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Old 05-07-12 | 07:52 AM
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Bikes: 2011 Felt Z85 (road/commuter), 2006 Marin Pine Mountain (utility/commuter E-bike), 1995 KHS Alite 1000 (gravel grinder)

This is probably the biggest one I encountered yesterday. I know it doesn't look like much and y'all probably think I'm a pansy or something but trust me it looks much bigger in person. I think the Google Maps camera car's optics make it look stretched out and not as big. I believe this hill represents that tallest valley-to-peak in my graph above, on either side of the midpoint.

http://g.co/maps/u89dk

Coming back, going down that hill I hit my maximum speed of 26.x MPH maxed out in the highest gears front and rear. Got close to spinning the 46-11 gears but not quite.

But like y'all said I just need practice. This weekend has been my first "real" riding on this bike in nearly a year, not since the Ride of Silence in May of last year. I believe my recent running has made me better on the bike, but even still I'm not "there" yet with the running. When I started out I could barely run 45 seconds at a time, and now I can run for 6+ minutes at a time before dropping back to walking. Still working up to being able to run a mile continuous, and eventually a 5K.

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