Northern California - So...How Did We Do This Year?

I squeezed in a simple ride this afternoon to make it Ride# 165 for the year. This gave me a total of 5891 miles. Total footies came to 271k. Most miles came in June (704) & the least miles came in this month (226)...weather permiting, I can prolly raise that to 300 if I really try.

My NorCal BF rides came to just about a handful. I'll have to make a better effort in '10 to join in. How did you do?

BR

I didn't get to ride with the NorCal BF crew at all this year! I had an interesting year. I started working with a coach/nutritionist, who definitely got me stronger and faster (and I even lost about 15 pounds, which I've already put back on. With interest.). I bought a new bike. I did a few rides I hadn't done before (Wine Country Double Metric was the best of those). I trained with TnT again for the Death Ride, but recurring back problems meant minimal training in May/June, which combined with a stomach bug on event day limited me to 2 passes plus part of Ebbets. I did manage to do Crater Lake in August (a really nice, low key ride with spectacular scenery), and attempted the Death Valley Double in October, but limited training (due to the kids' soccer teams needing a coach this time) meant another DNF, although I did manage 140 miles and will go back and do that one again - the entire thing, this time!

TnT picked me up as a coach for the Solvang team that's training right now, which is definitely my biggest accomplishment for the year. I have no idea on my mileage and climbing for the year, but probably similar to the past couple (6-7k of mileage or so).

A mixed year, but one where I still feel like I made progress. I'm getting back on track with my training, and am signed up for the Solvang Spring Double in March - hopefully the start of a great 2010!

JB

6,517.9 miles, 415:35:05, 15.031 average, 388,827 ft elevation gain.

I'm pretty happy with those results. Better than 500 a month. We'll see what comes in '10!

96 rides, 3,261.34, miles, 196,952 feet of climbing. Interestingly enough - the fewest rides in a year fo rme, but the mileage is about the same as the last two years.

Computer got reset sometime in June or July it's now showing 4300 miles, 253 hours, 150MJ. I have been averaging around 210miles a week so for a year around 10-11k? I need a social life. :(

I did two rides. The epic one organized by MisIncredible, and a Mt. Hamilton aka Pho ride. :)

1,646.88 miles and 129,958.88 ft (55 outtings +17 trainer rides), both my best yearly totals so far, just 6 miles better than last year though but 3,600 ft better.

Attended the Wine Country Double Metric but cut it short at 70 miles due to so pleasant weather... Completed my second Death Ride in a row, all 5 passes, and never felt as good after a long ride. It was my main goal and the competitive highlight of my 2009 cycling.

Had some always enjoyable rides with the local BF gang.

The true highlight of the year was getting a tandem and spending some super quality time with my wife on two wheels. I am looking forward for many more twogether rides in 2010.

I have a calendar conflict with the Death Ride next July so I need a new challenge. I am very close to committing to the CA Triple Crown quest. The target: Solvang, Davis, and Eastern Sierra.

I didn't keep track, but I commute by bicycle every day. Add in weekend road rides, mountain bike rides and I'm probably close to 300 rides this year, probably around 2000 miles. Feet of climbing? I don't know, lots and lots?

64 rides, 1861.5 miles, 112 hrs, 16.46mph avg, 14179ft (hey that's almost as much as a Death Ride! haha) of climbing. Granted, I just recently got an altimeter equipped cyclocomputer, and I didn't get into this sport until July. I hope ... no I will either double or triple (or quadruple, maybe?) that for next year :) And these stats are from two very different bikes (in my sig).

I started keeping a log of rides at the beginning of this year, but petered out somewhere along the line. Then stopped riding almost entirely (other than a short without-fail-daily commute) a few months ago. Working on that.

But hey, I didn't get hit by any cars this year! Hooray!

I've found keeping my log up to date definitely inspirational. Especially the graph that I keep on my excel spreadsheet. Notice how there's 3 segments.. the first is when I first started. Second was after I moved to Roseville (explaining the drop in average speed :( ) and the third little segment is when I got my new bike :)

I petered out logging my miles too, sometime in Sept. I was at 6000 miles then, so I'm estimating between 7200-7500 miles for the year.

Finished the Triple Crown Stage Race. Did some Cat 5 races. Raced in the expert class at Prairie City (and actually hung with em).

I made it to a couple early season rides with the Norcal East folks. Also did the Norcal KOM at Diablo, which was a great event (thanks Beaker!).

I didn't ride enough singletrack this year though. Other than that, it was a good year. :D

Not a big year for me. I've been pretty much limited to weekend rides, but I've been doing those consistently, and doing more climbing. The key for me next year will be to keep riding during the inclement weather in the winter and spring so I'll be farther ahead when it warms up.

I generally felt pretty good about this year, if we don't count those failed double century attempts. I think I went into the double centuries a bit gung ho, and not really prepared. After DNF'ing Davis Double (after 136 miles, in triple digit heat), and DNF'ing Eastern Sierra (bailing after being snowed upon, and only 40 miles of riding), I just didn't have the urge to go for a double this year. I think soon after I got my fixie, and started commuting into work with that, it helped me immensely, and picked up my pace, and my fitness. I started losing weight, and my climbing improved dramatically. So I think the first half and the second half were dramatically different.

