| California | 05/01/2010
Sat |  | | 4:00:08
4:06:17 |  | Harding power test and then slow, slow, slow trip to Old Camp. | 3079 | 155/190 |
| California | 04/27/2010
Tue | | | 1:33:51
1:35:33 | | Catching up on old rides I haven't posted. This was a test to see if I was still sick. I was. | 1135 | 137/182 |
| California | 04/03/2010
Sat | | | | | Ride with the Saturday crew. First time in the dirt since VQ after being really sick for two weeks. Still getting over it. >=( (Went up pavement again after coming down Motorway for extra credit) | | |
| California | 03/20/2010
Sat | | | 6:48:41
7:06:46 | | Had a pretty good race and improved my time from last year. Missed my goal by a few minutes, but that's ok. Great to see so many friends out there riding and doing support. | 6109 | 160/184 |
| California | 03/14/2010
Sun | | | 1:36:38
1:36:38 | | Legs weren't there after Saturday's ride, but was still fun to at least see what would happen. Finished way down in my class, but oh well. | 1586 | 176/188 |
| California | 03/13/2010
Sat | | | 4:02:58
4:04:34 | | Last big training ride before VQ. Some tough intervals for me (I hate micro intervals). Didn't see quite as many people as I thought I would out on the trails. | 3563 | 155/203 |
| California | 03/10/2010
Wed | | | 2:00:26
2:03:25 | | Ride before work. Intervals. | 1799 | 150/183 |
| California | 03/06/2010
Sat | | | 5:25:33
5:37:08 | | Happy to get this done and happy not to get rained on too bad. No cramps and no bonking makes me cautiously optimistic for VQ. Harding is boring two times in a row but since I haven't been in the dirt much lately it somehow wasn't that bad. Other Comments | 4233 | 146/183 |
| California | 03/03/2010
Wed | | | 1:52:42
1:53:40 | | First ride back from broken collar bone. Been doing a ton of road riding and work on the trainer. Felt so good to finally be back on dirt. So much quieter than the road. Ha. | 1424 | 152/186 |
| California | 01/30/2010
Sat | | | | | I'll post on this since my GPS turned off.
Broke my collar bone on West Ridge in a stupid muddy section. Going too fast and went over the bars. Rode home after taking some time to collect myself. Bruised ribs are killing me every morning. =( Other Comments | | |
| California | 01/30/2010
Sat | | | 2:26:10
2:26:10 | | When I crashed the GPS shut off. It forgot the route I was recording I guess. | 211 | |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 51:53
51:53 | | Lap 1 of 6. Two man team with Troy. Went out too hard for the first 10 minutes and had to slow it down. Pretty fun course. | 743 | 176/191 |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 53:01
53:01 | | Lap 2 of 6. | 706 | 164/189 |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 53:45
53:45 | | Lap 3 of 6. | 685 | 165/190 |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 54:35
54:35 | | Lap 4 of 6. | 695 | 169/186 |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 59:14
59:14 | | Lap 5 of 6. | | |
| California | 01/23/2010
Sat | | | 59:28
59:28 | | Lap 6 of 6. The fifth place team went out just a few minutes ahead of me. I came only 10 yards within making contact with him on the last lap but he pulled away and I was spent from trying to catch up. =( | | |
| California | 01/16/2010
Sat | | | | | Started at Maple Springs. Laid the bike down at the top of Harding on a turn. Thank God the bike is ok. Just some minor bruises and scratches. Felt pretty good overall. Other Comments | | |
| California | 01/12/2010
Tue | | | 1:35:05
1:35:05 | | Went a little too hard on the first tough interval. Need to be more careful with breaking off more than I can chew. Otherwise a mild morning ride. | 1044 | 130/208 |
| California | 01/09/2010
Sat | | | | | Loop 1 of 2. Intervals. | | |
| California | 01/09/2010
Sat | | | | | Loop 2 of 2. Kind of boring. More intervals. | | |
| California | 01/07/2010
Thu | | | | | Did something similar to this. Borrego. Short interval up part of Vista. Cattle Pond. Interval up Mustard to top of Dreaded. Down Dreaded. Interval up Dreaded. Down Mustard(?) from four corners and then quickest way back to my car. | | |
| California | 01/06/2010
Wed | | | 2:24:10
2:24:19 | | | 1645 | 142/184 |
| California | 01/02/2010
Sat | | | 3:49:29
3:57:52 | | VQ interval training. Nice to meet Rich going up Harding. Saw him again on STT after he finished Joplin. | 2733 | 149/188 |
| California | 01/01/2010
Fri | | | | | Nice mellow new years ride with Corby. | | |
| California | 12/30/2009
Wed | | | 2:40:42
2:40:42 | | Interval day. More VQ training. Started to sprinkle as I was finishing. | 2069 | 136/188 |
| California | 12/29/2009
Tue | | | 1:34:15
1:34:15 | | Rest day ride. Mellow. Great weather this morning. | 1060 | 118/166 |
| California | 12/26/2009
Sat | | | 3:19:48
3:42:41 | | Good to ride with Mark and Scott again. Haven't seen those guys in a while. Nice rest day ... | 2554 | |
| California | 12/23/2009
Wed | | | 1:36:05
1:36:39 | | Recovery ride. Boring ... | 1028 | |
| California | 12/19/2009
Sat | | | | | VQ training. Intervals made me tired. Nice to be on the mountain bike after so much time on the road bike. | | |
| California | 12/05/2009
Sat | | | | | More VQ training. A little extra credit but not enough to post a new route. Cold and windy. Intervals hurt bad at the end of the ride. | | |
| California | 11/28/2009
Sat | | | 2:34:58
2:38:20 | | VQ training. | 2061 | |
| California | 11/26/2009
Thu | | | | | Good ride with the guys. Haven't seen Bryan or Troy in a while ... good to ride with them. | | |
| California | 11/21/2009
Sat | | | | | First ride. Slow pace trying to keep heart rate down. | | |
| California | 11/21/2009
Sat | | | | | Second ride. Still slow paced with low heart rate. Got cold. | | |
| California | 11/17/2009
Tue | | | | | Night ride with Matt/Jason. Garmin turned off on the way down. 1:20 to the gate. New PB, but I know I can do better. | | |
| California | 11/14/2009
Sat | | | 2:49:29
2:49:29 | | Felt pretty good. Good training ride. Hoping to do this more and more. | 2453 | |
| California | 11/11/2009
Wed | | | | | night ride with matt and jason | | |
| California | 10/27/2009
Tue | | | 1:34:03
1:34:03 | | After work with Jason and Matt. Getting slower ... | 1360 | |
| California | 10/20/2009
Tue | | | 2:18:07
2:18:07 | | Legs were sore all day before the ride, but felt ok once we got going. Holy Jim scary at night. =( | 2324 | |
| California | 10/17/2009
Sat | | | 2:12:50
2:12:50 | | Felt lethargic and weak today. Started late and the heat really got to me. Last few rides I've been feeling kind of tired. | 1848 | |
| California | 10/17/2009
Sat | | | 2:12:50
1:22 | | | 1848 | |
| California | 10/10/2009
Sat | | | | | Slow ride without the Garmin - which helps me keep it slow. No stops. | | |
| California | 10/08/2009
Thu | | | | | Man. Third ride with tubeless tires and I get a flat I can't repair. What the heck?! Flats were supposed to go away. Maybe it's the tire itself. After putting a tube in a bird flew into my chest and got stuck there for a little while. Crazy. Thanks to the guy who had CO2. Would have been a long night otherwise. Other Comments | | |
| California | 10/06/2009
Tue | | | 42:34
42:34 | | After work ride with Jason. Matt went to the wrong place. =( Man I am slow down the Luge. It is killing my time. =( | 663 | |
| California | 10/03/2009
Sat | | | | | Didn't record splits for lap times. 4:56 ride time, 5:01 total time. Congrats to Richard who got first in our class. Good to see him, Doug, Monique and Slater. | | |
| California | 10/03/2009
Sat | | | | | Lap two. | | |
| California | 09/30/2009
Wed | | | 1:51:35
1:51:35 | | After work ride with Jason. 50:20 to gate. Bike felt good tonight. | 1773 | |
| California | 09/26/2009
Sat | | | | | Garmin turned off at Blue Jay somehow and I lost my time. =( Finally broke 1 hour to Cocktail. 59:45. Ha. Two flats on this ride made it less fun than it should have been for me. Tubeless time. | | |
| California | 09/24/2009
Thu | | | | | Good ride with the guys. Night riding not so bad. It'll get worse though ... haha. | | |
| California | 09/22/2009
Tue | | | 1:08:41
1:10:44 | | After work. Saw a big rattlesnake. Trying to delay night rides for as long as possible. Ha. | 1056 | |
| California | 09/19/2009
Sat | | | 2:44:19
2:51:05 | | Blew up after going hard up Mustard. Started late in the day and it was _hot_. Spun the rest of the ride after Mustard. Saw a big rattlesnake in Whiting. | 2232 | |
| California | 09/18/2009
Fri | | | 47:57
47:57 | | slow. =( | 796 | |
| California | 09/07/2009
Mon | | | 2:56:50
2:56:50 | | Labor day ride with a good group. Good times. | 2161 | |
| California | 09/05/2009
Sat | | | | | Hey good times! Thanks to Erik for showing us around. Always fun to ride in new places. | | |
| California | 09/01/2009
Tue | | | | | Second lap. Ran into Corby and had a nice cruise with him around Whiting. | | |
| California | 09/01/2009
Tue | | | | | First lap. Wanted to keep a slower more relaxed pace. Ended up going hard up Mustard, but kept it mellow otherwise. | | |
| California | 08/29/2009
Sat | | | | | First half of a tough ride. The heat wasn't too bad for this section, but it wasn't fun. Lots of people out. | | |
| California | 08/29/2009
