Back when I was planning my mileage for training, I decided that for some of the weekday rides with higher mileage, I would try doing my commute on Foothill rather than Bryant. It increases the hilliness and the mileage substantially. I went for that option this morning and was pleasantly surprised by it. After you […]
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Ride report: Berkeley! Grizzly Peak!
This morning I went up to Berkeley to ride with my friends/team members up there, J & C (you guys let me know if you want full names or initials on the blog). We had planned to do a 38-mile route up Grizzly Peak that I found on Bikely (Downtown Berkeley – Grizzly Peak – […]
Saturday ride #6: Tour de Menlo (full ride report)
I’m feeling strangely awake even though exhausted, so, a report on today’s ride: Stats: 68 mi (daily total — the ride was 66 and Menlo-Atherton HS is about 1 mi from my house). AVS: 13.1mph MXS: 34.1mph (Crystal Springs Rd, also the first time I have violated a set speed limit because one section has […]
Saturday ride #6: Tour de Menlo
I’ll have more say later when I don’t have to go catch a train, but my overall feeling right now is: I am still alive and I finished. And I am unbelievably tired of climbing hills.
Saturday ride #4: Exceeding the 40mi threshold
Stats: DST: 41 mi AVS: 14.4 mph MXS: ~30mph Ride time: 3 hrs Total time: 3 hrs 45 min Route: Sand Hill > Foothill (down to Homestead and back) > Alpine > Portola > Mountain Home > Woodside > Valparaiso > Middlefield > Willow. This is the first single ride I’ve done over 40 mi […]
Midweek sunrise ride!
I wish I’d had a camera this morning that I could actually access while riding (not just my cell phone stuffed away in a bag). I went out for a ride before work, leaving the house at 6:30 and getting back just before 8. It was a beautiful morning, and a rather marvelous ride. I […]
Reminder on W2W donations
I’ve had a few people at various points request reminders and a link pointer on Waves to Wine donations. As the time begins to approach (and my training ramps up, as you can see by the blog posts) I would really appreciate your support, and more importantly, so would the people the money will benefit, […]
Ride report: Long Saturday ride #3
DST: ~34 mi (same) AVS: 13.7 (+0.2!) MXS: ~31 mph (-1) Ride time: 2:29 (same) Total time: 2:50 (+5 from last week) I did a similar route this week to last, but in reverse and without the neighborhood options, and using Mountain Home instead of Whiskey Hill (it’s shadier and hilly in a less stupid […]
Training pondering
This is the second full week and third week of training for me. It didn’t start out so well. Sunday I was supposed to do a shortish 10 mile ride, but I miscalculated and did 15 mi. I felt fine afterward, though very tired, so I thought it was probably okay, but I woke up […]
Ride report: Saturday 2 — Longest ride without a long break
DST: 33.7 (target 34) AVS: 13.5 (eh) MXS: 32.4 (don’t know – on Cañada somewhere I think) Ride time: 2:29 Total time: 2:45 My route today is really too long to describe because I did some squirrelly things to add distance and interest, but the main streets were: Santa Cruz (via Menlo neighborhoods) > Junipero […]