbed: 3855
Weather conditions: Cool to Warm with killer headwinds on the return
Synopsis of Ride: Started out from home to the start 16 miles away in Irvine. Met up with a small group of 5 with 2 newbies. This route has one official distance of 92 miles. It's an out-n-back course that goes through Corona and Lunch at Toms Farms.

Number 9 for the year
Date of Ride: Sept 20, 2008
Type of Ride: Organized - By San Diego Randonneurs
Name of organized ride or route: Rainbow 200K
Actual Mileage:115
Ride Time: 8:09
Total Time: 8:55
Altitude Climbed: 6524 per Blackburn Delphi
Weather conditions: Beautiful day. Cool start, warmed up by the time we got to Rainbow.
Synopsis of Ride:Started in LaJolla worked our way to Rainbow then back to bike trail along the 76 to Oceanside then south along the coast up Torrey Pines and back to start.

September 20
Everest challenge day 1
101 miles
7:41 ride time
7:41 total time
15,000+ feet
Cool early, warm in valley, cool at elevation, windy on descents
Synopsis: hard

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September 21
Everest challenge day 2
85 miles + ~20 rollover from the previous day's descent, per my 24 hour period rule for my CAW challenge...
5:46 for timed climbing, ~56 min for final descent, +? For previous day descent...
13,000+ feet
Weather same as Saturday, but windier final descent
Synopsis: harder

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Date of Ride: Sept 26.2008
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Lighthouse Century
Actual Mileage:98
Average Speed: 16mph
Ride Time: 6:10
Total Time: 7:40
Altitude Climbed: 4400 ft
Weather conditions: Mostly cool. Foggy, then sunny, foggy, then sunny, then...
Synopsis: This was my first time doing the Lighthouse. Just as when I did the Wildflower there were no wildflowers, this time there was no lighthouse, at least not one visible in all the coastal fog. I had a great time riding with various Socal folks, many of whom dropped me between rest stops. Cassave was presiding over the hurt train in his beootiful new handmade steelie. My only real criticism of this ride is that it is too far away. The organizers really need to do something about that.

Looks like I'm out of my century a week. It is unlikely I will be able to recover fast enough to finish the rest. I'll probably be able to do the rest of the months though...

A am sure you can do 3-4 centuries a week later on to make up for what you miss :rolleyes:

Number 10
Date of Ride: October 5, 2008
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Tour de Poway
Actual Mileage:100
Ride Time: 6:50
Total Time: 8:00
Avg. Speed: 14.6
Altitude Climbed: 5483 per Blackburn Dephi
Weather conditions: Light rain the night before so an overcast start, clouds cleared and was a beautiful day.
Synopsis of Ride:Was a nice ride with my wife, enjoyed the changes in the route.

A am sure you can do 3-4 centuries a week later on to make up for what you miss :rolleyes:

Can I get partial credit for Lighthouse? :(

Can I get partial credit for Lighthouse? :(

Sure. We can invoke the "gimp clause" in the unpublished rules. How many miles did you complete?

Date of Ride: Oct. 4th
Type of Ride: Race
Name of organized ride or route: The Furnace Creek 508 Stage 3
Actual Mileage: 100
Ride Time: 5:21
Total Time: 5:38
Avg. Speed: 18.8
Altitude Climbed: 7539
Weather conditions: Windy cross/tail wind (should have practiced riding at a 45 degree angle) then punishing head winds up Townes Pass then a great down hill. Avg temp 72.3 low about 60 high around 80
Synopsis of Ride: Stage starts in Trona and heads North through Panamint Valley the East up Towns Pass and down into Stovepipe Wells and ends in Death Valley.

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sure. We can invoke the "gimp clause" in the unpublished rules. How many miles did you complete?