Sat | | | | | This is where things got tough. Pace slowed quite a bit. Way too hot. Total time with BS/Motorway was 4:12. | | |
| California | 08/26/2009
Wed | | | 52:45
52:45 | | First non-endurance race in a while. Good enough for third in my class. | 819 | |
| California | 08/25/2009
Tue | | | 47:46
47:46 | | Boring. This is getting old. | 807 | |
| California | 08/18/2009
Tue | | | 47:28
47:28 | | Not the best day at work. Almost didn't ride. This is my new standard loop. Nice and easy. | 790 | |
| California | 08/16/2009
Sun | | | 2:18:07
2:18:07 | | 1:02 to Four Corners and 1:42 to the Peak. Solo ride. Goal was to never put a foot down the entire ride. Mission accomplished. When I got to Modjeska there was an awesome breeze and the air was so clean and fresh. | 2115 | |
| California | 08/14/2009
Fri | | | 2:25:48
2:25:48 | | After work ride with Matt and Jason. Half the ride was in the dark. | 2257 | |
| California | 08/11/2009
Tue | | | 48:17
48:17 | | Rode after work. Think I'm coming down with a cold. Felt bad all day during work, better once I started riding and then worse when I got home. New PB ... hopefully feeling better later this week. | 825 | |
| California | 08/08/2009
Sat | | | 2:29:46
2:29:46 | | Wanted to ride without stopping. Stopped once before bottom of Motorway to help two guys with directions. Finally broke under two hours to top of Motorway (1:57). Rode an endurance pace and felt pretty good. | 2267 | |
| California | 08/06/2009
Thu | | | 1:19:23
1:20:40 | | After work ride. | 1237 | |
| California | 08/04/2009
Tue | | | 51:55
51:55 | | after work ride with matt. | 807 | |
| California | 07/31/2009
Fri | | | 2:52:53
6:09:08 | | Slow cruise with friends in Mammoth. The only ride I did this year while in Mammoth. Was nice to do some hiking and stuff that was not bike related. | 2167 | |
| California | 07/30/2009
Thu | | | 1:12:34
1:12:34 | | Trying for new PB. Got 48. Old PB was 49. Man it was hard though. | 1237 | |
| California | 07/28/2009
Tue | | | 1:15:31
1:15:31 | | After work ride with Jason. New PB by 8 minutes. Man I'm loving the new bike. | 1245 | |
| California | 07/26/2009
Sun | | | 1:34:32
1:52:25 | | Been a while since I've been able to ride with Troy, Mark and Brian. Great to see them again. | 1337 | |
| California | 07/25/2009
Sat | | | 1:29:23
1:38:56 | | New bike is making a difference already. New PB to Old Camp (1:05). New PB for overall route by 10 minutes. Nice. | 1360 | |
| California | 07/24/2009
Fri | | | | | First ride on the new bike. Bought an 09 Epic. Love it so far. | | |
| California | 07/19/2009
Sun | | | 42:59
47:06 | | Quick lap with Jason. We were both bored so why not? Noticed a HUGE difference between the Epic test bike and my bike on this ride. My current bike is a freaking tank. =( | 686 | |
| California | 07/18/2009
Sat | | | | | Took a Specialized Expert Epic out for a test ride. At first I didn't notice a huge difference between it and my current bike, but as the day went on I could tell it was quite a bit more responsive on the climbs. Weight seems to make a difference. | | |
| California | 07/16/2009
Thu | | | 33:00
33:00 | | Lap 1 of 3. | | |
| California | 07/16/2009
Thu | | | 33:00
33:00 | | Lap 2 of 3. | | |
| California | 07/16/2009
Thu | | | 32:00
32:00 | | Lap 3 of 3 from last week. | | |
| California | 07/09/2009
Thu | | | 1:47:23
2:03:35 | | Good ride with Matt and Jason. | 1594 | |
| California | 07/07/2009
Tue | | | 1:23:12
1:23:12 | | Very strange. I haven't been riding much lately at all and somehow got a PB by 1 minute. Not sure how that happened. Really enjoy this loop. | 1211 | |
| California | 07/03/2009
Fri | | | 2:59:32
2:59:32 | | Fun ride with Jake, Jason and Matt. I'm really out of shape right now. =( | 2260 | |
| California | 06/27/2009
Sat | | | 1:47:07
2:24:32 | | Easy cruise with Charlie and Corby. | 1177 | |
| California | 06/25/2009
Thu | | | 2:07:24
2:07:24 | | Nice ride with Matt and Andrew. Trying to spend more time on the SS to get back in decent shape. | 1769 | |
| California | 06/23/2009
Tue | | | 1:42:20
1:43:02 | | Wanted to get a good ride in on the SS. Made all the climbs and felt pretty good overall. The left knee is still giving me problems, but it isn't stopping me from riding. Really didn't feel like riding after work, but once I got going I enjoyed it. | 1546 | |
| California | 06/20/2009
Sat | | | 58:21
58:51 | | Tough start on the SS. Lap 1 of 4. First two on the rigid, last two on the Rita. | 857 | 160 |
| California | 06/20/2009
Sat | | | 57:07
57:32 | | I'm slow. =( Lap 2 of 4. | 873 | |
| California | 06/20/2009
Sat | | | 58:39
58:52 | | Lap 3 of 4. | 811 | 169 |
| California | 06/20/2009
Sat | | | 58:02
58:02 | | Lap 4 of 4. End of the course was really fun. | 770 | |
| California | 06/16/2009
Tue | | | 46:43
46:48 | | Testing out my knee after my stupid Toad crash. Tried to do a ride before this and had some serious pain in my left knee. Felt better, but still not good. | 687 | |
| California | 06/06/2009
Sat | | | | | Toad Festival. Hurt my knee. Oh well. | | |
| California | 06/04/2009
Thu | | | 43:41
43:41 | | Quick lap with Jason and Matt before Laker game. | 665 | |
| California | 06/02/2009
Tue | | | 2:08:42
2:09:42 | | Rode with Jason and Matt. It's been two years since I've posted to this ride. New PB by 40 minutes. Ha. Guess the work is paying off after all. | 1981 | |
| California | 05/30/2009
Sat | | | | | Solo. Man this was boring. Kind of nice to ride without the Garmin. Rode the 6700 which I had to piece together. | | |
| California | 05/25/2009
Mon | | | | | Thanks for showing us around Erik. Felt like a lot of climbing for the mileage. Some fun singletracks in the area. | | |
| California | 05/23/2009
Sat | | | | | YES! SMASHFACE! I've been waiting to do this ride for over a year. So excited we finally did it. Ripped my shorts on my bike seat - but other than that a really fun ride. Top part of smashface is actually really nice. Good times with the guys ... | | |
| California | 05/21/2009
Thu | | | 1:13:39
1:13:39 | | Really happy with this ride. New PB of 49:00 exactly gate to gate. Finally broke 50! | 1218 | |
| California | 05/19/2009
Tue | | | 1:39:22
1:39:22 | | Ride with Matt and Jason. I'm too slow. =( Need to work on my time up Cholla. Nice shoes Matt. Ha. | 1409 | |
| California | 05/16/2009
Sat | | | | | Nice cruise with Corby, Melissa and James. Never seen so many ladybugs in my life. | | |
| California | 05/14/2009
Thu | | | 1:46:44
1:46:44 | | Rode with Matt. Nice to do something different after work. For some reason after riding I drive more aggressively. I guess I think I'm still riding my bike? Need to stop driving so fast and trying to "pass" people. | 1416 | |
| California | 05/12/2009
Tue | | | 2:05:17
2:22:01 | | Nice ride with Andrew, Doug and Matt. We're getting the band back together! Ran out of daylight at the end making Chutes a little more spicy. | 1668 | |
| California | 05/09/2009
Sat | | | 5:33:12
5:37:00 | | I suppose you get out what you put in. Didn't put in much, so didn't get a great result. Happy it's over. Lots of cramping. Congrats to my buddies that finished! | 4560 | |
| California | 05/05/2009
Tue | | | 40:06
40:06 | | Felt good. First lap with Matt and Jason. | 579 | |
| California | 05/05/2009
Tue | | | 38:58
38:58 | | Second lap with mostly Matt. Mostly. | 559 | |
| California | 05/02/2009
Sat | | | 2:30:49
2:30:49 | | Afternoon ride with Matt. Felt like crap. Stress at work is really wearing me down. Not enjoying my time on the bike right now. | 1956 | |
| California | 04/30/2009
Thu | | | | | Forgot to turn on GPS. Rode with Jason and Matt. | | |
| California | 04/28/2009
Tue | | | 1:09:16
1:09:16 | | Short and sweet ride with Matt and Andrew. | 933 | |
| California | 04/25/2009
Sat | | | 2:44:05
2:49:53 | | Heart rate monitor must have picked up someone elses Garmin. Ha. Just spinning around El Moro. Tried to keep the pace moderate. Great day to be out riding. Solo. | 2018 | |
| California | 04/21/2009
Tue | | | 1:19:41
1:19:41 | | Added TOW. First ride after Julian and felt not so bad. Haven't been in Aliso for a while. Thanks for the ride Jason. | 1096 | |
| California | 04/20/2009
Mon | | | 6:49:46
6:49:46 | | Whew. Happy it's over. Learned a lot. No mechnicals or cramps, but my legs were definitely sore at various points. I underestimated the one big climb of the day and that cost me. Lots of pavement and some tough terrain for a few of the climbs. Overall pretty fast course though. | | |
| California | 04/20/2009
Mon | | | 2:32:35
2:32:35 | | This was not pleasant. I was hanging with the virtual partner for the first quarter of the ride, but he kept getting stronger while I kept getting weaker. Haha. The terrain and grade of the middle of the course was hard on me. Would have been a challenge even if I was fresh. Second loop marked the longest distance for one day on the bike at 80 something. | | |
| California | 04/13/2009
Mon | | | | | Like Matt said, I forgot my shoes. Ugh. Wanted to get a longish ride in before Julian and this fit the bill. Watch out for ticks on Cold Springs and snakes in Caspers. Tired at the end of this. | | |
| California | 04/10/2009
Fri | | | 1:45:56
1:45:56 | | Riley has ticks. =( | | |
| California | 04/06/2009
