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So yea haven't been posting much with the move, and stuff but I salvaged June @ 282 miles and am off to a great start in July before NEK on the 18th! 154 miles in 7 days so far :)

today I rode home from work with a lill detour to commute a bit with Ryan as he made his way back from la jolla, made it out to Torrey pines hella fast 45mins! thought it was gonna take 60.... then we headed north along el camino real, to via de lavia and then west to the coast, Ryan took off north I went south up Del mar, and then up the inside of Torrey pines felt good, not uber fast but good. Then at the top my cavles started to cramp a bit it really took away my power for the rest of the ride but I made my way thru la jolla and over to PB and up to my house :) great ride now I just have to commute back in, in the am....

2009/07/07 Generic GPX Import
Type: Road Cycling - Medium Intensity
Date: 07/07/2009
Start: 17:00:00
End: 19:35:00
Time Taken: 02:34:57
Workout Weight: 147.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Ride Home
Total Distance: 42.45 mi.
Burned: 2,250 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Notes
Notes cadence avg 90, max 122 after torrey calves started cramping took all my power away :(


Workout Stats
Pace: 32:46 (min) 03:38 (avg) 01:36 (max)
Speed: 1.83 (mi/hr) (min) 16.7 (mi/hr) (avg) 39.3 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 100 (bpm) (min) 162 (bpm) (avg) 188 (bpm) (max)

Whistler...

What can I say it was the SHIT! life has been crazy but I've been squeezing in rides.... pics of whistler for now!

Spin session

What looks to be a regular thing on tuesday nights for the next couple week was really fun.

Erik Palmer stopped by hand in a cast to toss alill encouragement toward me and Kerry. (who also has an arm in a cast....

Started out with a lill warm up, then did speed drills, then low cadence power stuff. I sweat alot but it was good! Really looking forward to working more with Erik!


Summary
Name: Spin Session
Type: Stationary Bike
Date: 05/26/2009
Start: 18:15:00
End: 19:14:00
Time Taken: 00:59:39
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: No Route! Map this Workout!
Total Distance: 16.00 mi.
Burned: 708 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 03:43 (avg)
Speed: 16.09 (mi/hr) (avg)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 150 (bpm) (avg) 182 (bpm) (max)

Bike to Work

Well since my car was at work since I rode home friday I thought it would be best to come get it today and put in a few hrs.

Cloudy skies at the coast I was hoping for sun as I rode in land and I got it! once I hit the 805 BAM! sun :) temps in the 70's a perfect recovery ride from yesterday, I kept the pace medium never hard and cruised the empty holiday trafficless streets.

Thru miramar and up into scripps ranch, down to poway road and up sabre springs very few cars, didn't hit many lights and just enjoyed a cruise in!

Summary
Name: Ride to Work
Type: Commute
Date: 05/25/2009
Start: 09:00:00
End: 10:22:00
Time Taken: 01:22:06
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Bike to Work
Total Distance: 20.70 mi.
Burned: 958 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 03:58 (avg)
Speed: 15.13 (mi/hr) (avg)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 144 (bpm) (avg) 169 (bpm) (max)

Epic in Idyllwild

Epic a word used so easily and plainly when talking about bike rides/races these days.... but I think I can use it here....

Plan was to get up at 6am and on the road by 6:30 am to get to Idyllwild by 8:30... I for some odd reason am all pumped up to go and after sleeping for only a couple hrs I get up at 5am and on the road at 5:30am.... Tired as hell I get to Idyllwild at 7:30 and drop the seats in the E (that thign rules) and pass out for an hr... well more like dodge in and out of sleep for a bit)

8:30 rolls around I roll out of the car pumped to be riding but def not in the shape I'd like to be....

We start out on the 24hr race course and hit the main climb straight out, not a bad climb it was no damn climb but I am sitting like 3rd wheel and hurtin abit the HR just doesn't wanna come up and I'm sleepy :)

We do a rippin fun desecent into a valley and climb a lill more, we turn left and climb more now its time for some fun! we hit a nice single track down! and I'm feeking scketchy not sure why... then BAM!!! I'm on my face! literally front wheel turns after grabing some air left shoulder and face hit the ground.... my face is covered in dirt my visor hits my nose.... I'm ok just shaken up... yea lesson learned HURT OFF YOUR LOCK OUT WHEN DESENDING!!! had teh hero cam on the bike so footage to come...