81

81

Done ;)

So, I've been too lazy to put up a few of the centuries for the past few months so here it goes.
Date of Ride: Oct. 27th
Type of Ride: Ride
Name of organized ride or route: house to baldy ski lifts
Actual Mileage: 104.01
Ride Time: 6:02
Total Time: 6:22
Avg. Speed: 16
Altitude Climbed: over 10,000

Date of Ride: Sep. 1st
Type of Ride: ride
Name of organized ride or route: labor day massacre
Actual Mileage: 138.56
Ride Time: 9:04
Total Time: 11:00
Avg. Speed: 15.2
Altitude Climbed: ~16,000

Date of Ride: Sep. 6th
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: Amtrack century
Actual Mileage: 104.65
Ride Time: 5:13
Total Time: 5:15
Avg. Speed: 20.01
Altitude Climbed: ~3000

Date of Ride: Sep. 9th
Type of Ride: Ride
Name of organized ride or route: house necombs, then rose bowl
Actual Mileage: 100.04
Ride Time: 5:27
Total Time: 5:27
Avg. Speed: 18.33
Altitude Climbed: ~9,000

Date of Ride: Sep. 20th
Type of Ride: Organized
Name of organized ride or route: 1st day MS ride
Actual Mileage: 102.59
Ride Time: 5:28
Total Time: 9:00
Avg. Speed: 17.97
Altitude Climbed: 7000

Date of Ride: Oct. 18th
Type of Ride: Group ride
Name of organized ride or route: house to santa monica, group ride to kenan, back to house
Actual Mileage: 106.84
Ride Time: 5:32
Total Time: 6:00
Avg. Speed: 19.27
Altitude Climbed: 4500

Which brings the total to 12.

Date of Ride: October 25th
Type of Ride: Indolent-style solo century, San Diego-Dana Point RT
Actual Mileage: 100+
Ride Time: Not Sure
Total Time: Not Sure
Avg. Speed: No Idea
Altitude Climbed: Who Can Say?

On an Indolent-style century one eats only fugu and drinks only absinthe throughout the ride. Knowing that absinthe isn't widely available I filled up my bottles at home, but I planned to hit the many sushi bars along the way for my fugu as it's hard to keep fresh in a jersey pocket.

Leaving the house around 8:30 the ride was initially uneventful but as I began to get hungry I realized that sushi bars don't open until lunch. Improvisation was in order. I stopped at an AM/PM market and determined that Vienna Sausages were the closest available substitute for fugu. You might think at first glance that they are very different, but the experience of eating Vienna Sausages has many of the same characteristics as fugu - especially the adrenalin rush of skirting disaster, and similar thoughts that rush into your head like:
Is my tongue getting numb?
Am I going to die?
What's that funky aftertaste?
I'm going to die aren't I?
Re-energized and still alive I continued on to Dana Point without incident. There I dined on excellent fugu as planned, visited my brother for a bit, then turned back for home. At this point the one drawback of drinking absinthe on a long ride came into play. Because it is only 30-40% water, you have to drink a lot of it to keep properly hydrated. As a consequence I remember almost nothing of my return trip. I know that at some point, probably in Oceanside, I somehow acquired a tattoo of Sarah Palin performing fellatio on Alan Greenspan on my left buttock. It's good work, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to regret that one. I surmise that somewhere in Del Mar I ate some improperly prepared fugu, as I am told that I collapsed paralyzed at the foot of Torrey Pines and was rushed to the hospital to have my stomach pumped. The silver lining in that is A) I don't remember it; and B) I avoiding having to climb Torrey Pines and still got my century in. Win-win.

All in all a great day. I'll let everyone know the next time I plan to do this in case anyone wants to join in.

Date of Ride: October 25
Type of Ride: mostly group
Name of organized ride or route: Lake Casitas, Ojai, and Santa Barbara Foothills
Actual Mileage: 103.98
Ride Time: 5:52:16
Total Time: 6:42:10
Avg. Speed: 17.7
Altitude Climbed: 5,800 (Edge 305, reported by SportTracks)
Weather conditions: Pleasant
Synopsis: Met the 8AM ROCO ride and cruised out to Casitas Pass at a fairly easy pace, rather than the hammerfest the ride typically is, thanks to the "off season". From the regroup at the top of the second climb, a subgroup voted to go to Ojai so we headed off and did a short loop to the close edge and back. The morons with "yes on 8" signs were out in force along the 150 so we shouted at them as we rode by. Nearing the lake on the way back I got a flat, and the group was just leaving the water stop after I fixed it. Back in Santa Barbara, I saw the group from another ride hanging out at the coffee shop so I stopped and hung out, then proceeded to cruise around the foothills with Bill. I wanted to make the ride 100 miles and I was a little short approaching home so I headed out to the university and looped back around.

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