Mt. Diablo Challenge...damn you!
10-04-09, 10:39 PM
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Mt. Diablo Challenge...damn you!
I had planned my route all weekend - wake up at 6:30 to ride to the south side of Mt. Diablo, go up the south side then down the north side, then circle around back home...about 41 miles round trip. Spent 1 hour riding to the mountain and got to the south side gate and the freaking ranger told me the mountain is closed to the public....wtf!!!!!!
Oh well, there's always next weekend...
Oh well, there's always next weekend...
10-04-09, 11:03 PM
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So, I guess you didn't get a one hour t-shirt, eh?
10-04-09, 11:29 PM
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I came in at 62.5 minutes, I wasn't properly warmed up and got only an hour of sleep the night before. I was sooo upset that I missed that t-shirt by such a close margin.
10-04-09, 11:32 PM
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Next year plan to be a participant. This was my first time in the race, it was a blast.
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No, no T-shirt. I rode to Starbucks and bought a coffee and banana....
2 hours on the bike so i guess it's not too bad of a workout (1 hour there, 1 hour home, 15 mins @ starbucks).
2 hours on the bike so i guess it's not too bad of a workout (1 hour there, 1 hour home, 15 mins @ starbucks).
10-04-09, 11:36 PM
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PS, perhaps the upgrade I made to my bike this morning might have also helped?
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64 minutes here. Not too shabby, I suppose, for a flatlander. But I'm 0 for 2 on the t-shirt. Next year, I'm getting a t-shirt or die trying.
10-04-09, 11:56 PM
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And you know what's sore? Not my legs. My ribcage in my back.
10-05-09, 12:56 AM
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I think from breathing so hard. There's a short flat section about 1/3 of the way up and that's the only recovery you get.
