Sequoia Century June 1, 2014 (starts in Los Altos)
05-27-14, 10:16 PM
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Hey, rd! I'm going to do the half-century. And with the 3 miles each way from/to my house, I'll get in my own private 100K!
See you there!
See you there!
06-01-14, 07:42 PM
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Well, I finished the "50", but it wasn't pretty. Nothing really steep, but for the most part you're either going up or down and that first up at senior-citizen speed lasts a while. The last 10 miles were a bit warm with more up & down. I'm not sure where this rates on the character building/dumb scale.
06-01-14, 08:13 PM
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Well, that was epic.
Like rd, I rode the "50" which, with the mileage to/from my home to Foothill gave me 64 miles for the day.
I still find that climb up Hwy 9 relentless. And I really wasn't up for a second climb (yeah, I'm a wimp). And ending the ride with Elena Road is just plain cruel.
Major props to the folks who rode the Metric Century and Mega props to the Century Riders -- 113 miles with ~10,000 feet of climb! Woof!
Oh, and props as well to the Western Wheelers volunteers -- they did a splendid job!
Like rd, I rode the "50" which, with the mileage to/from my home to Foothill gave me 64 miles for the day.
I still find that climb up Hwy 9 relentless. And I really wasn't up for a second climb (yeah, I'm a wimp). And ending the ride with Elena Road is just plain cruel.
Major props to the folks who rode the Metric Century and Mega props to the Century Riders -- 113 miles with ~10,000 feet of climb! Woof!
Oh, and props as well to the Western Wheelers volunteers -- they did a splendid job!
06-02-14, 02:07 PM
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Watching that bit up RWG makes me glad I was busy last weekend and couldn't sign up...lots of people walking up is a bad sign IMO. And listening to the audio didn't make it sound easier. I've never gone up RWG and now I think I may not bother 
I need to go up HWY 9 one of these weekends to see how that is...a long grind I expect but doesn't seem worse than Montabello...I do worry more about the vehicle traffic on the way down (both car and bike since I don't tend to be a fast decender)
Congrats to those that went...putting Elena Road at the end of the ride is pretty mean, Purissima would have been nicer but I saw signs when I was out riding last week that there was a faire there so maybe that's why they avoided it?
I need to go up HWY 9 one of these weekends to see how that is...a long grind I expect but doesn't seem worse than Montabello...I do worry more about the vehicle traffic on the way down (both car and bike since I don't tend to be a fast decender)
Congrats to those that went...putting Elena Road at the end of the ride is pretty mean, Purissima would have been nicer but I saw signs when I was out riding last week that there was a faire there so maybe that's why they avoided it?
06-02-14, 09:35 PM
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The Sequoia Century (or any century ride with 10,000 feet of climbing for that matter) is definitely intended for people who want a challenge, or at least a good workout. Not the hardest century in California, but above average.
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