Mon | | | | | Rode with Andrew. A good personal best on this route continues to elude me. Seems like no matter how hard I ride/work I can't take time off this loop. Grrrr. | | |
| California | 04/06/2009
Mon | | | 1:29:37
1:29:37 | | Because it's not complete. | | |
| California | 04/03/2009
Fri | | | | | Rode with Matt and Jason. Cattle Pond for extra credit. Surprised at how good I felt considering the legs still hurt from UQ. Guess the sore muscles are hiking muscles, not biking. | | |
| California | 03/30/2009
Mon | | | | | | | |
| California | 03/24/2009
Tue | | | 1:24:11
1:24:11 | | Rode with Jason and Matt. | 1146 | |
| California | 03/21/2009
Sat | | | 4:49:31
4:49:31 | | Some of the climbs were tough for me. Legs started hurting at about mile 30. Hands hurt the next day. Need to get a suspension fork. =( Great to see so many friends during/after the ride. | 3933 | |
| California | 03/19/2009
Thu | | | 1:44:59
1:44:59 | | Always wanted to know what Cadillac is like. Now I know. Thanks for helping me when my car ran out of gas Matt. Ha. | 1385 | |
| California | 03/14/2009
Sat | | | 2:42:56
2:42:56 | | Nice easy paced ride with Corby. I needed this for sure. Feeling really tired lately. Had some brake issues with Corby's bike, but we got it working good enough to go down the Motorway. | 1849 | |
| California | 03/12/2009
Thu | | | 47:31
47:31 | | Lap 1 of 2. Fell behind early even though I was pushing. Body might still be fatigued from Saturday. | 643 | |
| California | 03/12/2009
Thu | | | 50:32
50:32 | | Lap 2 of 2. Definitely feeling tired on this lap. Thanks to Nick for buying the beers after. | 641 | |
| California | 03/10/2009
Tue | | | 2:17:50
2:17:50 | | Night ride. Felt like a fast pace. | 1859 | |
| California | 03/07/2009
Sat | | | 7:45:34
8:07:57 | | Lost my gears half a mile before Motorway due to a frayed shifter cable under my bottom bracket. Rode pavement on Maple Springs in 22x12. Had to stop and with the help of Ross B. managed to set the bike in 34x32. Was stuck in that gear until top of Trabuco. Thanks a _ton_ for the help Ross! Also thanks to Rob for the smooth transitions. Good to see all my training buddies peak at the right time. | 5693 | |
| California | 03/03/2009
Tue | | | 46:35
46:35 | | Night ride with usual suspects. Good times after with Jason, Nick and Matt aka "Six Tacos". | 633 | |
| California | 02/28/2009
Sat | | | | | Farewell ride for Abby. Had to borrow a bike from Andrew. Tough ride on the GT. Glad to have the last big ride under my belt before Saturday. One minor OTB on New San Juan. | | |
| California | 02/26/2009
Thu | | | | | Night ride with Greg, Nick, Abby and Doug. Thanks to Nick again for bringing a bike for me. Worked hard to keep up with Nick and Greg. | | |
| California | 02/26/2009
Thu | | | | | Second lap. Cruise control. | | |
| California | 02/24/2009
Tue | | | | | My new nickname should be "restrictor plate". Haha. Holding people up. Wrist still feeling sore and the rigid doesn't help that. Missing my normal bike. =( | | |
| California | 02/21/2009
Sat | | | 5:57:26
5:57:26 | | Bike is still in the shop, so thanks to Matt for letting me borrow his SS. Rode with Matt, Jason, Doug and Andrew. Felt pretty good for the entire ride. Hiking in the show was tough, but I guess worth it? Fell in a puddle on Trabuco Creek Road. =( Thanks for the duct tape Andrew ... | 4125 | |
| California | 02/19/2009
Thu | | | | | Forgot my shoes on the way over and so I was pretty late. Sorry guys. Huge thanks to Nick for letting me borrow a bike. It FELT pretty good. Don't know why but I was feeling really strong and my wrist didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. Good to meet some Geo guys. | | |
| California | 02/14/2009
Sat | | | 1:58:30
1:58:30 | | Ow again. Felt really tired after the first ride of the day. Had probably my worst OTB ever coming back from Cocktail. The first rocky switchback I hesitated a little and went flying over the bars and like a champ I put both hands out to absorb the impact. Left wrist is very sore and I broke the right shifter on the bike. Other than that I am mostly ok. | 1180 | |
| California | 02/14/2009
Sat | | | 4:17:35
5:00:33 | | Ow. Snow on Trabuco made Matt and I turn around. Old San Juan was a mess in a few places. Tough day on the bike for me. | 2559 | |
| California | 02/11/2009
Wed | | | 1:44:35
1:44:35 | | The norm is now riding in cold, rain and mud. Good to ride with John again and good to meet Nick. Struggled on the SS. | 1312 | |
| California | 02/10/2009
Tue | | | | | Trail was a little sloppy. Needs a bit more time to get back to normal. Climbing hurt a little more than usual. | | |
| California | 02/10/2009
Tue | | | 54:42
54:42 | | Last out and back with Doug, Andrew, Matt and Jason. Cold weather gear actually kept me pretty warm. | 663 | |
| California | 02/08/2009
Sun | | | 1:39:49
1:39:49 | | Ride with Doug, Troy, Matt, Andrew and Abby. Ran into some sleet close to Four Corners. Mud wasn't that bad, but it was pretty cold. Need to work on going harder on short rides. | 1456 | |
| California | 02/03/2009
Tue | | | 58:13
58:13 | | Night ride with Doug, Matt, Andrew, Jason and Abby. I cannot seem to keep my rear tire inflated. Slow leak made me work really hard and when I got home it was completely flat. Fourth flat in the last two rides - all in the rear. =/ Hope Doug feels better after his crazy crash. | 725 | |
| California | 01/31/2009
Sat | | | 6:41:38
8:35:38 | | Rode with Troy, Andrew, Matt and Abby. Saw tons of riders out training. Happy not to cramp. Was really, really, REALLY hungry at the end though. Need to eat more on these rides. | 4930 | |
| California | 01/29/2009
Thu | | | 1:41:00
1:41:00 | | Night ride with Jason and Andrew. Super windy in spots. Andrew's song about poles and Old Camp started to get annoying after a few miles. There are 8 poles before Old Camp ... he counted them all in song. | 1343 | |
| California | 01/27/2009
Tue | | | 2:47:35
2:47:35 | | Cold and windy. Worked hard but had a fairly slow pace. Oh well. | 2173 | |
| California | 01/24/2009
Sat | | | 4:57:50
4:57:50 | | That calorie count cannot be right. Oh well. Had to convince Matt and Andrew to keep going to Trabuco at the top of Indian. Not so sure we shouldn't have taken their advice and gone to HJ in retrospect. Very wet, cold and muddy. | 4068 | |
| California | 01/20/2009
Tue | | | 2:06:49
2:06:49 | | Moderate pace with usual night ride group. Chest hurt from a cold. Still trying to recover from yet another sickness. =( | 1694 | |
| California | 01/17/2009
Sat | | | 5:18:09
5:18:09 | | Rode with Matt. Tired from the night before. Endurance pace. Felt really bad on Oso and a lot better once we got to San Juan. Made some things I rarely make on San Juan and missed some things I usually make. First time down Trabuco at night. Fun descent. | 3828 | |
| California | 01/15/2009
Thu | | | 1:39:35
1:39:35 | | Hooray, new PB by 5 minutes. 1:12 to Old Camp. Rode with Matt, Andrew and John. Good to meet you John! | 1359 | |
| California | 01/13/2009
Tue | | | 2:19:35
2:19:35 | | Started with Jason, Matt and Andrew on our first "SS ONLY" night. Finished this ride with just Matt. He punished me at the top of Skyline. New PB for this route. 53 to Beeks. | | |
| California | 01/11/2009
Sun | | | 3:32:57
3:32:57 | | Solo, all middle, endurance paced. Windy and dry again. Only one brief stop to eat a gel at top of Motorway. | 2863 | |
| California | 01/10/2009
Sat | | | 2:11:42
2:17:54 | | Rode with Corby. Windy and dry. | 1417 | |
| California | 01/08/2009
Thu | | | | | Finally a ride where I felt ok. Lap 1 of 2 with the guys. | | |
| California | 01/08/2009
Thu | | | | | Lap 2 of 2. | | |
| California | 01/03/2009
Sat | | | | | Rode with Matt, Andrew, Brian, Troy and Mark. Had one of the top 3 worst bonks I've ever had. I didn't have the strength to get back up to Main Divide after coming down Troy Lee so Andrew had to come get me in Corona. Had a really rough day after the ride was finished as well. Just trying to rest and get my strength back now. | | |
| California | 01/01/2009
Thu | | | 1:39:53
1:39:53 | | Rode with Matt. Still felt sick so we cut the ride short. Middle ringed everything (first time doing that on Meadows) which took a lot out of me. | 1021 | |
| California | 12/31/2008
Wed | | | | | Last ride of the year with Mark, Troy, Brian and Jason. Food poison the night before (which continues even now) made this a pretty miserable ride. Couple of guys were cleaning up Trabuco as I was on the way down. Thanks! Also found a tick attached to my right hip when I got home. | | |
| California | 12/27/2008
Sat | | | 3:04:33
3:14:41 | | Just very happy to be able to ride. Thanks for letting me borrow the GPS while mine is being fixed Matt. I'll definitely be riding in this area again the next time I visit my parents. | 2433 | |
| California | 12/20/2008
Sat | | | | | Second ride of the day. Hurt. | | |
| California | 12/20/2008
Sat | | | | | I'm freaking out. Dropped my Garmin and now the mode button doesn't work. Sigh. Rode with Jason and felt bad. Saw Joe, Mike, Wayne, Troy and Mark. Need more time to get back what I lost from being sick. | | |
| California | 12/11/2008
Thu | | | 50:42
50:42 | | Lap 1 of 3 with Matt, Jason and Doug. Felt ok on this lap. Was nice and warm out. | 636 | |
