Extra 30 minutes of Beauty Sleep

I negotiated with George today to get another 30 minutes of sleep.  We started our ride at 6AM and booked it down to PCH and started climbing Yerba Buena.    Riders up ahead so we slowly reeled them in.  These 3 riders came up Westlake Blvd, down Mulholland.  George rode with the rabbit, I stayed at the back and sucked wind while the other guys chatted and huffed a bit too.  Found out one guy did the 508 last year in th 31 hours.  Impressive even if he was 30 something.  We stayed together through until we hit Potrero where George and I peeled off..

Overall a good training ride where I tagged my Lactate Threshold a number of times on the flats and in the hills.  Stats to follow.

• Activity: Road Biking
• Miles: 44

Recovery ride

Had a nice 30 mile recoery ride today.  Legs feeling good and look forward to some more miles during the rest of the week.

• Activity: Road Biking
• Miles: 30

100 mile training ride

Headed out this morning at 5:30 AM to beat the heat and ride a century with George. We went to Carpenteria and back. The last mile of the route required ascending the Potrero Wall at mile 99. Man that was tough but never stopped pedaling. We completed the route in 5 hour 51 minutes. Not really pushing the pace but a good benchmark to start from.

• Miles: 100
• Activity: Road Biking

New Garmin 705

Just broke down and ordered one. I figured with all the riding it
will help me train better.

Back to Blogging….again

Now that I am back from China and the Hardrock 100 I will try to get back to blogging.  I have been accepted to compete in the Furnace Creek 508.  This is a 508 mile solo bike race across the Mojave Desert in early October.  I have about 10 weeks to get my long distance cycling fitness in order.  This will be a step up from other endurance activities and frankly it scares me.  That a lot of time in the saddle.  On a recent 200 mile ride I got to feel what this will be like.  It was and epic ride where my saddle sores got the best of me.  I will work out these kinks for the 508.

Here are some recent training:

7/25 – Bike Mulholland Loop – 42 miles
7/24 – REST – feeling a little left knee ITB pain… also not sleeping well the past 2 nights
7/23 – Run – Backbone trail, 10 miles west of Kanan Road
7/22 – Bike – Rock Store, Yerba Buean from Mulholland, Stunt Road, 40 miles

7/21 – Bike with Bill, PCH, Latigo Canyon, Mulholland, 70 miles
7/20 – REST,
7/19 – Bike with George, Mulholland Loop, 42 miles
7/18 – Run – Pt Mugu State Park, 10 miles

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