Totals: 5791 miles, 406,335 feet elevation gain, 12.87 avg. speed, and total time of 449:51:15.

I stopped keeping track of stats this spring as I found it was sucking out the fun for me.

I had a lot of fun and did a lot of climbing this year. :)

But hey, I didn't get hit by any cars this year! Hooray!

A little ambition never hurts nobody. :-)

This year was pretty lame. Health issues and the subsequent laziness caused large stretches of no riding at all. Totals for the year were just shy of 1000 miles and 60,000 feet of climbing.

Hoping for at least 5,000 miles in 2010...

Looks like about 591 hours, 8700 miles and 810,000 feet of climbing for me. I was shooting for 550 hours but I was unemployed for a while so I got to put in more junk miles.

I ended up with 2,465 miles - 1,204 on the road and 1,261 on the mountain bike. I spent over 200 hours in the saddle and loved every second of it.

Next year, now that I'm done with my degree, I'm going to try and commute more and also race the whole PCRS series. I'm really excited about 2010 :)

Looks like I will end the year with 5546 miles, 379.5k ft elevation in 371 hours on the bike. I missed about 3 months last year, but made up for it in the summer with the triple crown DCs. Around September when things were slowing down I reset my goals to ride a mile of miles, and 1k/day for the year. I made both of those, so I'm happy. And, put in about 600 miles for December, which was my best month in a while.

I didn't do the century/month ride, but I did do 3 DCs, 1 150miler, and 8 other centuries for 12 total rides of 100+. Did only 6 rides of 10k + elevation though. Will improve on that in '10.

147 rides, 3222 miles, 161,220 feet of climbing. Made my goal of 3000 miles.

Goal for 2010: Get faster - my average speed in '09 was only 13.25, mostly because I climb like a stoned St. Bernard (wandering slowly back and forth across the road)!

7912 miles
5334 roadie miles, 1997 commuter miles, 581 fixed gear/ss miles.
Had I realized how close I was to 8000 I'd have pushed a bit in December.

Big deal stuff for me:
• Davis Double
• Beat last years time in the Los Vaqueros Time Trial
• Eight-Day Tour of Washington.

So as far as I can figure, between losing my commute between March and August, and other riding dropping off to near nil between the end of June and now, I came out with a rather sad 1600-ish miles. Boo.

Eh, this past year for me went from very good, to really bad, and is now back to good.

I started out the year training for the Death Ride with TNT (hi Jonathan!) and that was going pretty well -- not spectacular, but hey, I knew it was going to be a stretch no matter what.

Then I had my rather spectacular crash at the end of March (which I still have absolutely no memory of, thank goodness!), and was laid up for several weeks and off my bike completely through most of the summer.

While it sure took long enough, I have the great fortune to have healed up pretty much completely. I still have a few scars on my face, I still have the small bump in my back where the vertebrae was compressed, and my memory is still kind of flakey (altho I suspect that has as much to do with my turning 50 as it does with getting my head clobbered, if not more :innocent:), and I'm a little creakier than I used to be (uh, ditto). But apart from that, I've been pain-free for quite some time now, thanks to yoga my back strength and flexibility has returned, and I'm riding again and enjoying it immensely. Can't ask for more than that!

So in celebration of my return I've signed up to train for the Death Ride again with TNT. Unfinished business, y'know. Wish me luck, I'll try to keep the rubber side down this time around. :lol:

(Ed to add): For yuks I went and looked up my totals for the past year. Came out to about 2,200 miles and nearly 110K feet of climbing -- heck that's way better than I expected! :thumb:

5550 miles, 354K climbing, one double (STP - 10:30 ride time on our tandem) 6 centuries. Pretty happy for an old guy

Then I had my rather spectacular crash at the end of March (which I still have absolutely no memory of, thank goodness!), and was laid up for several weeks and off my bike completely through most of the summer.



I forgot to add that in my year end review ... I'm really glad your back up and at em. And you've got a great attitude after going through that.

And you've got a great attitude after going through that. Well, it's been pretty easy under the circumstances ... if things didn't turn out so well then my attitude might've been a bit different.

But thanks, that's sweet of you to say. :love:

If you put my year on a graph it would read like the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake! I'm determined to make 2010 a really good year, so far it's starting out pretty good.
1. got to see my BF NorCal homies race
2. Had a an outstanding ride today on my Klein
3. Someone in one of my buildings gave me a $100.00 dollar tip!
4. My crash wounds are healing and my cold is going away.
5. We're planning on adopting a puppy! Puppies make everyone happy!
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Did my first century this year!~ Rather happy about that since I don't ride long distances ever... ^^

To Jobob and Taxi.......A really fun and "uneventful" year for you in 2010 I hope. Jobob, I have no idea where we will be mid July but if we are here, I'll be on the grassy knoll ringing a cow bell for ya!