| California | 12/11/2008
Thu | | | | | Lap 2 of 3. Rode Matt's SS for this. Love that 29er. Felt good having suspension down the Luge. | | |
| California | 12/11/2008
Thu | | | | | From Thursday. Lap 3 of 3. Need. to. ride. bike. again. ugh. | | |
| California | 12/06/2008
Sat | | | 2:44:51
2:59:52 | | Ugh, ugh, ugh. Maybe half a mile down Troy Lee my rear derailleur hanger broke and the entire thing came off. No choice but to hike back up to Main Divide and ride/walk back to the car. Saw Paul V./Keith B./Millatime and others on the way down. | 1664 | |
| California | 12/04/2008
Thu | | | 1:55:45
1:55:45 | | Night ride with Doug and Matt. Not sure how they entered in a slower ride time than me when they were faster all night. *shrug* Cold and windy. | 1460 | |
| California | 12/02/2008
Tue | | | | | Night ride with Doug, Matt and Andrew. | | |
| California | 11/29/2008
Sat | | | | | Post holiday ride with Corby and James. Felt great on the SS. Rigid down the luge wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. | | |
| California | 11/24/2008
Mon | | | 2:11:51
2:11:51 | | Night ride with Matt and Andrew. Felt like we were going really slow, but I had a new PB by 12 minutes. Super, super slow going down the Motorway. Combination of not having done it in a while, having a bad light and being on a trail that is loose and rutted. | 1612 | |
| California | 11/22/2008
Sat | | | 37:28
37:28 | | Victory lap with Matt. Not very fast. Both hamstrings cramped halfway up Mustard. Had to stop for a minute, but finished the climb ok. | 484 | |
| California | 11/22/2008
Sat | | | 3:08:20
4:04:38 | | Good ride with the gang. Pushed hard and suffered as a result. Like the new Kenda on the front. | 2391 | |
| California | 11/15/2008
Sat | | | 3:33:43
6:03:57 | | Nice ride with geo gang. Haven't been down Joplin in a while. Seemed like it was in great shape. Tons of riders out. | 2492 | |
| California | 11/13/2008
Thu | | | 1:53:03
2:00:07 | | Night ride with Doug, Jason and Matt. Welcome back Jason! | 1838 | |
| California | 11/11/2008
Tue | | | 1:47:12
2:21:36 | | Night ride with Matt, Doug and Andrew. Felt strong and fast to Old Camp, but overall time wasn't that great. Rode like an old lady down the luge. My backup light mounted on the helmet freaking sucks. Good to have these trails back. | 1282 | |
| California | 11/08/2008
Sat | | | 5:06:42
5:06:42 | | Started the ride with Matt, Mark, Troy and Brian. Ran into Dale at the top of Horsethief. Matt and I split off for a mini super loop. 30 minutes faster than the last time I did this loop. Excited about that ... | 3413 | |
| California | 11/06/2008
Thu | | | 1:41:24
1:41:24 | | Solo ride. Left early from work. Saw a cool sign near the third lookout with a Bible verse on it. Was encouraged by that. Saw Mark out riding around as I was coming back. | 1425 | |
| California | 11/01/2008
Sat | | | 2:49:16
2:53:17 | | Really felt the result of not riding a lot in the last few weeks. Knee still tweaked from the crash last Saturday. Rode with Matt. | 2063 | |
| California | 10/25/2008
Sat | | | | | So much to say. Only one dab from start of Trabuco up to Horsethief. Actually not a dab ... an OTB climbing which broke my garmin off my stem. Rest of the ride I felt great. Then crashed REALLY hard on Trabuco Creek Road of all places. Flew to Chicago right after the ride and was limping big time after sitting on plane for over 3 hours. Good times. Did this loop backwards for the first time. | | |
| California | 10/18/2008
Sat | | | | | Needed this ride to clear my head. Thanks for the company Troy, Brian and Matt. Did Viejo Tie for extra credit. (3:21 ride time) Saw Bikesurfski near Blue Jay. | | |
| California | 10/16/2008
Thu | | | | | Thanks for the ride Matt and Doug. | | |
| California | 10/14/2008
Tue | | | 1:24:11
1:36:40 | | Team Chicken Shift ride. SS. 56 gate to gate. Finally a decent time. Fun times racing on the pavement at the end. | 1063 | |
| California | 10/12/2008
Sun | | | 1:46:11
1:47:47 | | Congrats to Jason for his first first place finish. Ended up fourth for the year in my class after two sub-par races to end the season. Glad the series is over and happy to have finished what I started. | 1434 | |
| California | 10/11/2008
Sat | | | 49:35
49:35 | | Solo ride to get warmed up for race on Sunday. *Yawn* | 521 | |
| California | 10/07/2008
Tue | | | 2:41:15
2:46:42 | | SS. Night ride with Andrew. Conversation always makes the ride seem faster. Back started hurting at the top of Skyline. Arms a little sore from the rigid descent down Skyline. | 1821 | |
| California | 10/04/2008
Sat | | | 4:01:20
4:36:10 | | SS. Nice ride with the gang. Saw jorts guy again on Blackstar. Pretty good day to be out riding. | 2724 | |
| California | 09/30/2008
Tue | | | 1:49:00
1:49:00 | | Garmin was in GPS off mode. Oops. Good night ride with Matt and Jason. Simple out and back. Hooray for getting a call from work after the ride and having to go into the office. =/ | | |
| California | 09/28/2008
Sun | | | 1:52:55
1:53:18 | | Started out much better than last time in SB. Then I crashed and went straight to last place. All I wanted was to not DNF and as a result my time was ... humiliating. Congrats to Jason who just gets faster and faster. | 1326 | |
| California | 09/23/2008
Tue | | | 1:39:39
2:15:57 | | Felt really bad on this ride. Not sure why, but my legs were uber dead. Fun doing some new singletrack coming down Blackstar. Singletrack and Blackstar in the same sentence! Rode with Jason, Matt and Andrew. The House continues to train ... | 1186 | |
| California | 09/21/2008
Sun | | | 1:51:32
2:18:32 | | Nice afternoon ride with Corby and Jeff. I've been wanting to explore Gilleran and the other side of Tijeras, so we finally did it. Don't know that I have any reason to go back over there. Haha. Need to figure out better connectors. Saw Doug riding as we were wrapping up. | 941 | |
| California | 09/20/2008
Sat | | | 3:48:48
4:14:34 | | Ouch. Rode with Matt, Scott and Mark. Mark is the man to beat these days. Suffered coming up Coal. Need to train on this trail more. | 2708 | |
| California | 09/13/2008
Sat | | | 3:39:09
3:39:09 | | Good group ride with Troy, Brian 2x, Matt, Jason, Mark and Jake. We did a variation at the end which was new to me. | 2325 | |
| California | 09/11/2008
Thu | | | 1:38:06
1:38:06 | | Solo before work. Saw at least 15 different deer on the ride. Saw two bucks. One with at least 6 points? Is that how you do it? Antler points? Haha. Tried to take it easy and spin. | 1108 | |
| California | 09/09/2008
Tue | | | 1:57:53
2:10:00 | | Night ride with Jason, Andrew, Matt and Doug. 54 to Beeks. Tried to beat my PB for Sierra and only tied it. | 1592 | |
| California | 09/06/2008
Sat | | | 3:22:30
4:11:06 | | Good ride with good group of guys. | 2569 | |
| California | 09/03/2008
Wed | | | 1:17:59
1:17:59 | | Solo before work ride. Happy birthday to me! This ride didn't take as long as I thought it would. Tried to explore some of sewerworks. There is really nothing out there that is too interesting. Ha. Scared a guy on a Yeti pretty good coming back on Ladera. | 1055 | |
| California | 09/01/2008
Mon | | | | | Fun group ride. One flat and one stupid crash. Nice to put some faces to names. Added Viejo Tie. | | |
| California | 08/30/2008
Sat | | | 3:20:13
4:19:38 | | Nice ride with Andrew, Mark, John and Brian. Was pretty humid and the sun stayed away for most of the ride. | 2130 | |
| California | 08/28/2008
Thu | | | 1:53:27
1:54:56 | | Morning ride with Doug. Good to ride with him again. Met at the base of Sunshine Boys. | 1283 | |
| California | 08/24/2008
Sun | | | 3:54:37
4:05:07 | | Recovery ride? Tried to make up for what I missed on Saturday. Somewhere in Whiting I started to crack and it made the rest of the ride kind of miserable. The bachelor party the day before took more out of me than I thought. Been a while since I've suffered this bad on a ride. Bleh. Solo. | 2417 | |
| California | 08/21/2008
Thu | | | 1:59:35
2:00:18 | | Just barely missed Doug at the waterfall this morning. Sorry Doug. Tried to catch you on West Ridge but I was too slow. Explored some new trails on West Ridge and in Riley. Think I actually did every possible trail in Riley. Saw three deer in Riley which was cool. Solo. | 1489 | |
| California | 08/19/2008
Tue | | | 1:59:53
1:59:53 | | Solo before work ride. Finally found "Whaley" hill near the third lookout. Ouch. Cleared it, but it definitely hurt a little. | 1620 | |
| California | 08/16/2008
Sat | | | 3:08:15
4:12:57 | | Still frustrated about not making the hill climbing challenge in about 10 attempts. Congrats to Troy who was the only one to make it (made it twice even). Good times on some new trails with the usual gang. | 1997 | |
| California | 08/16/2008
Sat | | | 1:35:19
1:51:06 | | Took Brandon on his first ever mountain bike ride. Maybe a bit too much for a first ride, but he managed to survive. Ha. Corby and Jeff also came along ... | 727 | |
| California | 08/13/2008
Wed | | | 2:44:35
2:44:35 | | Solo before work. Had a little extra time this morning waiting for an electrician so I took advantage. Think I went up Cougar Pass (that's what I was trying to do). If so, it was pretty loose, but I made it without stepping off.
