Everyone have a fun and safe Halloween.
Get a lot of exercise chasing after those kids outside!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Preparing
I am preparing for two back to back races in December so taking a break from actual races to just train.
I will be running the Pasadena Half Marathon on Dec 13th and the Hemet Tinsil Sprint Tri on Dec 14th.
Saturday of this last weekend I did a 112 mile ride 6.33 hours total time and then a 40 minute run --- was a look into Ironman Training - it went so well - I have decided that 2010 may be my year for an Ironman!!!!
Then I had to do a little 54 mile ride on Monday to help to get the legs a bit less sore from Sat
I will be running the Pasadena Half Marathon on Dec 13th and the Hemet Tinsil Sprint Tri on Dec 14th.
Saturday of this last weekend I did a 112 mile ride 6.33 hours total time and then a 40 minute run --- was a look into Ironman Training - it went so well - I have decided that 2010 may be my year for an Ironman!!!!
Then I had to do a little 54 mile ride on Monday to help to get the legs a bit less sore from Sat
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Angeles Crest Century Ride Recap
I want to start off by saying that we are triathletes and a 100 mile ride is not a daunting task for any one of us -- maybe the 10,000 feet of climbing would be a *bit* uncomfortable at times, but we are endurance athletes and you just suck it up and get the job done..... so you wonder why we all DNFed at 62 miles?.....
And so the story begins.
The beginning of the ride was so foggy that you had very little visibility. Then as the ride went on it cleared up and life was good!!!
I do not know where it began to go off the rails weather wise -- estimate was around the mid 30's mile mark and definitely somewhere past Newcomb's Ranch.
As we climbed to the end - there was more fog, more wind - colder temperatures - but hey -- we figured (or hoped) it had time to * burn off * before we came back down the hill.
About 3 miles from the top, Bill, Johnna and I saw Barry come down and inform us that it was REALLY cold at the end...... being as how it was already chilly - a comment like this was on a need to know basis, and I for one did not need to know that I will be even colder than I already was.
Got to the tunnel - could NOT see in the tunnel - no light at the end -- and I mean NO light at the end. That woke everyone up and made for some good conversation.
Got to the last aid station at the end of the road -- boy was it cold! But..... we were on a "need to think about things" and we did not need to think about how we were on the bleeding edge of hypothermia!!
As we made our way down the mountain with the ever increasing drop in temperature, the winds getting stronger and do not let me forget to also mention the frickn RAIN..... our sights on getting down the mountain got refocused into just getting to Newcomb's for thaw out and re-evaluation.
About 50 minutes after we left the top - soaking wet, freezing cold with uncontrollable shakes - we got to Newcomb's and were greeted by our other PCTers who had arrived and thawed!
Johnna and I were both made to take off our soaking wet clothes by Sue and Amy - good thing because our thinking processes were about at a single digit IQ by that point.
I was given Benny's fleece and Johnna was wrapped in a heavy sweatshirt that was borrowed from one of the employees up there.
Bruce, Barry, Sue, Amy, Benny, Udy and others were already there - had the fire place with the blazing fire staked out and coffee was a waiting......!
That's right .....Life was *again* good!
We were all sagged down the hill. That's right - we all bailed. Got the hardest part of the ride done - so really we only missed the arctic, soggy conditions on the down hill and a short 6 mile ride up to Mt Wilson..... what a day!!
For me - this was a learning experience of being prepared for weather!
Looking forward to next year - better weather and a great ride!!!
Lynda
And so the story begins.
The beginning of the ride was so foggy that you had very little visibility. Then as the ride went on it cleared up and life was good!!!
I do not know where it began to go off the rails weather wise -- estimate was around the mid 30's mile mark and definitely somewhere past Newcomb's Ranch.
As we climbed to the end - there was more fog, more wind - colder temperatures - but hey -- we figured (or hoped) it had time to * burn off * before we came back down the hill.
About 3 miles from the top, Bill, Johnna and I saw Barry come down and inform us that it was REALLY cold at the end...... being as how it was already chilly - a comment like this was on a need to know basis, and I for one did not need to know that I will be even colder than I already was.
Got to the tunnel - could NOT see in the tunnel - no light at the end -- and I mean NO light at the end. That woke everyone up and made for some good conversation.
Got to the last aid station at the end of the road -- boy was it cold! But..... we were on a "need to think about things" and we did not need to think about how we were on the bleeding edge of hypothermia!!
As we made our way down the mountain with the ever increasing drop in temperature, the winds getting stronger and do not let me forget to also mention the frickn RAIN..... our sights on getting down the mountain got refocused into just getting to Newcomb's for thaw out and re-evaluation.
About 50 minutes after we left the top - soaking wet, freezing cold with uncontrollable shakes - we got to Newcomb's and were greeted by our other PCTers who had arrived and thawed!
Johnna and I were both made to take off our soaking wet clothes by Sue and Amy - good thing because our thinking processes were about at a single digit IQ by that point.
I was given Benny's fleece and Johnna was wrapped in a heavy sweatshirt that was borrowed from one of the employees up there.
Bruce, Barry, Sue, Amy, Benny, Udy and others were already there - had the fire place with the blazing fire staked out and coffee was a waiting......!
That's right .....Life was *again* good!
We were all sagged down the hill. That's right - we all bailed. Got the hardest part of the ride done - so really we only missed the arctic, soggy conditions on the down hill and a short 6 mile ride up to Mt Wilson..... what a day!!
For me - this was a learning experience of being prepared for weather!
Looking forward to next year - better weather and a great ride!!!
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