So I enjoyed the down a lill bit but was takin it easy biudling the confidence back up. We get down then climb the same fire road back up and hit another down... now I'm havin fun! rippin along roosting corners, I'm leading now and rippin down :) I have no idea where I;m going buts its fun!

We get down and I'm feeling like myself again just alill slow on the climbs, we hit another single track they are tight! can't open it up but lots of tech fun climbs and downs, we find a lill drop and I session it a bit finally hitting the bigger side of it :) Yea I'm back :)

We go thru endless single track for the next oh 3hrs before stopping for lunch and man I can use it! fig bar, PB&J, and I kill my camel back.... still got 1hr+ to ride but I'm well hydrated and we got great weather.

We hit some of the funnest single track on the way back to the race course, lill drops, lots of big rocks, hits, and a really fun big roll in that I try 2X to ride the nose down, I could only get the rear a few inches off the ground coming down but it was afun! thru some really cool logs and rocks and back to the fire road and to the race course.

Now its time to go down!!!! and down we go! rippin and flying the trail is really loose over hard pack so I'm sliding all around but its fun! (I've started to get use to the this socal stuff) WOW so much fun, half the group splits off and we option another climb that is part of the race course, nothing nasty just grinder lill bit of tech up, fun dare I say even at hr 4.... We hit another rippin descent! rocks walls, lill hits good stuff, then back to the car!



I down some choc cold soy milk and some sport beans and we are packed up and off to our 2nd ride of teh day :) I quick shuttle run down Thomas Mnt.

We drop my car at the bettom and drive up the 1700' to the top. Random spoting of the day Tinker Juarez was coming down as we were driving up.... the guy is a machine!wasn't feeling at the top the dirt road bumpy car ride had made me a bit car sick.... But it was on! ~5 miles of down to come NO CLIMBS!

I get out front and to my surprise I start to feel a lill better and am GONE! lots of tight switch backs, loose rocks, tight trails, and I'm loving it! We stop a could times to regroup I'm just chillin up front rippin around takin some fun lines and enjoying the ride!

short ride but fun and well worth the drive! Time for a burrito and the 2hr drive home a 2 ride Epic in Idyllwild comes to an end.

Hurkey Creek
Summary
Name: Hurkey Creek
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/24/2009
Start: 09:00:00
End: 13:28:00
Time Taken: 04:27:51
Workout Weight: 150.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Hurkey Creek
Total Distance: 20.07 mi.
Burned: 2,955 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 59:07 (min) 13:19 (avg) 02:30 (max)
Speed: 1.01 (mi/hr) (min) 4.5 (mi/hr) (avg) 23.92 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 142 (bpm) (avg) 175 (bpm) (max)





Thomas Mnt.
Summary
Name: Thomas Mnt
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/24/2009
Start: 15:30:00
End: 16:11:00
Time Taken: 00:40:52
Workout Weight: 150.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Thomas Mnt
Total Distance: 4.02 mi.
Burned: 394 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 37:25 (min) 10:10 (avg) 03:13 (max)
Speed: 1.6 (mi/hr) (min) 5.9 (mi/hr) (avg) 18.62 (mi/hr) (max)

Lake Hodges Ride

So after the lack of sleep stopped me from riding to work on national bike to work day so I desided to do the ride home today :)

Left work and headed north up Pomerado, the legs weren't feeling that good, little stiff and lacking pop.... I got up to Lake hodges and crossed the new pedestrian bridge :) cool pic



So accross the bridge and off up into southern escondido... I turned west on via rancho parkway and cruised down a bit till I got to Felasito... thats where I hit a nasty short climb! that hurt... continued to climb till I go to lake side rd this was the best part of the whole ride! I descended down to the lake.