Saw a few other riders out. Great morning to ride. | 2210 | |
| California | 08/12/2008
Tue | | | 1:26:47
1:28:38 | | Solo ride before work. By the time I got to Bell View I didn't have too much time to explore. I either need to start earlier or ride faster to get some proper exploration done. Scared a pretty hot train runner girl on Chiquita on the way back. | 1200 | |
| California | 08/09/2008
Sat | | | 1:56:33
1:56:33 | | Solo ride. Wanted to see if I could find the Ladera Lookout trail and I'm pretty sure I found it. Some decent climbing. Someone said the lookout climbs were harder than the 3B's ... not so sure about that. | | |
| California | 08/07/2008
Thu | | | | | Solo. First before work ride I've done in a while. Hard to get the motor running in the morning. | | |
| California | 08/05/2008
Tue | | | | | Solo. Been a while since I've done this route. Overgrown in a few places, but still a pretty decent ride. Easy pace was a nice change. | | |
| California | 08/02/2008
Sat | | | | | Good Saturday ride with the usual suspects. Happy to start doing the longer tougher rides again. Still sore from a small crash on Holy Jim while I was trying to keep pace with Frank the Tank. | | |
| California | 07/31/2008
Thu | | | 1:16:00
1:18:00 | | Solo ride. Saw a few riders in Chiquita. New personal best on this route by 5 minutes. I tied Troy's best ... now I need to beat it. I'm coming for you Troy! | | |
| California | 07/29/2008
Tue | | | | | Second route for the day. Didn't see any other riders out. Was a pretty great day to be out riding minus a little heat. Feels good to be riding again after some time off. | | |
| California | 07/29/2008
Tue | | | | | Took the day off to rest a little and run some errands for the new home. I now live half a mile off this loop, so this will probably be the new standard ride. Tried to get some stress out ... not sure how well it worked. | | |
| California | 07/25/2008
Fri | | | | | Lap 1 of 2 from Friday. Happy to have finished moving from Foothill Ranch to Trabuco Canyon. Won't be riding Whiting as my "out the door" ride anymore. Whew! | | |
| California | 07/25/2008
Fri | | | | | Lap 2 of 2. Wanted to race Rim Nordic on Sunday but was too tired from the move. =( Not feeling strong on the bike right now with all the inactivity. | | |
| California | 07/19/2008
Sat | | | | | Tough ride for me. There are some challenging trails out in San Clemente. Felt hard to get a good rhythm going but it's always nice exploring new trails. | | |
| California | 07/17/2008
Thu | | | | | Lap 1 of 3. | | |
| California | 07/17/2008
Thu | | | | | Lap 2 of 3. Jason caught me on Borrego and I couldn't seem to keep up on Mustard after he got in front. Hurt trying to catch up. | | |
| California | 07/17/2008
Thu | | | | | Lap 3 of 3 from Thursday. | | |
| California | 07/15/2008
Tue | | | | | Lap 2 of 3. Whiting feels like an old quarterback that has come out of retirement. You're happy he is back, but he lacks his former glory. Maybe the Vikings want Whiting? | | |
| California | 07/15/2008
Tue | | | | | Lap 3 of 3 from Tuesday. | | |
| California | 07/15/2008
Tue | | | | | Lap 1 of 3. I was encouraged by all the posts since Saturday saying the sand was better, but I found it to be just as bad. Whiting feels like a free for all right now with people riding up and down every trail in the park. Be careful around corners and on descents. | | |
| California | 07/12/2008
Sat | | | | | Nice ride with friends. "What about Whiting's birthday?" There is always one in every crowd. Disappointed by the state of Whiting and pleasantly surprised by Bonzai. | | |
| California | 07/10/2008
Thu | | | | | With Matt and Andrew ... SS was tougher than I thought it would be. Had a hard time keeping traction on the B's - only cleared the third B. Going down Chutes with a rigid bike is interesting. Cleared it all, but got a mild headache in the process. | | |
| California | 07/10/2008
Thu | | | | | Traded bikes around after Big Red. Pretty disappointed I couldn't clear Big Red on the SS. I'm now 1 for 2 in attempts. Felt really tired and weak. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 42:04
42:04 | | Ride 1. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 32:40
32:40 | | Ride 2. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 31:58
31:58 | | Ride 3. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 33:30
33:30 | | Ride 4. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 1:08:39
1:08:39 | | Ride 5. | | |
| California | 07/05/2008
Sat | | | 1:17:20
1:17:20 | | Ride 6. | | |
| California | 07/04/2008
Fri | | | | | Legs hurt. Ryan tired. Thanks Andrew, Jason, Matt. | | |
| California | 07/03/2008
Thu | | | | | Rode with Jason and Matt. A good start. | | |
| California | 06/28/2008
Sat | | | | | Good times with Jason, Matt, Andrew and two guys we picked up named Todd and Jeff.
Only had to dab on T&A once at the boulder section. Couldn't quite make the left hand turn. Otherwise first time riding 100% of it. | | |
| California | 06/26/2008
Thu | | | | | Rode with Matt, Jason and my new big ring brother, Andrew. The poop turned a good ride into a frustrating ride even though I didn't get the worst of it. | | |
| California | 06/24/2008
Tue | | | | | Lap 1 of 2 with Matt and Andrew. Cool to see Mike out riding. Haven't seen him in a while. | | |
| California | 06/24/2008
Tue | | | | | Lap 2 of 2. | | |
| California | 06/21/2008
Sat | | | | | Good to ride with a bunch of guys I hadn't seen for a while. Too many to name. Not a ton of climbing for this route, but better than nothing, right? First time down Eagle in O'neill. Super hot by the time we finished. Doug kept me and Troy company when I flatted on Arroyo Trabuco. | | |
| California | 06/19/2008
Thu | | | 1:38:41
1:43:19 | | Solo. Garmin shut itself off at least 5 times. I need to stop being lazy and send it back. First time trying to climb Vista. Dabbed twice at the bottom and missed one of the switchbacks at the top, but otherwise did ok. Confident I can clear the entire thing soon. Only so much to ride in such a small area. | 865 | |
| California | 06/17/2008
Tue | | | | | Forgot to bring Garmin so this is probably the closest to what I actually rode. Nice to get a change of scenery. Happy to be riding after a little more than a week off. | | |
| California | 06/08/2008
Sun | | | | | Garmin shut off again. Obviously I need to send it in. This isn't the same as the 2008 course, but close enough. Pre-ride with Doug before the race. | | |
| California | 06/08/2008
Sun | | | 1:40:02
1:40:02 | | Another fourth place finish. =( Congrats to Jason for finishing third in a tough class. | | |
| California | 06/05/2008
Thu | | | | | ... | | |
| California | 06/05/2008
Thu | | | | | Garmin shut off again. *sigh* Time to send it back. Fun times with Matt and Andrew. Lots of interesting singletrack near the park. | | |
| California | 06/04/2008
Wed | | | 1:57:36
2:01:52 | | Rode with Matt and Andrew. | 1645 | |
| California | 06/01/2008
Sun | | | 1:44:07
1:44:07 | | Garmin died on me a couple of times. Ugh. Maybe time to ship it back? Finished fourth out of seven in my class (Sport 25-29). Need to figure out how to be faster. | | |
| California | 05/29/2008
Thu | | | 1:24:24
1:25:12 | | Rode with Andrew and Matt. Andrew showed us a new singletrack near Peters. Kind of overgrown. AN-DREW WING-ER! | 1051 | |
| California | 05/26/2008
Mon | | | 2:43:47
3:40:57 | | Lots of firsts on this ride for me. First time down Telonics, first time clearing 100% of Deer Canyon and 100% of Rock-it (better late than never?). Good times with Troy, Brian, Matt and Doug. | 1828 | |
| California | 05/24/2008
Sat | | | 5:53:59
7:38:52 | | Rode with Troy, Matt, Andrew, Jason and Scott. Met Frank the Tank at the top of Holy Jim. That guy dominated Coldwater. Really lucked out with the weather. Coldwater was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. | 4226 | |
| California | 05/17/2008
Sat | | | 5:26:52
5:30:45 | | Slower ride time compared to last year, but it resulted in my first ever first place. Hooray! Congrats to everyone that finished - the heat was a killer. | 4378 | |
| California | 05/15/2008
Thu | | | 1:52:07
1:55:21 | | Fantastic to ride without lights after work. A little faster pace than I wanted, but oh well. Still a good time with Doug, Doug, Matt, Andrew and Jason. | 1529 | |
| California | 05/10/2008
Sat | | | 3:33:24
4:44:38 | | Garmin shut off a few times on rocky sections so I added a few minutes.
