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Old 03-15-14, 04:01 PM
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Went down into the Auburn Dam site for a couple trips down to the river. Excavation for the dam was stopped many years ago and now it's a State Park. Fifteen miles and 2k of climbing today.

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It was a really nice day to get out for a ride. I covered 26.4 miles along the Klickitat River; spectacular!



Goal: 175 miles
MTD: 113.7 miles
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3-2: 9.2mi just as a nasty cold front came thru. Hopefully things clear by Thurs!
---Got buried under a ton of ice that completely jacked my week up!
3-8: 11.8mi
3-13: 11.6
**32.6/150 for the month

Didn't manage to get out yesterday or this morning due to family illness (the wife). I'm only at work a half day today and I have to run this evening... I may very well try to run my first "brick" and bike my 12 mile loop followed immediately by my run.
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3/1 - 61.73
3/2 - 25.46
3/8 - 63.34
3/10 - 50.46
3/11 - 20.89
3/13 - 20.08
3/15 - 65.17 - mtd 307.13 (SB wk 156.60)
3/16a - 35.56
3/16b - 10.01 - mtd 352.70 (SB wk 202.17)

Definitely gaining on the 500 for the month but the 20+ mph wind today was not helping
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March 2nd -- 22.4 miles, 1,001'. Snowed, rained, hailed, and windblown. What a wonderful start!!
March 4th -- 20.5 miles, 877'
March 6th -- 18.1 miles, 1,228'. For once, it wasn't brutally windy in the canyon
March 8th -- lots of vertical feet, but skiing is cheating
March 9th -- 42.6 miles, 3,770'. I almost logged it as two rides, just to get out of bumpy territory and into hilly.
March 10th -- 21.5 miles, 928'
March 13th -- 17.7 miles, 1428'. Over the crud, looking for new segments and not finding any!
March 14th -- 3.8 miles, 305' before I had a weather induced fun failure
March 15th -- 15.2 miles, 1,358' in 25mph and gusting to 50 winds. Then it snowed. F the wind to H.
March 16th -- 40.2 miles, 3,283'. The long way to do my 21 mile ride, without doubling it

209/320 miles
14,747/20,000'

12hrs 43m at 16.5mph average speed.

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Oh, and 184.5lbs on the scales after the ride, which is the lowest I've seen in over 10 years, I think.
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It was another nice day, last one before the weather gets nasty tonight. I did a completely different ride today, 21.4 miles.

Goal: 175 miles
MTD: 135.1 miles
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3/3 ~ lunch ride: 12mi - 640ft - 41:59
3/6 ~ CX night ride: 24mi - 692ft - 1:39:34
3/8 ~ Club ride: 66.9mi - 2838ft - 3:42:01
3/11 ~ Lunch ride: 11.6mi - 679ft - 42:45
3/12 ~ 1st attempt to run: 2.9mi - 393ft - 29:35
3/13 ~ Bday lunch ride:21.4 - 1447ft - 1:09:55
3/14 ~ WWP ride San Diego bay: 13.9mi - 49ft - 1:30:51
3/17 ~ Lunch run: 4.6mi - 203ft - 8:48pace

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6,941/20,000ft vertical ft
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I'm going for 500 miles and 5 pounds
starting weight 201.8




3/02 53.6 miles
3/03 20.1 miles 73.7 miles mtd
3/06 20.2 miles
3/08 80.6 miles 184.5 miles mtd
3/11 15 miles
3/12 60.4 miles 259.9 miles mtd
3/13 20 miles 279.9 miles mtd
3/15 44.5 miles 324.4 miles mtd
3/17 25.7 miles 350.1 miles mtd
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So far this month:

3/6: 11.9km
3/11: 16.11km
3/13: 24.63km
3/17: 25.11km

Total (so far): 77.75km. That's 48.59 miles for you Americans.

Yeah, put me down for 160km/100m.

EDIT: Five pounds lost since 3/6 too.

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3/3 - 19 miles
3/5 - 21 miles
3/6 - 17 miles
3/10 - 21 miles
3/11 - 15 miles
3/13 - 16 miles
3/15 - 5 miles - indoor MTB place
3/17 - 22 miles

Total - 136 miles
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3/1 - 27.4 miles
3/5 - 21 miles
3/12 - 27.5 miles
3/15 - 253.7 miles
Total for March so far 329.6 miles
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3/3 ~ lunch ride: 12mi - 640ft - 41:59
3/6 ~ CX night ride: 24mi - 692ft - 1:39:34
3/8 ~ Club ride: 66.9mi - 2838ft - 3:42:01
3/11 ~ Lunch ride: 11.6mi - 679ft - 42:45
3/12 ~ 1st attempt to run: 2.9mi - 393ft - 29:35
3/13 ~ Bday lunch ride:21.4 - 1447ft - 1:09:55
3/14 ~ WWP ride San Diego bay: 13.9mi - 49ft - 1:30:51
3/17 ~ Lunch run: 4.6mi - 203ft - 8:48pace
3/18 ~ Lunch run: 4mi - 247ft - 9:08pace

~targeted numbers~
149.8mi/450mi
7,188/20,000ft vertical ft
0/2 centuries
11.5/15mi running
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3/10 - 41.01
3/12 - 62.47 7,260 elevation
3/14 - 11.21
3/15 - 14.93

MTD - 206.90

Goal - 500

YTD - 1151.12

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It was a good day to get out for a ride, sunny, but a bit on the windy side. Rode a short 17.1 mile ride.

