2011 SoCal Century a Month Challenge

[augustgarage]

Date of Ride: 09/03/2011
Type of Ride: Unorganized 5-7 man escape-the-heat century
Actual Mileage: 102.8
Ride Time: ~6 hours
Total Time: ~8.5 hours
Climbed: ~5kft
Weather conditions: Cool, especially with the marine layer in the morning, warm as we crested the final climbs in PV, and not-quite-hot back in the San Fernando valley.
Synopsis of Ride: Riding from North Hollywood over Sepulveda, down San Vicente to the coast - following side streets and beach paths for the most part to Redondo Beach - up to Palos Verdes for a couple loops of long climbs and descents. Good weather, good views, good friends. Lots of coffee/food stops, a street fair, and the Lone Wolf! We turned around and then took the Ballonna bike path then cut through Beverly Hills back over Franklin Canyon before splitting up for various end-points involving food and beer.

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[augustgarage]

Date of Ride: 09/10/2011
Type of Ride: Bicykillers Double Century (5 men Northbound, 1 man Southbound)
Actual Mileage: 238.6
Ride Time: ~12 hours
Total Time: ~16 hours
Climbed: ~8436ft
Weather conditions: Cool temps, cross-winds along Hueneme, and intermittent rain all morning.
Synopsis of Ride: North Hollywood to Santa Monica via Sepulveda, PCH up the coast, getting lost in Oxnard, up to Ventura, and finally to Santa Barbara for lunch. Rode the southbound route solo - back the way we came (getting lost again in Ventura and Oxnard briefly), but taking Potrero rather than following PCH after Port Hueneme. On up through Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley, then up over Santa Susana pass back to the valley. De Soto down to the bike path, straight to Tony's Darts Away (beer bar in Burbank), downing a pint, then heading home.

Map here. Sufficient training for next week's sextuple century? I'll know soon.

[calamarichris]

Date of Ride: 10/02
Type of Ride: Tour de Poway, '11
Actual Mileage: 101.65
Ride Time: ~5:30ish
Total Time: 6:27 (&$^%#@* stoplights!!)
Avg Speed: 18.9
Avg Power: 187W
Avg HR: 151bpm
Climbed: 4770ft
Weather conditions: A little warm this year, but only on the climbs heading east.
Synopsis of Ride: Up Poway Grade, 67 to Ramona, down 78 to Escondido, to San Marcos to Carlsbad (VERY tempted to throw in the towel and just ride home,) to Del Mar, to Fairbanks Ranch to Rancho Bernardo, back to Poway. Really stunk up the road this year, but I'll be better prepared next year!

Click here for Garminconnect junk.

[calamarichris]

Date of Ride: 10/29
Type of Ride: AdventureCorps Death Valley Fall Century
Actual Mileage: 107.73
Ride Time: 5:29:21
Total Time: 5:57:07 (Finished first!)
Avg Speed: 19.6
Avg Power: 227W (And that's the zero-average.)
Avg HR: 161bpm
Climbed: 4613ft
Weather conditions: Perfect! Very little wind for Death Valley. Road was nice and smooth. And AdventureCorps always puts on the best event. It was hugely fun to be "that guy" flying down the climb (riding 5 miles in almost exactly 10 minutes) while everyone else is still pumping up the grade. Definitely bringing aero bars and wheels next year! I'd like to say "it was no skin off my nuts" to finish that last 20 miles with a slight headwind, but I'd be lying. (Yeowch!)

Click here for Garminconnect junk.

[Lost again]

Dagnabbit, wish I'd seen this earlier. I've got at least a century a month and most months I got two or more.

[jmX]

Been slacking on the longer rides, so I went out yesterday on an extra climby century to help make up for it.

Date of Ride: 11/26
Type of Ride: Solo Century
Actual Mileage: 115.4mi
Ride Time: 8:35
Total Time: 10:12
Avg Speed: 13.4mph
Avg Power: 201w (not including zeros - 57 miles were down hill)
Avg HR: 143bpm
Climbed: 14,177ft
Weather: 52-90 degrees
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/131130270

PS, nice 238 mile ride augustgarage!

[augustgarage]

Date of Ride: 9/23/2011
Type of Ride: 1000k ACP Brevet (Seattle International Randonneurs)
Actual Mileage: 625 miles
Ride Time: ?
Total Time: 65:20
Avg Speed: ?
Climbed: 32,000ft
Weather: 30-75+ degrees...lots of rain, a little sleet/ice.
Synopsis of Ride: "The ride will start at the ferry dock in Bremerton, Washington (a one hour ferry ride from Seattle) and heads southwest along the Hood Canal before linking up with US-101. After a short stretch on 101, we will take the back roads to Montesano and then south from there to link up again with US-101. We then follow US-101 along the Washington and Oregon coasts, occasionally taking quieter back roads . From Pacific City, Oregon we continue south on US-101 & back roads to Reedsport, Oregon, where we head inland over OR-38 and some awesome back roads to Roseburg. The final leg is the climb up to Crater Lake (7,600 feet) via OR-138, a descent on OR-62, and then along the west side of Klamath Lake to the end at Klamath Falls, Oregon." I rode the first 75 miles with one other rider...did the rest solo.

Date of Ride: 11/19/2011
Type of Ride: 3 man century
Actual Mileage: 109.7 miles
Ride Time: <6hrs
Total Time: ?
Avg Speed: ?
Climbed: 7830ft
Weather: A tiny bit of rain, but very nice the rest of the day.
Synopsis of Ride: North Hollywood out to Westlake, up Decker, up Little Sycamore, down Yerba Buena, up Cotharin, down Deer Creek, back via PCH to Santa Monica, up over Franklin Canyon followed by some bar hopping

Date of Ride: 11/26/2011
Type of Ride: 4-man night time (~8:30PM-3:30AM) century
Actual Mileage: 108.2 miles
Ride Time: ~5:53
Total Time: ~7:00
Avg Speed: ~18mph
Climbed: 6202ft
Weather: Dry, windy, with big temperature shifts through Happy Valley to the PCH.
Synopsis of Ride: Big loop from North Hollywood to Hueneme via Potrero and back along PCH to San Vicente/Wilshire/Sepulveda: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/834305

[leaping_gnome]

Date of Ride: 9/23/2011
Type of Ride: 1000k ACP Brevet (Seattle International Randonneurs)
Actual Mileage: 625 miles

Looks like a great ride, Ryan, I hope to see you back with us some time.

Jim #3 PCH Rando

[augustgarage]

Date of Ride: 12/26/2011 - 12/27/2011
Type of Ride: Rapha Festive 500
Actual Mileage: 311 miles
Ride Time: ?
Total Time: 22:15
Avg Speed: ?
Climbed: ~15,000ft
Weather: Quite warm up to Santa Barbara, well below freezing (down in the teens!) East of Santa Margarita.
Synopsis of Ride: North Hollywood out to Ventura, up to San Luis Obispo, out to Coalinga. Ride report here.