January 20, 2010 - Coast to Coast
We have had 16 days of training, 363 miles, and 3 trips up Trans Mountain (1300 ft. in 5 miles). We have not had any serious injuries, just mild aches, pains, and stiffness that is taken care of with a couple motrin (we should buy some motrin stock).
We still have some small problems with the bike and Dick spends most of our rest days trying to solve them.
We have had sunny days, some warm and some cool, actually cold if we start riding too early in the morning. Yesterday was the hardest training day we have ever had. It was sunny and warm but the wind was gusting so severly it would move us sideways two to three feet. We spent a great deal of the 64 miles in the smallest (granny) gear we have and couldn't travel any faster that 6mph. Our trips up Trans Mountain are easy compared to yesterday. We were both recovered this morning so decided to do a short 20 miler. It turned into an 18 miler because the wind was worse than yesterday. Tomorrow we will have a well deserved rest day.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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January 10, 2010 - Coast to Coast
January 10, 2010 - Coast to Coast
We landed in El Paso on January 3rd to start our month of training. We have two goals while we’re here, get used to the altitude and get used to climbing hills, neither of which is available in Mich. We know that when we leave San Diego, we have about 30 miles of flat riding and then we climb nearly 5000 ft. over the next 30 miles!
Our training has to run a tightrope of training hard but not so hard that we get injured. It has become even more critical since we missed two months of riding in the fall due to a death in the family and me going thru hernia surgery. During our first week we have ridden 166 miles with one 50 mile day and climbed the highest road here in El Paso another day (which we had tried several times in the past and never made it). We’re both carefully watching our knees and our ITB (a tendon/muscle that runs from the hip to the knee). So far so good.
Additionally we had the bike completely overhauled before we left but couldn’t ride it before we left so besides training we are having to check out and adjust all the new equipment including the new clothes. Most of it is going well but we are certainly happy to have the month to get the bugs shaken out. Dick
We landed in El Paso on January 3rd to start our month of training. We have two goals while we’re here, get used to the altitude and get used to climbing hills, neither of which is available in Mich. We know that when we leave San Diego, we have about 30 miles of flat riding and then we climb nearly 5000 ft. over the next 30 miles!
Our training has to run a tightrope of training hard but not so hard that we get injured. It has become even more critical since we missed two months of riding in the fall due to a death in the family and me going thru hernia surgery. During our first week we have ridden 166 miles with one 50 mile day and climbed the highest road here in El Paso another day (which we had tried several times in the past and never made it). We’re both carefully watching our knees and our ITB (a tendon/muscle that runs from the hip to the knee). So far so good.
Additionally we had the bike completely overhauled before we left but couldn’t ride it before we left so besides training we are having to check out and adjust all the new equipment including the new clothes. Most of it is going well but we are certainly happy to have the month to get the bugs shaken out. Dick
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