Great ride today :) Started out feeling a bit sluggish not a ton of sleep and ate beer, pizza and mozzarella sticks last night! after about 20mins in the climb I finally felt warmed up! and me and Jeff held a stead pace to the top. Nothing earth shattering but a comfortable pace. We hit the decent and it was off to the races! I really really like this loop up top, we cut out the very top of world cup as we don't really ride that much of it anyway. I rode alot more of the little drops and squirrelly lines thru the tight turns and then ripped thru the burms! Cruised the main decent at a good clip and back to the car. The ride almost felt too short..... I guess we you don't stop at all and keep a steady pace you go alot faster over all :) Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1535 ft Location: Alpine, CA Elev. Gain: -43 ft Date: 05/31/08 Up/Downhill: [+2171/-2214] Time: 09:14 AM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: A Few Clouds   66 F temp; 60% humidity   66 F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 10.50 miles Time: 1:44:00 Speed: 6.1 mph Pace: 9' 50 /mi Calories: 573 Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Another great thursday ride. I was feeling a bit drained from work and sleepy but I was happy to be out of work and on my bike! We started out down Lopez and off to wagon wheel. Then it was across the cyn and up power lines. I was feeling ok but joe and matt were screaming! I was last up the climb but we were all together. I kept going onto tunnels they staggered behind as they pushed hard up the climb. We hit the tunnels and started to rip! I was feeling really good skills were on I hit the first jump and ripped the burms. I stopped at a trail intersection and no sign of the guys.... So I start heading back yea matt all out lost his non drive side crank arm..... right off.... we did a loop up top and then down Cobles. Joe was screaming down cobles! I felt pretty good and rocketed past the water fall. Then we regrouped and headed up the goat climb. I was unsure of how I would do. But after feeling pretty good on the fire road I was in for the long haul. I cleared the second section but got hung up on the 3rd dabbed once and then cleared the top! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 253 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +3 ft Date: 05/29/08 Up/Downhill: [+1446/-1443] Time: 05:46 PM Difficulty: 4.0 / 5.0   Weather: Fair   63 F temp; 62% humidity   63 F heat index; winds NW 9 Performance Distance: 16.76 miles Time: 2:22:39 Speed: 7.1 mph Pace: 8' 27 /mi Heart Rate: 143 bpm (Avg) Calories: 839 191 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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So after a long day at work I geared up for the ride back to sorrento valley with detours up north! I rode out easy and chatted it up with a guy on the 56 trail and met up with the guys just west of camino del sur. We went up the climb to camino del sur pretty hard! I could have been in my big ring! We headed north on camino del north and were grooving, Matt was laying down hard turns up front and I was willing to let him go as we had a lot of riding to go. Down San Digeito Road and around the horse stables we worked well together. At first I was feeling sketch as its been some time since I pulled a pace line. We kept it going well 75% thru Matt popped he took a turn up front and that was it. me and Joe finished out the section and Matt headed home to catch the train. We headed up into Rancho Santa Fe from there and my legs that weren't feeling too good now were feeling much better. But I was starting to get hungry. Up to manchester ave and onto the PCH where we had a sick tail wind. Cranked our way to torrey pines and skipped the climb as it was getting dark and my ass was killing me (2hrs in the saddle at that point) and I was tired. Great ride ~50 miles for the day! good stuff! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 161 ft Location: Poway, CA Elev. Gain: -475 ft Date: 05/27/08 Up/Downhill: [+1811/-2286] Time: 05:33 PM Difficulty: 4.2 / 5.0   Weather: A Few Clouds   61 F temp; 64% humidity   61 F heat index; winds W 9 Performance Distance: 34.06 miles Time: 2:11:22 Speed: 15.6 mph Pace: 3' 51 /mi Heart Rate: 148 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1583 189 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Note to self don't ride with a bag if you don't have to! I forgot to pack clothes Friday as I had Monday off. The extra 10-12 lbs def slowed me down a bit and wore on my shoulders a bit... wouldn't be bad home as its all down hill but to work was a bit more of a grind. Not a bad effort riding after work too so eating like a mad man now :) Activity Route: to work via 56 Elev. Avg: 216 ft Location: La Jol, CA Elev. Gain: +486 ft Date: 05/27/08 Up/Downhill: [+1302/-816] Time: 07:00 AM Difficulty: 3.8 / 5.0   Weather: Overcast   60 F temp; 72% humidity   60 F heat index; winds Vrbl 5 Performance Distance: 12.79 miles Time: 0:56:02 Speed: 13.7 mph Pace: 4' 23 /mi Heart Rate: 152 bpm (Avg) Calories: 738 179 bpm (Peak) Map La Jol, California   Elevation (ft)

