Probably the last ride of the year :) Was feeling really really lazy today but I knew I was less then 5 miles away from my 2,750 mile goal so I sucked it up and hit Van Dam peak for a lunch MTB ride. Not my best showing but all things considered I was 2mins off my PR pace (and didn't push 100% I was prob at 85%) and with the recent rains there were some new lines, I cleaned everything nicely (thanks to lots of grip from the wet soil) and had a great 'ol ride :) Activity Route: Lunch MTB Elev. Avg: 749 ft Location: Poway, CA Elev. Gain: +4 ft Date: 12/23/08 Up/Downhill: [+1381/-1377] Time: 01:00 PM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   55 F temp; 61% humidity   55 F heat index; winds NW 10 G 20 Performance Distance: 8.99 miles Time: 0:49:28 Speed: 10.9 mph Pace: 5' 30 /mi Heart Rate: 161 bpm (Avg) Calories: 698 184 bpm (Peak) Map Poway, California   Elevation (ft)

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Mo rain!

While this is def good for the trails work we did at sycamore Saturday
it still stinks.... It's rained 5 out of the last 7 days and sd is
way up on it's seasonal rain fall!!!

Hope this pattern falls off soon:(

Sweet pre-xmas ride man! headed up to ATT with joe and set out for a nice ride. Hit the climb and wasn't feeling that great but set a easy but consistent pace. We paused at the first turn out then kept going to the top of Eco challenge and ripped it up on the decent :) Saw Steve on the trail but we were gonna go back up and do eco challenge 2X so we kept on riding by and def was feeling smooth. We hit the road and climbed back up to the top and headed back down! We stopped where Steve was building and watched him rock it out!!! From ATT-122008 Sickness :) we rocked out the last section of trail and I finally hit the road GAP!!! why I thought that was a hard stunt who knows as I did it wicked smooth :) I really like this trail but worry what will happen when the land managment issues really come to the forefront :( but for now I'll keep enjoying it and try to stay off the top section Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1651 ft Location: Alpine, CA Elev. Gain: -26 ft Date: 12/21/08 Up/Downhill: [+2293/-2319] Time: 01:48 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: A Few Clouds   61 F temp; 47% humidity   61 F heat index; winds W 9 Performance Distance: 12.09 miles Time: 2:34:50 Speed: 4.7 mph Pace: 12' 46 /mi Heart Rate: 161 bpm (Avg) Calories: 729 187 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Did some sick trail work today! out at sycamore canyon on the back side in martha's grove. The rutted out DH section we built a sick rock garden! Def worked in easy lines while trying to keep some sick fun harder lines! Pics below but before the trail work I rode out to Kerry's house to car pool there :) Damn it was cold this am, temp read 38 when I left.... Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 478 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: +427 ft Date: 12/20/08 Up/Downhill: [+1230/-803] Time: 06:00 AM Difficulty: 3.8 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 16.60 miles Time: 1:19:01 Speed: 12.6 mph Pace: 4' 46 /mi Heart Rate: 153 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1015 178 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)

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Well with over 5 days straight of rain I hadn't seen a bike since the CX race! But kerin went out drinking so I road to the bar to go pick her up :) it was in the hi 30's when I left pretty chilly for SD! but the climb out of tecelote canyon kept me warm..... Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 299 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: +89 ft Date: 12/18/08 Up/Downhill: [+213/-124] Time: 11:00 PM Difficulty: 1.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 2.63 miles Time: 0:14:00 Speed: 11.3 mph Pace: 5' 19 /mi Calories: 0 Map   Elevation (ft)