Then the road twists and turns and winds around the lake, no traffic, in the trees, so cool! That ended when the road turned away from the lake and up! I mean UP! short but my 36/25 hated me spinning like 40 rpm standing....

on to del dieos hwy and up to the hodges damn. the traffic was moving fast and was alill scray esp since at the damn is a pass and the wind was whiping! in the face and was pushing me around alot.

Up and down the rode lill climbs here and there and up into Rancho Santa Fe wow people got money there! thru the center of town and west into a nasty head wind...
Down to the 5 and I was off to the coast... still a long way to go.

Down past dog beach and every lill bump is killer on my legs and I'm out of water and have to piss....

Thru Del mar and down to torrey pines I knock out the inside at a respectable pace chasing down a rabbit I had in a UC cyclery kit. I hit the golf course surprised I feel as good as I did... I'm getting hungery I have no food but I downed 2,00 kcal so far that day....

I stop at a light catching my next rabbit, and old guy who is fit lookin! He is in a shop kit and rockin a Cervelo and a power tap... "I say hi hows it going" he looks at me with a blank look and ignores me.... light turns green I ride ahead he sits on my wheel for a bit I'm expecting him to come around soon... I take the right toward UCSD fast! and open up a gap and that was the last I saw him... I really hope he was on a recovery ride and got that stick out of his ass....

past UCSD and down to the scrips pier... I'm going like 40MPH and a guy in an old bronco thinks that is a great place to bang a 3 point turn.... I slam on the brakes and cross behind him as he starts to back up and I'm in on coming traffic.... scary moment! I wait for him to catch up and at a stop sign I give him a FUCKING hear full! He shrugs I spit on his passenger window and take aright.... dick....

I head up to la jolla and all the fake boobs are out.... over to bird rock I see a portapoty and think jackpot! but it was for a construction site and it was locked....

I keep heading toward PB and think ok I'll hit the beach bathrooms at grand so I take a pit stop there and grab a gatorade damn I needed that I would have pounded the whole think but had a few miles and one climb left.

Down garnet... why did I take garnet... I don't know it was cool to see the bars packed with people and the traffic on grand is a bit scary... but I always run into Aholes on garnet.... I couple of hicks in a Bro-dozer blows his air horn right next to me to try and scare me... I didn't actually jump that much, to my surprise.... he gets stuck at a light later on he catches up again and his bro cigarette smokin passenger laughs and says "nice spandex fag" I reply "your the ones beepin at me and checkin me out...." he looks mad and I don't take it any further for fear he'd try and run me off the road.... dick....

Up balboa it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would and I cruised home... tired







Summary
Name: Lake Hodges
Type: Road Cycling - Medium Intensity
Date: 05/22/2009
Start: 16:00:00
End: 19:06:00
Time Taken: 03:06:15
Workout Weight: 145.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Lake Hodges
Total Distance: 47.37 mi.
Burned: 2,670 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 36:12 (min) 03:55 (avg) 01:33 (max)
Speed: 1.66 (mi/hr) (min) 15.26 (mi/hr) (avg) 38.42 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 159 (bpm) (avg) 184 (bpm) (max)

Mission trails ride

Great chill ride with Jeff, man he knows mission trails well! Yet another trail I've never ridden we hit up yestrday!

Out the grasslands and over to oak cyn we then went east and climbed up a new ridge that was steady but not crazy fun lill climb. across some fire roads and down that new decent back into oak cyn. up oak a lill and then up the switch back climb I chilled and we chatted, a was dumb and dabbed on one of the swtich backs...oops

Down Barrels fun as always! down the single track on spring and back to the car, chill fun ride!

Summary
Name: Mission trails
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/21/2009
Start: 17:35:00
End: 19:10:00
Time Taken: 01:35:43
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Mission trails
Total Distance: 13.52 mi.
Burned: 1,269 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:


Workout Stats
Pace: 51:16 (min) 07:04 (avg) 02:46 (max)
Speed: 1.17 (mi/hr) (min) 8.48 (mi/hr) (avg) 21.67 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 154 (bpm) (avg) 184 (bpm) (max)