Second is good!

Thanks to granny gear for mailing this out!

2nd place overall series 2008 granny gear 24 hr MTB race 5 man category.

Movin slooooow on the way to work today, cruised in it was strange as the sun was fully up and for some odd reason I didn't like it. There was more traffic and I didn't get to see the sunrise over the mnts so I guess the dark am's were a blessing in surprise. Chilled and cruised in no big thing, ride home should be interesting as it will be dark from the start! Activity Route: Claremont to work Elev. Avg: 433 ft Location: Mission Beach, California Elev. Gain: +252 ft Date: 11/03/08 Up/Downhill: [+1246/-994] Time: 06:30 AM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 17.84 miles Time: 1:21:24 Speed: 13.2 mph Pace: 4' 33 /mi Heart Rate: 131 bpm (Avg) Calories: 820 176 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Beach, California   Elevation (ft)

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So nice long ride today. Started at Mission Trails visitor center and the weather was odd, cloudy drizzled for most of the day. Headed up to miramar and only dabbed once. Down by mast and back up the switch back climb cleared it no issues. We descended into Sycamore cyn and rode up to the ranger station. Activity Route: Mission to Sycamore Elev. Avg: 598 ft Location: La Mesa, CA Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 11/02/08 Up/Downhill: [+2578/-2575] Time: 10:00 AM Difficulty: 4.4 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   64 F temp; 89% humidity   64 F heat index; winds W 8 Performance Distance: 27.65 miles Time: 4:06:56 Speed: 6.7 mph Pace: 8' 57 /mi Heart Rate: 133 bpm (Avg) Calories: 2254 180 bpm (Peak) Map La Mesa, California   Elevation (ft)

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Quick ride to the bank to pay rent :) man it was fun running errands on the CX ring :) I'll be doing it more often :) Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 314 ft Location: San Diego/Montgomery Field, CA Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 10/31/08 Up/Downhill: [+127/-127] Time: 05:30 PM Difficulty: 1.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 5.73 miles Time: 0:30:00 Speed: 11.5 mph Pace: 5' 13 /mi Calories: 209 Map   Elevation (ft)

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Ok what a mess of a ride..... Started a bit late but got to ride a new section at PQC :) good stuff! We then headed east from wagon wheel and since it was night I thought lets hit up the horse trails. Which are creepy a night before Halloween :) I hear a clicking noise and I look down my front caliper is about to fall off my bike....? I stop a tighten it.... We ride a bit further and across a lill bridge and Tony shears his derailuer hanger... we make quick work of it and turn the rig into a single speed but it hops up a gear and now the chain is binding tight, he pushes thru the tight chain and BAM... broken chain? nope the granny gear pulled all the threads out of the crank arm.... WTF? we find the nearest street and since tara was feeling under the weather they go there while me, matt, archie book it back to teh cars. Archie's light dies, I give him my helmet light. Then when we are almost back my bar light dies (served me right it was the 3rd ride I used it on with out charging :) ) nice to get some turns in but a bit of a messy ride. Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 116 ft Location: Del Mar, CA Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 10/30/08 Up/Downhill: [+557/-561] Time: 05:17 PM Difficulty: 3.2 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 13.69 miles Time: 2:12:34 Speed: 6.2 mph Pace: 9' 41 /mi Heart Rate: 124 bpm (Avg) Calories: 692 180 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Good ride home, I was moving pretty slow and hit lots of lights but no biggy I was working on my pedal stroke. Def liking these new lights they are damn bright! good stuff now I have no excuses on not commuting I have all the gear :) Activity Route: Claremont to work Elev. Avg: 433 ft Location: Mission Beach, California Elev. Gain: +252 ft Date: 10/29/08 Up/Downhill: [+1246/-994] Time: 05:45 PM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 17.84 miles Time: 1:19:17 Speed: 13.5 mph Pace: 4' 27 /mi Heart Rate: 145 bpm (Avg) Calories: 921 170 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Beach, California   Elevation (ft)

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chill ride in today, hit the road at 6:30am and it was pretty damn dark but I had my new lights and they are brighter then most cars headlights :) so that was nice! Cruised out at a snails pace and saw the sun rise over Mission Trails and N. Fortuna Peak pretty cool! Took lots of self control to keep it slow but these rides need to be easy spin outs. the last 10 mins I picked it up a lill as I just wanted to get to work at that point :) Activity Route: Claremont to work Elev. Avg: 433 ft Location: San Diego/Montgomery Field, CA Elev. Gain: +252 ft Date: 10/29/08 Up/Downhill: [+1246/-994] Time: 06:30 AM Difficulty: 3.9 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 17.84 miles Time: 1:18:01 Speed: 13.7 mph Pace: 4' 23 /mi Heart Rate: 143 bpm (Avg) Calories: 865 168 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Beach, California   Elevation (ft)

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