This was the last weekend of official Death Ride training. After this point I'll be doing easy workouts and easy rides for the most part, gearing up to July 11th.
On Saturday, I had planned to do two times up Diablo North Gate to Juniper campground, and then one leg up South Gate to the junction. That would have given me about 7000 ft of climbing. But it was so hot on Diablo on Saturday, I had to cut my ride short. The air temp was 97 degrees, and the asphault felt way hot than that. I could feel the heat coming up through my cycling shoes on each pedal stroke. Anyway, I did one trip up North Gate to juniper, then once more up North Gate to about where the ranch is, just before the switchbacks. I figure that's around 4500 ft.
To supplement, I did 1.5 times up to Skyline today, total of about 2000 feet of climbing. It'll have to do. Just like last year, I wish I had done more training, especially during the week. But work craziness really got in the way.
Climbing up North Gate on Saturday, listening to my ipod, I had a great idea: my mother gave me this battery operated speaker set for an ipod. I'm going to take this with me on the Death Ride, strap it onto my trunk bag, and I'll have tunes to keep me going. I'm already putting together my Death Ride playlist, and it's going to rock!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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