June 2015 5000' climbing plus goal thread
06-16-15, 05:48 AM
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I don't listen to good, ask the spousal unit.
Gert head and book the trip. Send me the expenses and I'll write you a check.
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06-16-15, 06:57 AM
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Goal: 400 miles; 8,000 ft climbing
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 205.2 miles
Total elev: 6460 ft
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 205.2 miles
Total elev: 6460 ft
06-16-15, 08:03 AM
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1400' this morning
06-16-15, 06:10 PM
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Non omnino gravis
Halfway through June, 258.4 miles, 12,367ft^, for an average of 48ft/mi.
06-17-15, 06:16 AM
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1,500' last night
06-17-15, 07:49 AM
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See post #240 in this other thread (https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdale...l#post17901650) for my writeup of adding the Avery Climb to my loop(9.8% grade, 136 ft gain)
Goal: 400 miles; 8,000 ft climbing
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/17[/TD]
[TD]15.1; 699 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 220.3 miles
Total elev: 7159 ft
Just 841 ft gain away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
Goal: 400 miles; 8,000 ft climbing
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/17[/TD]
[TD]15.1; 699 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 220.3 miles
Total elev: 7159 ft
Just 841 ft gain away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
06-17-15, 12:01 PM
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I'll try to go for 1 mile of climbing (5280').
Right now, I'm at 3376', using the elevation gain on Strava. Of course, I wonder how it gets its information, as the exact same rides don't have the same elevation gain.
GH
Right now, I'm at 3376', using the elevation gain on Strava. Of course, I wonder how it gets its information, as the exact same rides don't have the same elevation gain.
GH
06-17-15, 02:53 PM
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See post #240 in this other thread (https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdale...l#post17901650) for my writeup of adding the Avery Climb to my loop(9.8% grade, 136 ft gain)
Just 841 ft gain away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
Just 841 ft gain away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
06-17-15, 03:33 PM
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06-18-15, 12:39 PM
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Another ride around my local hills. another 13.5 miles and 654 ft gained
Goal: 400 miles; 8,000 ft climbing
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/17[/TD]
[TD]15.1; 699 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/18[/TD]
[TD]13.5; 654 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 233.8 miles
Total elev: 7813 ft
Just 187 ft gained away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
Goal: 400 miles; 8,000 ft climbing
[TABLE="width: 300, align: left"]
[TR]
[TD]6/3[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 473 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/4[/TD]
[TD]10.9; 416 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/5[/TD]
[TD]17.8; 589 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/7[/TD]
[TD]44.9; 754 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/8[/TD]
[TD]11.6; 288 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/9[/TD]
[TD]14.8; 549 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/11[/TD]
[TD]16.1; 717 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/13[/TD]
[TD]63.3; 1998 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/16[/TD]
[TD]12.9; 676 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/17[/TD]
[TD]15.1; 699 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6/18[/TD]
[TD]13.5; 654 ft gain[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Total: 233.8 miles
Total elev: 7813 ft
Just 187 ft gained away from my climbing goal. Lots away from my distance...
06-18-15, 01:51 PM
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On Flat Long Island, I need to ride a distance just to find a hill with 200 ft elevation. They are rather far between. The best ride I know of will be the one on June 28th where there will be over 3100 ft gain over a 66 mile course. That is only 46.9 ft gain/mile. Sorry, not sure I can do much better without moving!!!
Between the glacier dumping the pile of dirt we now call Long Island here and the corn and potato farmers plowing it over added to My Levitt and My Jones building suburbia, I think they flattened the hell out of it.
06-18-15, 04:07 PM
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yay added 1800ft in 18 miles today for lunch
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06-18-15, 09:41 PM
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350 miles and 14,626' of climbing so far this month. Tour of the CA Alps (AKA "Death Ride" w/ 125 miles & 15k climbing) coming up quick in mid-July. I need to get in a couple long rides with 7-10k of climbing before then for a little more conditioning.
06-19-15, 10:02 AM
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Check out this thread.
https://www.bikeforums.net/clydesdale...e-garmine.html
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Wow that is going to be tough. There is a ride here a few members did that was 100 miles with 10k' in climbing. Good luck.
06-19-15, 10:07 AM
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Only my 3rd ride this month, but I made it count by altering my normal route and scrapping the junk miles.
6-3 32 miles with 2438'
6-12 36 miles with 2684'
6-18 30 miles with 2828'
Total incline so far 7950'
6-3 32 miles with 2438'
6-12 36 miles with 2684'
6-18 30 miles with 2828'
Total incline so far 7950'
06-19-15, 10:26 AM
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MTD; 92.9mi / 8,980ft
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06-19-15, 12:50 PM
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1,400' or so today
06-19-15, 01:36 PM
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We're all amateurs compared to these guys.
Trans Am Bike Race 2015
Unsupported bike tour across the US. They started in the Pacific Northwest last week. The leader just crossed the Mississippi River today.
Take a look at the elevation chart, especially for the Colorado area.
GH
Trans Am Bike Race 2015
Unsupported bike tour across the US. They started in the Pacific Northwest last week. The leader just crossed the Mississippi River today.
Take a look at the elevation chart, especially for the Colorado area.
GH
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06-19-15, 05:38 PM
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13,501 feet as of today mtd.
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06-20-15, 03:40 PM
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5,500' today
06-20-15, 10:25 PM
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The key is to have a massive hill half a mile from your house (7-9-13% with a nice 6% false summit about 100 yards long.) Then you can go up it over and over again, for 1,040ft of gain in less than 13 miles. And the elevation graph looks like a bandsaw blade. 
Now I am no hill climber by nature, but I figure if I want to get any better at it I should just go ahead and do it. Averaging 81ft/mi, and about 1,225ft/hr, if I had thought my heart could stand to go around again. But I didn't, so I didn't.
This is the Highland Circuit Race course from the Redlands Bicycle Classic, which was about 2 months ago-- and as if I need more to remind me that I'm a normal human, I did it five times in 50 minutes, and felt pretty solid about it. Still do. The 1st place men's time in the Classic was 2:07:40 to do it twenty times, at an average lap speed of 27.31mph. I'll never hit a major league fastball, and I'll never manage that circuit at 20mph, much less 27mph. And I'm absolutely OK with that.
Now I am no hill climber by nature, but I figure if I want to get any better at it I should just go ahead and do it. Averaging 81ft/mi, and about 1,225ft/hr, if I had thought my heart could stand to go around again. But I didn't, so I didn't.This is the Highland Circuit Race course from the Redlands Bicycle Classic, which was about 2 months ago-- and as if I need more to remind me that I'm a normal human, I did it five times in 50 minutes, and felt pretty solid about it. Still do. The 1st place men's time in the Classic was 2:07:40 to do it twenty times, at an average lap speed of 27.31mph. I'll never hit a major league fastball, and I'll never manage that circuit at 20mph, much less 27mph. And I'm absolutely OK with that.
06-21-15, 05:53 PM
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Yeah, but you get over the smell. 
Yep - I live right at the base of this hill, and have to go at least part way up the hill to get out of my street: https://www.strava.com/segments/3797866
1.6 miles, 450 feet of elevation change. I'm at 21,555 for the month so far, so if I limit myself to repeats on that thing, I'll need to do 18.7 repeats to get me to 30k for the month. I wonder if I hate my life enough to try that.
1.6 miles, 450 feet of elevation change. I'm at 21,555 for the month so far, so if I limit myself to repeats on that thing, I'll need to do 18.7 repeats to get me to 30k for the month. I wonder if I hate my life enough to try that.