Official Devil Mountain Double thread
03-31-10, 09:58 AM
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Official Devil Mountain Double thread
April 24, less than a month away! 206 miles, anywhere from 18,000' to 20,000' ft of climbing depending on what computer you use. Did I register yet?
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03-31-10, 10:04 AM
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Marco has plotted out this route for Saturday's ride. Most unpleasant. Quimby, both sides of Mt. Hamilton then toss in Sierra for a quadfecta of elevation sensation. 70 miles, 9300'.
https://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=114100
https://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=114100
03-31-10, 12:00 PM
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Just printed out my registration form. Will drop it in the mail today.
03-31-10, 09:41 PM
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There's a really fun road race that I am signed up for on that day. Darn, and I had such a fine time failing to complete DMD last year.
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Registration form is sent. I am sad to be riding it solo v. tandem this year.
I am also sad that I am horribly out of shape, and will suffer immensely because of that!
I am also sad that I am horribly out of shape, and will suffer immensely because of that!
04-01-10, 08:19 PM
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So wait... who here is in???
- Ramon
- Chris (fudgy)
- Myself
- Donald???
Man this thread is a ghost town...
- Ramon
- Chris (fudgy)
- Myself
- Donald???
Man this thread is a ghost town...
04-01-10, 09:09 PM
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04-01-10, 09:53 PM
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While my artistic skills with the dry erase pen are not the greatest I did try to showcase each of the four ghosts raw talents. The climber, sprinter, all-arounder, and the one that will punish on the flats. Keep them in mind while on the course. Always behind you out of sight but ready to consume.
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Edit disclaimer: My cardio is great. The biggest issues I'm having right now are hot foot (left), achillies pain (left), and knee (right). I just turned 30 in January, and man, have I fallen apart.
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"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
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I had a stress dream where I showed up to DMD registration with no bottles, an hour late. Everyone was gone, I was the last one there.
I'm doing everything I can to get ready.
Solvang was training!
I'm doing everything I can to get ready.
04-04-10, 09:13 PM
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I signed up for it again this year in a moment of weakness. Riding it with my mate from the UK. Hopefully this time I wont destroy my IT band.
04-09-10, 10:47 AM
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My best "in shape" day was 2 complete summits of Mt. Diablo (north and south). And I thought I was doing pretty good!
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I'm horribly out of shape too. So, I'm just gonna ride around the block and call it a day.
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Signing up for DMD was the best diet decision I've ever made. Before I snack, I think about 20k climbing in 1 day.
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My DMD "progress."
- Left knee messed up
- Sick for the past week (voice is half gone)
- Feel like I have no power due to sickness
However I am doing what I can...
- Somehow completed the last wrecking crew ride (Quimby Hamilton, Sierra), but barely... I had no power at all.
- Ordered a Cho-Pat dual action knee strap for my let knee
- Ordered a foam roller to stretch the IT Band.
- Ordered a new Record 10spd chain from PBK
- Left knee messed up
- Sick for the past week (voice is half gone)
- Feel like I have no power due to sickness
However I am doing what I can...
- Somehow completed the last wrecking crew ride (Quimby Hamilton, Sierra), but barely... I had no power at all.
- Ordered a Cho-Pat dual action knee strap for my let knee
- Ordered a foam roller to stretch the IT Band.
- Ordered a new Record 10spd chain from PBK
04-14-10, 09:37 AM
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Marco, you convinced me to also break out the foam roller I'd been neglecting for so long.
It's agonizingly painful. That is all.
It's agonizingly painful. That is all.
04-14-10, 04:57 PM
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I did some running (1mi warmup, 300m dash and 1.5mi run), push-ups and sit-ups yesterday, and no power for that stuff either. meh.
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Running!? I was going to run with my gf tonight after I ride home, but I've thought better of it. Too good a chance of irritating my knee, or shins, or anything else.
Main concern right now is getting the Roubaix back in time for DMD. It's looking like backup-bike for this weekend.
Saturday I was thinking of doing some Diablo repeats, starting at 9am from the school on the South side. Anyone reading this that wants to go up at 9am or 10:45 or maybe even 12:30, let me know.
Main concern right now is getting the Roubaix back in time for DMD. It's looking like backup-bike for this weekend.
Saturday I was thinking of doing some Diablo repeats, starting at 9am from the school on the South side. Anyone reading this that wants to go up at 9am or 10:45 or maybe even 12:30, let me know.
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What about this ride we did last May?
1- Fremont Bart
2- Niles Canyon
3- Palomares Canyon
4- Norris Canyon
5- up/down Diablo
6- San Ramon Valley south
7- Dublin Canyon
8- Palomares Canyon
9- Return to Bart, about ~88 miles and ~7800ft of climbing
1- Fremont Bart
2- Niles Canyon
3- Palomares Canyon
4- Norris Canyon
5- up/down Diablo
6- San Ramon Valley south
7- Dublin Canyon
8- Palomares Canyon
9- Return to Bart, about ~88 miles and ~7800ft of climbing