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Well I got up at the crack of damn.... well pre dawn.... well saturday night..... up at 5am on the road by 5:20 I got up to Palos Verde (sick town by the way) at 7:20.... yea I was the first racer there reg wasn't even open... at least I wasn't late :) I tossed the seats back in the E and took a 20min nap. Just before 8am I started gearing up, it was fucking freezing out! sub 40 for sure. I tossed all all the clothing I had and got my number. I took a practice lap headed back to the car and dropped a layer. Took another practice lap was feeling ok but nervous. I headed back to the car and dropped down to just my jersey, bibs, knee warmers, and arm warmers.... Yup I raced all clad in spandex.... Got up to the line and tried to get a decent starting spot. They didn't do cal ups so but I let the guys that looked like they knew what they were doing take the front row I took 3rd row. The bell rung and I got clipped in on the first shit and passed a few people going into the first turn and then I passed about 3 more in the second turn. I was in the top 3 as we headed up the first climb I lost a couple spots right here as a went out HARD at the start. But then I figured I was in 6-8th and settled in. there was one guy right behind me and I was keeping him off me. We hit the main decent and I was feeling ok but not that comfy on the road bike possession on the dirt. turned up the 2nd climb this one was a run up with 2 boards and the guy behind me passed me, I remounted right behind him and chased him down the hill, in the next turn her took too much speed in to the corner and ran wide I took him on the inside. He was behind me back thru the start finish and I stayed ahead of him on the climb, we dismounted at the 1st board and ran across the water crossing I remounted and lost my chain...... so he passed me :( I stayed close for the next 2 laps and I could see him at the sharp turns. On the last lap I tried to turn it up a bit but in the end I came up about 30yrds short of catching :( Lots of lessons learned! 1.) get there early (well maybe not 1:45 early) and do at least 2 practiced laps and then prob go back and at least do the tricky parts a couple more times. 2.) I can go harder! I def could have gone harder and with only a 30min race I can go almost ALL out! I had way too much left in my tank at the end 3.) this is alot of fun and will def be a main concentration on mine next fall!!! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 316 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/14/08 Up/Downhill: [+216/-216] Time: 09:00 AM Difficulty: 1.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 1.24 miles Time: 0:33:13 Speed: 2.2 mph Pace: 27' 16 /mi Heart Rate: 180 bpm (Avg) Calories: 607 190 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)

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Fun evening ride! we headed down cobles and up powerlines, then down rocking horse and thru the water crossings, up again and down the scetch desecnt. We then climbed out of the tunnels and over to a new area to me, we went past tunnel 5 (which was closed duw to vandalism....) and down a sick new decent off the back of that canyon! Sick great trail! then up a paved climb to the car! Sick ride...... To bad Friday am the rangers went out and due to political bullshit and a bunch of whiny rich fucking pricks!!! All these trails have been closed..... I love it when the local government is so fucking screwed up that they don't listen to a huge mass of TAX PAYERS! who say they will donate their time to preservation of multi use trails and have their bigger (money laden) agenda on their mind..... Fucking assholes! Activity Route: Cobles loop Elev. Avg: 336 ft Location: Rancho Santa Fe, CA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 12/11/08 Up/Downhill: [+866/-866] Time: 05:30 AM Difficulty: 3.3 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 10.51 miles Time: 1:38:36 Speed: 6.4 mph Pace: 9' 23 /mi Heart Rate: 146 bpm (Avg) Calories: 11 187 bpm (Peak) Map Rancho Santa Fe, California   Elevation (ft)

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So got a CX race sunday and am thinking I'm gonna get killed..... but you have to start somewhere. Hit the hill warm up 2:04, #1 1:47 (seated), #2 1:53 (standing), #3 1:58 (standing) ok sprints legs felt ok but lungs were on fire! Off the to park did a good set of back to back 10 suitcases and 10 portings. bobbled 2X but wanted to keep at it and see how I did with fatigue. Then it was to the dirt path, up the first time hit the stairs and man it is tiring running up stairs while porting..... down again I feel comfy on the bike in the dirt not, I noticed a steel pole that was for a circuit workout about 12" hi and did a nice suitcase over that and then back up the trail. Ported and ran up the stairs and jumped back on.... rear tire was flat..... joy..... road it out on ~20psi..... I can't believe I got another flat! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 481 ft Location: Poway, CA Elev. Gain: +20 ft Date: 12/10/08 Up/Downhill: [+1315/-1295] Time: 11:30 AM Difficulty: 3.4 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   70 F temp; 11% humidity   70 F heat index; winds NW 9 Performance Distance: 7.34 miles Time: 0:46:30 Speed: 9.5 mph Pace: 6' 19 /mi Heart Rate: 160 bpm (Avg) Calories: 608 189 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)

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Slow but better ride home, I put in a couple good efforts (esp thru miramar and down lairemont mesa) but I stopped a couple times as I was flat paranoid and kept checking my tires and I was really cautious as it was pitch black out and didn't feel like getting hit by a car. Good work looking forward to my CX workout wednesday! Activity Route: Claremont to work Elev. Avg: 433 ft Location: Mission Beach, California Elev. Gain: +252 ft Date: 12/08/08 Up/Downhill: [+1246/-994] Time: 05:30 PM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 17.84 miles Time: 1:20:19 Speed: 13.3 mph Pace: 4' 31 /mi Heart Rate: 152 bpm (Avg) Calories: 996 185 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Beach, California   Elevation (ft)