Well, I had a most enjoyable year and I met most of the fun goals that I thought I might try and failed at a couple.

10,000+ miles
750,000+ ft climbing
100 metrics
24+ centuries
Failed at the Alta Alpina Challenge (not surprising)
Lived to tell about it all. :)

I have no numbers goals this year, just a lot of new rides and places. Looking forward, happy new year all and I hope to meet some of the regulars here down the road some where.

8144.07 miles 14.26 mph av 56.5 mph max (Carson Pass descent on the Death Ride) 571 hours
Devil Mountain Double, Terrible Two, Mt. Tam Double, Death Ride
I shut it down to weekend rides only for the most part after October as I started a new job in San Francisco and was ready for a break on the bike.

For 2010 the same three double centuries (since they are close) plus two more to get that 1000 mile club jersey. And I have to do some of them on the new old school steel bike just because.

My final stats for 2009:

5128 miles
480,045 ft climbing
348 hours in the saddle

I wasn't too big on organized rides this past year: a product of my FAIL during Death Ride. Highlights for me included:

1) Death Ride training with the gang - whipped us all into shape right good
2) Marco / Ruth's EC training ride on Mt. Hamilton - super long and super hot (I hate rollers!)
3) The birth of my baby boy - can you say "Family Leave"? I got to take the 2nd half of 2009 off which meant riding up to 3 times during the week. I'll miss that.

No particular goals for 2010 except to keep having fun on the bike. I've signed-up for Death Ride, again, just b/c I can't let it get the best of me. Solvang Spring Double should be interesting, although I don't see myself chasing that triple crown. Everest Challenge? Maybe.

5553 miles for my most in a year yet.
Highlights:
Completed Davis Double, my first double.
Completed 3 Centuries in one month.
Completed 2 Centuries in one week.
Did Solvang Century and Santa Cruz Mountain Challenge with my wife

Got my bike in Feb. and put 3500 miles on it.
3 Centuries.
No idea how much climbing, but did get up Diablo 3 times.
Saw new roads & places.
Got some nice pictures.
Most importantly, met lots of cool people.

I had a pretty good year (3402 miles and 256,000 feet of climbing). I did my first (and probably my last) century and a couple of metrics.

I did some nice rides with BFers, Beaker and Brentley.

My goal for 2010 is simple: stay upright.

My goal for 2010 is simple: stay upright.

That's an excellent goal. One that I was finally able to accomplish in '09. :)

My goal for 2010 is simple: stay upright.

That's my non-cycling goal for 2010!

That's my non-cycling goal for 2010!

You're a young'un; you've got nothing to worry about. Now, Pete and I, on the other hand.....

~440 hrs and 7k miles. Got within 6 pts of a cat 2 upgrade. Gonna do it all over again this year! No run-ins with cars this year, and kept the rubber side down for the entire time (except on the MTB.)

Rode in some new places: San Diego, Oklahoma. Aiming for Oregon this year. Rode a bunch of new-to-me climbs in the Bay Area, including Soda Springs, Gist, Pomponio, Zayante, Jamison, Escape and others in the Santa Cruz Mtns.

I did about 3000-3500 miles this year and climbed _____ feet. Never really kept track of that stat at all, but I would have to guess somewhere around 100,000 feet? Most of my riding came in the first 8 months or so, then really dropped off after that. Did some commuting, but haven't done a ride for the sake of riding for a while.

I did my first 3 centuries, including the Livestrong Challenge. I climbed 2 of the 3 peaks of the Bay Area. I just have Hamilton to go. Funny enough, that is the closest of the 3 to me.

Goals for this year...

Ride my first double century. I was aiming for the Davis Double, but this is not looking very good now. I do not think I will be in anywhere close to good enough shape by then.

Waves to Wine ride. I will happily accept donations :)

Ride more miles and climb more than last year. Oh yeah, and do OLH in sub 25 mins. Why not.

3011 miles for me with a vast drop off after August 1 when I started a new job.

OK I'm going after quality instead of quantity - 2775 miles for the year. Sadly work and stuff got in the way of me hitting my desired 3000. Still, I did get my first century out of the way, slayed the Berkeley Hills Death Ride, and between that and Welch Creek, neatly defined the outer limit of my desire to suffer up a climb.

I also had a blast with the bunch of BF'rs I've ridden with this year. Good times, hoping for more in 2010.

4728 for me. Most yearly miles for me since rediscovering cycling in 2003 and they were faster miles than in previous years.
I didn't get to make as many BF rides as I would have liked but I hope to remedy that soon, maybe starting with Solvang Spring Double, just maybe.


OK I'm going after quality instead of quantity - 2775 miles for the year. Sadly work and stuff got in the way of me hitting my desired 3000. Still, I did get my first century out of the way, slayed the Berkeley Hills Death Ride, and between that and Welch Creek, neatly defined the outer limit of my desire to suffer up a climb.

I also had a blast with the bunch of BF'rs I've ridden with this year. Good times, hoping for more in 2010.

For me that was Jamison Creek with at 34/23 low gear, ouch.