Goal: 175 miles
MTD: 152.2 miles
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A whopping 6 miles indoors.

MTD 60 miles
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I'm going for 500 miles and 5 pounds
starting weight 201.8




3/02 53.6 miles
3/03 20.1 miles 73.7 miles mtd
3/06 20.2 miles
3/08 80.6 miles 184.5 miles mtd
3/11 15 miles
3/12 60.4 miles 259.9 miles mtd
3/13 20 miles 279.9 miles mtd
3/15 44.5 miles 324.4 miles mtd
3/17 25.7 miles 350.1 miles mtd
3/18 24.8 miles 374.9 miles mtd
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Back to the cross bike, twisting and winding around a few local roads always looking for nice circuits to ride again. Most loops I've found have at least one area that just isn't very nice...

06 Mar - 40 miles
09 Mar - 112 miles
12 Mar - 9 miles
13 Mar - 37 miles
19 Mar - 43 miles

MTD: 241 miles
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3/3 ~ lunch ride: 12mi - 640ft - 41:59
3/6 ~ CX night ride: 24mi - 692ft - 1:39:34
3/8 ~ Club ride: 66.9mi - 2838ft - 3:42:01
3/11 ~ Lunch ride: 11.6mi - 679ft - 42:45
3/12 ~ 1st attempt to run: 2.9mi - 393ft - 29:35
3/13 ~ Bday lunch ride:21.4 - 1447ft - 1:09:55
3/14 ~ WWP ride San Diego bay: 13.9mi - 49ft - 1:30:51
3/17 ~ Lunch run: 4.6mi - 203ft - 8:48pace
3/18 ~ Lunch run: 4mi - 247ft - 9:08pace
3/19 ~ lunch ride: 20.5 - 1,132ft - 1:08:41

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170.3mi/450mi
8,320/20,000ft vertical ft
0/2 centuries
11.5/15mi running
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3/3 - 19 miles
3/5 - 21 miles
3/6 - 17 miles
3/10 - 21 miles
3/11 - 15 miles
3/13 - 16 miles
3/15 - 5 miles - indoor MTB place
3/17 - 22 miles
3/19 - 17 miles

Total - 153 miles
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3/3 ~ lunch ride: 12mi - 640ft - 41:59
3/6 ~ CX night ride: 24mi - 692ft - 1:39:34
3/8 ~ Club ride: 66.9mi - 2838ft - 3:42:01
3/11 ~ Lunch ride: 11.6mi - 679ft - 42:45
3/12 ~ 1st attempt to run: 2.9mi - 393ft - 29:35
3/13 ~ Bday lunch ride:21.4 - 1447ft - 1:09:55
3/14 ~ WWP ride San Diego bay: 13.9mi - 49ft - 1:30:51
3/17 ~ Lunch run: 4.6mi - 203ft - 8:48pace
3/18 ~ Lunch run: 4mi - 247ft - 9:08pace
3/19 ~ lunch ride: 20.5 - 1,132ft - 1:08:41
3/20 ~ no hills for lunch: 12.1 - 315ft - 38:30
3/20 ~ after work beach cruise: 40.6mi -2,185ft - 2:14:04

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223mi/450mi
10,820/20,000ft vertical ft
0/2 centuries
11.5/15mi running

today's beach loop after work

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I'm going for 500 miles and 5 pounds
starting weight 201.8




3/02 53.6 miles
3/03 20.1 miles 73.7 miles mtd
3/06 20.2 miles
3/08 80.6 miles 184.5 miles mtd
3/11 15 miles
3/12 60.4 miles 259.9 miles mtd
3/13 20 miles 279.9 miles mtd
3/15 44.5 miles 324.4 miles mtd
3/17 25.7 miles 350.1 miles mtd
3/18 24.8 miles 374.9 miles mtd
3/20 15.1 miles 390 miles mtd
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Six more indoor miles

mtd 66
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Took the Mtn bike on today's commute. Added 25 miles to the monthly mileage total of 593 miles.

Had a bad-news good-news week. Bad news. Frame on my trusty C'Dale commuter road bike is dead! Mechanic says failure from metal fatigue. Good-news. I'm the original owner and C'Dale is coming through with a new frame under warranty. Shop will have the bike built up and ready to roll next week. Yea!
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I have 114 miles MTD. 200 is easily attainable. 250 will be a stretch goal.
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