How fer did you ride today?!
05-16-24, 08:34 PM
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Actually not that high, about 6300'...it's just that this was a pretty good snow year and that's on the north aspect of that ridge. One of the local passes(8700') just opened for the season, last week. There's likely to be snow in some spots all year, one of my favorite local MTB trails (9k+') probably won't be completely ridable til August.
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05-16-24, 09:41 PM
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just got back from the last weeknight xc race of the season...all together about 22 miles of riding, including some warm up laps. It was a very fast, "power" course. With the nature of the course and it being the last race, i wanted to go "all in" on this one. I drilled it out of the start, managed to hit 1350 watts on the sprint for the first turn...i didn't really let off the gas at all on the first lap and was able to go solo about 1/2 through the first lap. I kept the pressure on the rest of the race and was able to finish in first with a fairly respectable gap.
Now, hopefully i can fit in another ride this week of decent length and still recover well enough for 70 miles of gravel racing on saturday.
Now, hopefully i can fit in another ride this week of decent length and still recover well enough for 70 miles of gravel racing on saturday.
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05-17-24, 07:18 AM
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I managed to get in a 22-miler last night, it felt good. Like someone else said earlier, the wind seemed to self-adjust to be in my face most of the time. I started the ride going west, then south. At that time, it was a southwest wind. Then it was a southeast wind when I finished.
Rest day; I took the eMoped to work. Will go home for lunch and don't want to get sweaty for the afternoon.
https://www.strava.com/activities/11428307759
Rest day; I took the eMoped to work. Will go home for lunch and don't want to get sweaty for the afternoon.
https://www.strava.com/activities/11428307759
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05-17-24, 12:08 PM
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Some more climbing in, 27 miles and 4200' of gain. I didn't want to do a huge day of climbing, so I only did 1 each of "3" and "HC" rated climbs. I did push it pretty hard on the bottom 1/2 of the big climb and managed to set my peak 30 minute power for the season(321 watts.) Also managed to better my time on that particular climb by over 6 minutes(originally set 3 years ago.)
The Strava 3D image of the main climb:
The Strava 3D image of the main climb:
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05-17-24, 12:50 PM
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I've lived here all of my life and I still never get tired of the mountains(other than snow sometimes.) It's hard to put words to the feeling, but I guess being in the mountains just puts me into my "happy" place.
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05-17-24, 12:59 PM
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Easy ride for this morning, 21 miles and 2200' of elevation gain. Only noteworthy accomplishment, is that I managed to set one of my lowest power numbers ever(out of 100 recorded runs) on an 800' climb. It was entirely deliberate and I should be feeling good for tomorrow.
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05-18-24, 04:19 AM
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used the trek 6700 slr mtb for a ride on averagely paved road of 20km
05-18-24, 07:02 AM
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Surprisingly easy 30 miles this morning on newly finished Orbea Terra.