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Hit up Cowles Mnt for a sunset Hike with Joe, Tony, Matt and Tara. Pics should be up in the picasa gallery later. Uber clear day! made for crazy views. The cold onshore winds ment we were shivering at the top as we didn't expect it to be that cool but def a great hike! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 1120 ft Location: La Mesa, CA Elev. Gain: +78 ft Date: 05/26/08 Up/Downhill: [+1213/-1135] Time: 06:11 PM Difficulty: 3.3 / 5.0   Weather: Partly Cloudy   59 F temp; 62% humidity   59 F heat index; winds W 12 Performance Distance: 2.88 miles Time: 2:09:56 Speed: 1.3 mph Pace: 46' 09 /mi Heart Rate: 99 bpm (Avg) Calories: 352 135 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Epic comes to mind! It had that Epic feel to it from the start. We pack up the car 4 guys, 4 bikes in a sedan and drove up to the southside of Big Bear Mnt. There we found out it was a 4 mile drive down a dirt road (thanks jeff as I would have made you guys ride if we were in my car). The weather was cool, low 40's deep in the valley and we had a thick cloud cover I was a bit under prepared for the cool weather but thankfully I grabbed a light jacket before leaving the house and had my knee warmers in my bag. started out on a fire road climb with no warm up and I felt it.... I was def feeling a bit fat but after getting onto the single track and riding ~30mins i finally warmed up. though my feet were pretty cold but the legs were moving well. We kept up a nice pace and about 1/2 way up we hit a good spot for a break. Most of the group took a long break but I was all warmed up and we were moving at break neck speeds so a few of us decided to get a move on. This is where the real climbing started, tight single track tons of exposure (long way down!) and lots of pedaling. We made our way up and after a while at a pretty intense pace I backed off as I wasn't sure how far we'd have to go. Glad I did as we climbed for a total of almost 2hrs! toward the top the legs were really tired but the lungs were ok despite my poor performance in cool weather in the past. We were 3rd or 4th to the top out of a group of almost 30 (and we were the last people to leave the parking lot some people had like a 20min head start) we broke there for ~15mins eat a cliff bar, jelly bellys, and shot blocks. and we were back on the trail for the decent. The beginning was actually tough in the legs as there was very little pedaling but that made it hard to warm up as I was shivering at the top (had to be below 40) but we got moving and WOW what a fun decent. Not rocking white knuckle fast but fun, flowing, curvy exposed trails with sick views! We back tracked over the spot where jeff almost took a 200' slide into a ravine and made our way down. I was feeling good, the legs were there, the I was riding well. We hit a small climb before the last decent and my legs had very little left. I was going for broke on a few occasions pushing myself hard. One little water crossing I smashed my knee on my bars and was getting cranky as fatigue was setting in. But as I was getting grouchy we hit the final decent and FLEW! I led out and while I didn't have the legs to accelerate out of the turns I was moving well and linking all my turns together smoothly. Back to the lot and into the car for the drive home! SICK RIDE! I'll be back there in a month or so well worth the drive! Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 5704 ft Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Elev. Gain: -269 ft Date: 05/25/08 Up/Downhill: [+3310/-3579] Time: 10:55 AM Difficulty: 5.0 / 5.0 Performance Distance: 20.69 miles Time: 4:09:49 Speed: 5.0 mph Pace: 12' 00 /mi Heart Rate: 162 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1125 184 bpm (Peak) Map   Elevation (ft)   Speed (mph)

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Good ride, started out feeling a bit tired (sleepy) and the legs were tired from the road riding the day before but I felt good once I warmed up on the climb back up from the 52. Down eticket and thru the valley I felt smooth and flowing. I cleared S-turns with ease..... yea I said it with ease.... HR felt good, legs felt good, I picked good lines and up up and a way I went right up the climb! back to the lot and 1 great ride with an unreal low avg HR 135..... cool :) Activity Route: 52 Loop Elev. Avg: 667 ft Location: La Mesa, CA Elev. Gain: +16 ft Date: 05/21/08 Up/Downhill: [+1213/-1197] Time: 06:00 PM Difficulty: 3.5 / 5.0   Weather: A Few Clouds   62 F temp; 64% humidity   62 F heat index; winds SW 10 Performance Distance: 6.67 miles Time: 1:34:57 Speed: 4.2 mph Pace: 14' 17 /mi Heart Rate: 135 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1013 186 bpm (Peak) Map Mission Trails, California   Elevation (ft)

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