Rode with Andrew and Matt. Good to see Armando and Chamley. Thanks to the guy from Adrenaline for giving me a tube. Flatted at top of Trabuco and the first tube we put in had a broken valve stem. Only other tube we had had a hole in it. Patch didn't hold so we needed the extra tube. Haha. Ugh what a ride. | | |
| California | 05/08/2008
Thu | | | 1:52:25
1:58:54 | | Rode with Matt and Andrew. Felt great. Tried a new singletrack in Weir Canyon and it turned out to be nothing special. | 1433 | |
| California | 05/06/2008
Tue | | | 1:20:03
1:29:59 | | After work ride with Doug, Matt, Andrew and Jason. Had to cut the ride short because of work. =( Tied my PB gate to gate. | 1208 | |
| California | 05/03/2008
Sat | | | 4:54:16
5:54:35 | | Endurance paced training ride with Matt and Andrew. Got a Corby surprise on the way back from Sierra. | 3218 | |
| California | 05/01/2008
Thu | | Oaks9.3 mi 1,130 ft 10.6 mph +25 pts EDGE305 Software Version 3.00 | 52:33
56:32 | | Mellow ride with the gang. Saw so many pretty flowers and the scenery was just amazing. Sun was setting and it was hard not to stare. Hahaha. ;O | 680 | |
| California | 04/26/2008
Sat | | | 56:43
56:52 | | Last lap. Pushed hard and felt pretty happy with the result all things considered. Everyone on the team did really well. | 718 | |
| California | 04/26/2008
Sat | | | 1:57:40
2:08:41 | | First two laps at Hurkey. Ugh. Flatted on both laps. Second lap I didn't have another tube so I rode the last few miles on the flat. Need to run higher PSI next time on this course. | 1488 | |
| California | 04/26/2008
Sat | | | 2:05:04
2:06:03 | | Two night laps. Not the most fun riding from 3AM to 5AM. First lap felt pretty good but started to feel weaker on the second. | 1527 | |
| California | 04/24/2008
Thu | | | 2:20:30
2:33:22 | | Did the "big drop" for the first time. I'm not ashamed to admit it was over my ability and it really, really scared me. Not a fan. New Ladera trail was interesting ... | 1775 | |
| California | 04/22/2008
Tue | | | 2:16:06
2:27:52 | | Still feeling sluggish on the bike. Rode with Matt and Andrew. Tipped over on a technical climb and sat down hard on a jagged rock. Hurts to sit now. =(
Hoping my legs recover for Saturday. | 1666 | |
| California | 04/19/2008
Sat | | | 3:16:22
3:37:51 | | Towards the end of the first lap I realized my legs were just gone. Had no strength to finish the day strong. Not the best feeling. Rode with Doug, Matt and Andrew. | 2684 | |
| California | 04/17/2008
Thu | | | | | Garmin turned itself off 15 minutes into the ride. Someone lit a fire under Doug. Ha. | | |
| California | 04/15/2008
Tue | | | | | Fun ride with Andrew, Matt and Jason. New singletracks are going to be pretty awesome once they get a bit more traffic. Didn't think they'd be so long. Really love this park. | | |
| California | 04/12/2008
Sat | | | 1:04:02
1:19:09 | | Group pre-ride to check out the course. Some tough loose climbs. | 730 | |
| California | 04/12/2008
Sat | | | 1:01:16
1:31:32 | | Second lap. Maybe a bit faster than the first? Thanks to Ben for showing us around. | 700 | |
| California | 04/12/2008
Sat | | | 1:11:47
1:26:10 | | Third loop around the area. Lots of fun and we were able to check out some singletrack that wasn't part of the 24 hour course. There are a ton of things to explore here ... | 732 | |
| California | 04/10/2008
Thu | | | 1:49:20
1:49:20 | | Night ride with Doug, Doug, Matt and Andrew. Another variation on this loop. Found a new hill climbing challenge. | 1467 | |
| California | 04/08/2008
Tue | | | 38:33
41:00 | | Second lap on Chutes. Such a fun loop. Tried the new singletrack halfway up the second B. It is not in the best shape right now. | 500 | |
| California | 04/08/2008
Tue | | | 37:36
41:32 | | First loop. Feels great to ride in daylight again. Such a fun loop. | 498 | |
| California | 04/08/2008
Tue | | | 33:19
34:53 | | Third lap of the day after work. Mellow ride. | 460 | |
| California | 04/05/2008
Sat | | | 3:23:31
3:53:17 | | Thanks to Andrew for leading this ride. A lot more climbing than I thought. I keep forgetting how much fun Chutes is. | 2489 | |
| California | 04/01/2008
Tue | | | 4:06:26
4:42:26 | | Night ride with Andrew and Matt. Very cold in some spots. Longest night ride to date. | 2896 | |
| California | 03/30/2008
Sun | | | 55:18
55:28 | | Slow pre-ride with Doug and Jason. First time riding in Fontana. The course was trashed from the races the day prior. | 622 | |
| California | 03/30/2008
Sun | | | 45:00
45:00 | | Went out too hard and blew up on the first lap. Need to pace myself better. | | |
| California | 03/30/2008
Sun | | | 45:00
45:00 | | Last race lap. Not as fast as I would have liked, but oh well. | | |
| California | 03/27/2008
Thu | | | 1:57:03
2:01:00 | | Rode with Matt and Doug. Too much food after. =(
Good luck to Matt and Troy with UQ on Saturday. | 1522 | |
| California | 03/25/2008
Tue | | | 2:24:08
2:43:07 | | Fast night ride with usual suspects plus Troy. New PB of 52 to Beeks. Cruised on the climb up Skyline. Conversation makes everything so much easier. Congrats to Jason on an insane push to Beeks. | 1935 | |
| California | 03/23/2008
Sun | | | 4:06:01
5:46:01 | | Good Easter ride with Troy, Brian and Matt. Second time on Pinos was way better than the first. I can almost see having fun on it instead of being nervous. Had one bad endo but only suffered some bruises and scrapes. He is risen! | 1531 | |
| California | 03/22/2008
Sat | | | 31:38
31:38 | | Haven't been out in Peters in a while. Limestone ride wasn't quite enough so I did a mellow paced ride to follow it up. Hot out. | 456 | |
| California | 03/22/2008
Sat | | | | | Garmin shut off by itself so no data. =(
Cool to see Limestone in the day. Pretty slow ride though with 5 flats and tons of re-grouping. Rode with Jason. | | |
| California | 03/20/2008
Thu | | | | | Good ride with the complete Tuesday/Thursday group. Tougher on the SS than I thought it would be. Good times after at Friends. We all decided that the first track of the mountain bike concept album would be called "Fully Rigid." Now just need some lyrics ... | | |
| California | 03/15/2008
Sat | | | 2:58:42
4:18:42 | | Nice hike with Jason, Matt and Troy. Wanted to see what the start of UQ was going to be like. It's not pretty. Probably 80% hiking if not more. At least I got to see a new trail in Yeager ... | 1785 | |
| California | 03/09/2008
Sun | | | 1:04:00
1:04:00 | | Garmin kept turning itself off so I don't have accurate times etc. Pre-ride to check out the race course. Good job Matt, Jake and Doug! | | |
| California | 03/09/2008
Sun | | | 1:39:00
1:39:00 | | Ow, ow and more ow. Not used to short races of high intensity. Quite the contrast after doing Vision Quest. Took me a while to settle down and I finished maybe 30 seconds behind Matt. Good enough for fourth. | | |
| California | 03/06/2008
Thu | | | 1:56:33
2:01:44 | | Nice ride with Doug, Matt and Jake. Good times after as always. | 1592 | |
| California | 03/04/2008
Tue | | | 1:53:09
1:58:53 | | Fast ride with Matt, Doug and Jake. Felt better than I thought I would, but still not 100%. | 1784 | |
| California | 03/01/2008
Sat | | | 7:29:15
8:08:33 | | Wow. Tough ride. Got a flat at the bottom of Trabuco that cost me some time. Fought cramps almost the entire ride. Congrats to Jason, Jake, Matt, Doug and Troy. Everyone did really well and it was good to see the hard work pay off. | 5788 | |
| California | 02/28/2008
Thu | | | 1:52:43
1:56:29 | | Last ride before VQ with Jason, Matt and Doug. Feeling better but still have some lingering symptoms from my cold. | 1413 | |
| California | 02/23/2008
Sat | | | 3:49:54
5:04:00 | | Good ride with Jake, Jason and Matt. Felt pretty good. First time down ITT. Little muddy in a few spots but nothing too bad. | 2870 | |
| California | 02/19/2008
Tue | | | 2:14:03
2:35:25 | | Kind of slow ride for me. Front brake died on me so the ride back from Sierra was done extra carefully. Extra foggy out. Thanks for the ride Matt, Steven, Slater, Andrew, Jake and Jason ... | 1700 | |
| California | 02/16/2008
Sat | | | 6:51:05