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Wow I was slow as shit this am.... can't blame it on the bike but I did take it pretty easy its hard to get your legs loose on a Monday am :) But I made it in looking for a faster ride home :) Activity Route: Claremont to work Elev. Avg: 433 ft Location: San Diego/Montgomery Field, CA Elev. Gain: +252 ft Date: 12/08/08 Up/Downhill: [+1246/-994] Time: 06:30 AM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 17.84 miles Time: 1:24:16 Speed: 12.7 mph Pace: 4' 43 /mi Heart Rate: 151 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1050 174 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Beach, California   Elevation (ft)

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I cleaned up my IF and packed the jeep tossed joe’s/my bike on the back and off we were to ATT (Anderson truck trail) we hit the road and saw dark bad looking clouds as we headed toward the trail head. I geared up cycling shell, booties, cycling cap under the helmet, knee warmers, and my new Specialized glasses. Joe was making fun of me but 15mins into the ride the drizzle turned to all out down pour! And I was grinning as I was comfy and warm and dry. The trail was holding up well not much mud the drainage along the trail was well design so we kept going. We hit the main climb and the rain slowed but I was still happy to have the gear I did. We made it to the ½ way point up and the rain was almost gone and we could see blue sky coming at us from the west. We pushed on to the top and made it up the climb in just over an hr not great but not bad. Now came the fun part see the ride is an up and down…. 3 miles and 2,000 feet of climbing on double track to then drop single track which has berms stunts and HUGE drops on it (all optional) as we get ready to descend I loose the jacket and the booties the sun comes out and my specialized glasses increase tint accordingly ( I love these things I mean I’m an Oakley whore but these are spot on!) We get to it and man I love this trail, fresh off watching NWD9 I get it in my head I can ride like a stud I’m hitting wall rides and jumps I usually wouldn’t The dirt was epic! I mean this trail is usually fun but loose and tough to find traction not an issue yesterday roosting berms wheelieing out was the norm! We stop and short sessioned a couple rock sections and jumps and make it back to the car in ~1hr. what looked like crappy rained conditions turned into one the funnest rides I’ve ever had out here! Activity Route: ATT short Elev. Avg: 1535 ft Location: Alpine, California Elev. Gain: -43 ft Date: 12/07/08 Up/Downhill: [+2171/-2214] Time: 01:00 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 10.50 miles Time: 2:00:50 Speed: 5.2 mph Pace: 11' 32 /mi Heart Rate: 157 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1567 189 bpm (Peak) Map Alpine, California   Elevation (ft)

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First MTB ride in a while :( 12 days! that is way too long :) I felt awful to start lungs burning ect ect then my left hamstring tightens up.... So I pulled back and spun easy gears trying to get some turns in with out making my hammy worse. We climbed up powerlines and then down rocking horse. The conditions were sick the dirt is nice and tacky! We climb back out and down cobles. Good ride the hammy is tight but I hope I can stretch and have it feel nice again Sunday for ATT. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 193 ft Location: -- Elev. Gain: -200 ft Date: 12/04/08 Up/Downhill: [+1030/-1230] Time: 05:41 PM Difficulty: 3.7 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 16.45 miles Time: 2:06:19 Speed: 7.8 mph Pace: 7' 42 /mi Heart Rate: 147 bpm (Avg) Calories: 842 191 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Breakaway from Cancer Ride

So I signed up for the http://www.breakawayfromcancer.com/ with country in February.



Can't wait looks like its gonna be alot of fun! Big George is riding it so I might get a glimpse of him :)




I need to raise a few bucks for a good cause so if you can help a guy out click HERE (or the image below) and give what you can. many thanks pics and a route for the 25 mile ride soon :)

Well this was a lazy weekend topped with a couch to 5k run :) Kerin and I were headed to Palmsprings and we stopped off in Temecula to run a turkey trot :) The course was half dirt/pave and I was pretty excited to try and run a bit :) 1st mile was mainly downhill and I tripped the marker in 7:59.... So I slowed it down a bit and mile 2 was 9:33 and I tried to kick at the end (running up a short 20%+ grade) and finished under my 30min goal :) damn running is hard on the muscles....I can still barely walk, fitness I felt fine, but the impact on my legs had harsh results :( gotta work on plyometerics this winter! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1526 ft Location: Temecula, CA Elev. Gain: +62 ft Date: 11/28/08 Up/Downhill: [+255/-193] Time: 09:00 AM Difficulty: 2.4 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 3.19 miles Time: 0:29:09 Speed: 6.6 mph Pace: 9' 08 /mi Heart Rate: 179 bpm (Avg) Calories: 517 200 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)

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