9:03:04 | | Endurance paced training ride on the old Trek hard tail. The old bike made this ride much harder than it should have been. Couple mechanical issues made it a long day, but it was worth it. Thanks for the ride guys. | 4464 | |
| California | 02/12/2008
Tue | | | 2:39:29
3:21:18 | | Great night for a ride. Had quite a few mechanicals and I ate it in a rut coming down Blackstar causing a pinch flat in the front and some minor scrapes. Big group out tonight. | 2221 | |
| California | 02/09/2008
Sat | | | | | Crazy ride with Jason, Jake, Matt, Doug and Armondo (sp?). Looked down to see time on Garmin near Horsetheif to find that it had fallen off the bike. CRAP! Rode back for maybe a mile before two guys going the other way found it. Thank God they stopped. Coming back on West Ridge I noticed the swing arm on my bike cracked. At least I felt good all day. | | |
| California | 02/07/2008
Thu | | | 1:57:34
1:59:34 | | Fast night ride with Doug, Jake and Matt. Nice to finish a bit early. Fantastic night to be out riding - lots of people on the trails. | 1552 | |
| California | 02/05/2008
Tue | | | | | Cold night ride with Doug, Matt and Andrew. Good to see Steven again. Been a while. | 1387 | |
| California | 02/02/2008
Sat | | | 6:31:09
7:41:53 | | Most climbing I've ever done in one day ... so far. Rode with Jason, Troy, Andrew and Matt. Congrats to Matt for doing all of this on his SS. Bonked on the way back from Sierra. Was able to stretch the food and drink a lot farther than I thought. | 4535 | |
| California | 01/31/2008
Thu | | | | | | | |
| California | 01/30/2008
Wed | | | 2:29:27
2:51:23 | | Haha I love the name "SewerWorks". Always wondered where that fire road went, and now I know. It goes nowhere. Good ride with Jason, Jake, Doug and Matt. | 1883 | |
| California | 01/26/2008
Sat | | | 3:58:52
5:10:47 | | Tough and dirty ride with Doug, Jason, Jake and Matt. Weather was really nice except for the snow at the peak. Mexican food never tasted so good after the ride. | 3114 | |
| California | 01/22/2008
Tue | | | 2:26:53
2:41:01 | | Rode with Matt and Andrew. Felt great on this ride. Thanks for the light Andrew. I still can't get over the shirt - a Shekinah surprise. Wow. Just wow. | 1708 | |
| California | 01/19/2008
Sat | | | 1:33:27
1:41:15 | | Second ride of the day with Matt. Endurance pace. Hadn't been out to this area in a while and it has changed quite a bit. | 1157 | |
| California | 01/19/2008
Sat | | | 2:43:00
4:49:47 | | Good ride through an area I had never seen before. Rode with Matt and Corby. Average HR of 68 means _a lot_ of stopping. | 2317 | 68/234 |
| California | 01/17/2008
Thu | | | 1:59:22
2:14:04 | | Nice group ride. Thanks to Dale for riding with me when my light went out. Can't wait to get my normal light back from getting fixed. Good times at Friends after - I recommend the burger. | 1496 | 157/193 |
| California | 01/15/2008
Tue | | | | | Nice endurance pace ride with Matt and Andrew. A bit cold, but the ride went by fast due to conversation. Thanks for trying to help me understand mortgage stuff guys! Haha. | 1843 | 141/176 |
| California | 01/13/2008
Sun | | | 2:08:13
2:46:44 | | Rode with Corby and Matt. Trying to make up for what I missed on Saturday. Time to amp up the VQ training! | 1640 | 154/205 |
| California | 01/08/2008
Tue | | | | | Frustrating ride. I learned to always check my light BEFORE I drive to the trail. Rode with Doug, Matt, Jake and Jason. Thanks for the lights Jake and Jason. Ate it on one of the upper switchbacks on the way down. Really, really slow ride for me. | 1063 | 163/210 |
| California | 01/03/2008
Thu | | | 1:34:47
1:37:41 | | Quick before-the-rain-after-work ride with Matt. Felt a little sluggish. | 1260 | 161/198 |
| California | 01/01/2008
Tue | | | 3:05:53
3:25:14 | | Started the ride with Troy and Dave. Was alone from top of Holy Jim to the finish. Good way to start the new year. New PB. | 2672 | 168/189 |
| California | 12/29/2007
Sat | | | 4:22:15
4:45:40 | | Rode with Troy for most of the ride. Good way to end the year. | 3518 | 159/192 |
| California | 12/22/2007
Sat | | | 4:00:40
4:57:09 | | Rode with Mark, Matt, Andrew and Troy. Was my last ride before Christmas break. Felt good to rest on vacation. Finally over the cold I had. | 2836 | 156/188 |
| California | 12/15/2007
Sat | | | 3:59:30
5:07:14 | | Good group ride with Troy, Mark, Mark, Andrew, Matt and Jason. Longest ride on the SS to date. Had to walk a few climbs. Made quite a few sections I didn't think I would make. First time on Eagle. Cleared Skyline, hooray! | 3010 | 150/190 |
| California | 12/12/2007
Wed | | | 1:01:53
1:38:58 | | Lap 1 of 2 (forwards). | 986 | 148/186 |
| California | 12/11/2007
Tue | | | 1:03:43
1:09:29 | | Lap 2 of 2 (backwards). Pretty fun going backwards. Missed only one climb I think on the SS. Matt made it. =( | 807 | 142/187 |
| California | 12/08/2007
Sat | | | 3:30:18
4:30:02 | | Physical ride for me. Got far behind my seat and the jewels got smashed on Viejo Tie. Then coming down I took a small tumble down a slope after failing to unclip in time. Otherwise a good wet ride. (Rode with Matt, Troy, Mark and Jason) | 2166 | 164/211 |
| California | 12/06/2007
Thu | | | 1:02:16
1:05:12 | | Well today was the day. Cleared Big Red on my SS for the first time. Took me a while to recover, but it felt good to finally get it. The only climb in the park I couldn't make was the dual option halfway through the lake loop. I tried right and left and couldn't make either. One of these days ... | 813 | 159/234 |
| California | 12/04/2007
Tue | | | 2:09:46
2:21:54 | | Solid night ride with Jake, Jason and Matt. Was nice to finish at a decent time. SS. | 2031 | 161/188 |
| California | 11/29/2007
Thu | | | 2:07:28
2:31:47 | | The night ride groups keep getting bigger and bigger. We're like a giant biking blob absorbing all riders on the trail into our group. | 1662 | 156/234 |
| California | 11/27/2007
Tue | | | 3:40:47
4:13:35 | | Nice ride with the new Tuesday night gang. Long grind back up the Coal Canyon side. | 2997 | 154/187 |
| California | 11/25/2007
Sun | | | | | After church ride with Corby and Melissa. Played trail guide. Congrats to both for finishing a long weekend with a tough ride. | | |
| California | 11/20/2007
Tue | | | 2:01:22
2:21:18 | | Never seen so many riders out on BS at night. Small group of us went to Sierra. New PB using the geared bike. | 2179 | 156/186 |
| California | 11/17/2007
Sat | | | 4:24:19
5:37:39 | | Great ride with Mark, Matt and Andrew. Can't believe so many trails are going to be closed for a year. Horrible news. | 3266 | 156/197 |
| California | 11/15/2007
Thu | | | 1:08:34
1:09:43 | | Solo ride before work. New PB by 9 minutes. | 1167 | 168/240 |
| California | 11/14/2007
Wed | | | 2:32:49
2:54:32 | | Large group night ride. Pretty fast pace for me - tough to sustain. New PB by over 40 minutes. | 2376 | 161/186 |
| California | 11/10/2007
Sat | | | 1:16:37
1:28:36 | | Started to feel a little tired on this loop. The last downhill is super fun. | 1059 | 162/186 |
| California | 11/10/2007
Sat | | | 1:51:45
2:29:32 | | Thanks a ton to Alex for showing our group around. Pretty fun ride in an area you wouldn't expect to find good trails. | 1473 | 145/188 |
| California | 11/10/2007
Sat | | | 26:25
26:27 | | Last lap of the day. Kind of a grind but still fun. Cleared the "Great Wall" on all three laps. | 381 | 163/184 |
| California | 11/06/2007
Tue | | | 1:47:29
2:01:50 | | I love this area at night. Lots of things to explore and learn. Rode with Matt and Andrew. Rita decided to go down and took Matt with her. Ha. | 1767 | 149/189 |
| California | 11/04/2007
Sun | | | 54:23
54:32 | | Second lap with Matt. Too many people out. | 653 | 162/207 |
| California | 11/03/2007
Sat | | | 3:29:00
4:38:08 | | Nice ride with Troy, Mark, Mark and Matt. Where was Mr. Awesome? | 2398 | 154/202 |
| California | 10/30/2007
Tue | | | 1:08:00
1:11:00 | | Lap 1 of 2. SS. | 979 | 144/185 |
| California | 10/30/2007
Tue | | | 1:05:00
1:08:00 | | Lap 2 of 2. SS. Did some extra credit on this lap. | 1230 | 147/205 |
| California | 10/28/2007
Sun | | | 1:17:00
1:26:00 | | Garmin ran out of power for this ride. Felt like I was riding a clown bike or something after riding the 29er. That girl on the trail was a great incentive. | | |
| California | 10/28/2007
Sun | | | 1:24:27
1:30:02 | | Rode "Rita the Vampire" and she sucked the life out of me. Thanks for letting me borrow the bike Matt. Ha. | 1173 | 155/196 |
| California | 10/27/2007
Sat | | | 2:39:38
2:56:52 | | Fun ride with Doug and Matt. Felt good to get back out on the bike after a week off. | 1886 | 159/227 |
| California | 10/20/2007
Sat | | | 3:19:35
3:19:35 | | Nice improvised ride with Matt, Mark, Andrew and Zippy. Explored some really fun new singletrack. Can't believe I accidentally bought chick socks ... | 2468 | 147/187 |
| California | 10/18/2007
Thu | | | 1:30:38
1:38:52 | | Nice mellow after work ride with Matt and Andrew. | 1399 | 148/181 |
| California | 10/16/2007
Tue | | | 1:02:38
1:02:38 | | Fun night ride in an area I'm not familiar with. Good to ride with Mike and Matt. Missed only one short loose section on the SS. | 896 | 144/198 |
| California | 10/13/2007
Sat | | | 3:03:41
3:45:52 | | Rode with Mark, Mark and Matt. Flash flood, ripped shorts and a lot of sand and mud. Good news is that going down Horsethief was not bad at all. An adventure for sure ... | 2397 | 155/189 |
| California | 10/11/2007
Thu | | | 2:09:21
2:25:35 | | Rode with Matt. Matt said it all when it comes to Art. Bleh. SS. Happy to clear all the climbs. | 2075 | 150/190 |
| California | 10/09/2007
Tue | | | 56:58
56:58 | | Night ride with Matt to get to Holy Jim. Actually rode to the start of Trabuco to make sure we did the official route. | 848 | 149/201 |
| California | 10/09/2007
Tue | | | 1:37:43
1:55:55 | | Rode with Matt. Little eerie in a few spots at night. It's starting to get colder too. =( | 1437 | 152/180 |
| California | 10/06/2007
Sat | | | 2:48:15
3:59:02 | | Nice ride with Troy, Mark, Mark, Andrew, Matt and John. 30 minutes faster than my last time on this route last year. | 2065 | 153/188 |
| California | 10/06/2007
Sat | | | 1:26:36
1:45:05 | | Lap 2 of 2 with Matt and Andrew. The hike out of Emerald wasn't bad, but definitely not fun. | 979 | 148/181 |
| California | 10/04/2007
Thu | | | 1:07:03
1:23:02 | | After work ride with Corby and Melissa. Finally explored some of Edison Viejo. Definitely need to go back and check some more stuff out. | 759 | 138/186 |
| California | 10/02/2007
Tue | | | 3:07:59
3:58:32 | | Started with Doug, Matt, Andrew and Steven. Little bit scared to do Joplin at night, but it worked out just fine. Lights were running out at the end. | 2427 | 158/195 |
| California | 09/29/2007
Sat | | | 4:24:14
7:31:44 | | Really fun ride. Was great to ride a lot of new trails and ride in some areas I've never been in before. | 1469 | 150/194 |
| California | 09/27/2007
Thu | | | 55:00
55:22 | | Lap 2 of 2. This took whatever energy I had left after the first ride. Dreaming of food most of this ride. | 719 | 147/173 |
| California | 09/27/2007
Thu | | | 1:44:40
1:51:33 | | Lap 1 of 2. Great weather for a night ride. Rode with Matt. | 1421 | 164/191 |
| California | 09/25/2007
Tue | | | 2:48:52
3:02:52 | | After work ride with Matt and Andrew. Felt really weak going down Motorway. Not the best feeling. | 2187 | 149/181 |
| California | 09/23/2007
Sun | | | 1:25:16
1:34:36 | | Not on the bike nearly enough this weekend. Rode SS with John, Mark, Matt and Scott. Thanks a _million_ to Scott for taking me home after I locked my keys in my car. Haha. | 1124 | 156/186 |
| California | 09/20/2007
Thu | | | 1:55:47
2:01:18 | | Rode with Matt. New PB 1:24 gate to gate. Cold at the top. | 1655 | 157/184 |
| California | 09/18/2007
Tue | | | 56:20
59:50 | | Second lap. More slow good times. | 774 | 153/183 |
| California | 09/18/2007
Tue | | | 51:09
51:11 | | Rode with Matt. Taking it easy. | 736 | 163/189 |
| California | 09/15/2007
Sat | | | 37:28
42:26 | | Second ride with Matt and Troy. Slow and methodical. | 510 | 147/177 |
| California | 09/15/2007
Sat | | | 3:42:43
4:23:21 | | Perfect weather and a great ride with Mark, Mark, Troy and Matt. Fun route. | 2827 | 157/213 |
| California | 09/13/2007
Thu | | | 1:21:40
1:28:40 | | Solo and SS. Worked really, really hard to make all the climbs on the SS. Painful, but satisfying. | 1230 | 163/196 |
| California | 09/11/2007
Tue | | | 32:02
33:22 | | Lap 1 of 3. Solo. Felt slow and weak today. | 465 | |
| California | 09/11/2007
Tue | | | 32:53
34:01 | | Lap 2 of 3. | 470 | |
| California | 09/11/2007
Tue | | | 35:24
36:15 | | Lap 3 of 3. | 606 | |
| California | 09/08/2007
Sat | | | 2:42:57
3:38:28 | | Nice ride with Troy, Andrew and John. Slow to Beek's, but ended up with a new PB by 5 minutes. Hooray. | 2319 | |
| California | 09/06/2007
Thu | | | 1:01:20
1:09:57 | | After work ride with Corby. SS. Really no one else out riding. Perfect weather. | 778 | |
| California | 09/04/2007
Tue | | | 43:45
1:03:03 | | Lost the game of HORSE. Second lap with Matt, Andrew and Troy. The heat was murder. | 430 | |
| California | 09/03/2007
Mon | | | 1:19:18
1:47:51 | | First ride of the day. Rode with Mark, Mark, Troy, Andrew, Matt, Corby and some other guy. Definitely some unique terrain. | 802 | |
| California | 09/01/2007
Sat | | | 2:57:58
4:11:23 | | A good ride minus the heat with John, Troy, Mark, Matt and Andrew. Took a pedal hard to the shin on the way down. =( | 1786 | |
| California | 08/30/2007
Thu | | | 1:28:25
2:04:31 | | Rode with Corby, Matt and Andrew. New PB by 7 minutes. Worked really hard to catch a guy on STT. | 1272 | |
| California | 08/28/2007
Tue | | | 1:01:11
1:07:34 | | Quick after work ride with Corby and Matt on the SS. Was proud that I could clear all the climbs. Lots of hot girls on the trail today. ;O | 795 | |
| California | 08/26/2007
Sun | | | | | Afternoon ride with Melissa and Corby. Melissa did really well for her first ride on her new bike. SS. | 1176 | |
| California | 08/25/2007
Sat | | | 2:53:23
4:13:04 | | Thanks for the ride Matt, Troy, Jim, Mark and Eric. This trail was harder than I thought it would be. It's been a "hike a bike" summer for sure. | 1642 | |
| California | 08/23/2007
Thu | | | | | Forgot the garmin. Rode with Matt and Andrew. I used to be able to make all climbs and miss a few downhill sections. Now it's the opposite. I'm missing climbs and making all downhill sections. *Shrug* | | |
| California | 08/18/2007
Sat | | | 40:10
53:40 | | Run 1 of 5 on the downhill day. | 234 | |
| California | 08/18/2007
Sat | | | 20:38
36:21 | | Run 2 of 5. | 123 | |
| California | 08/18/2007
Sat | | | 15:17
17:18 | | Run 3 of 5. Only 41 calories eh? | 41 | |
| California | 08/18/2007
Sat | | | 30:18
42:48 | | Run 4 of 5. | 252 | |
| California | 08/18/2007
Sat | | | 1:08:52
1:18:49 | | Run 5 of 5. Pretty tired by the end of the day. Great trip. Thanks Matt, Andrew and Corby. | 514 | |
| California | 08/17/2007
Fri | | | 2:06:41
3:18:16 | | First ride Friday with Matt, Corby and Andrew. Awesome route. | 1557 | |
| California | 08/17/2007
Fri | | | 1:06:07
2:01:25 | | Ugh. Points will not reflect how hard this was. For anyone else reading, do NOT try to climb Lower Rock Creek. | 1261 | |
| California | 08/16/2007
Thu | | | 1:23:27
1:45:01 | | First ride at Mammoth. Fun. | 864 | |
| California | 08/14/2007
Tue | | | 32:46
40:44 | | Last ride before Mammoth with Corby and Matt. Got passed on Borrego by some guy which made me ride faster than I wanted to. At least I dropped him soon after he passed me. | 544 | |
| California | 08/11/2007
Sat | | | 3:10:05
4:09:53 | | Rode with Mark, Mark, Troy, John, Andrew and Matt. Explored some awesome new trails. Had no idea most of this stuff even existed. | 2115 | |
| California | 08/09/2007
Thu | | | 12:21
12:21 | | Final lap. Needed something more. | 177 | |
| California | 08/09/2007
Thu | | | 31:37
37:56 | | Garmin turned off on a rocky downhill. Never had that happen before. Rode with Matt and Andrew. | 336 | |
| California | 08/09/2007
Thu | | | 33:13
33:48 | | Second lap. Ugh. Some running race made this lap on fun. Never seen so many people on a trail in my life. Must have been 100+. | 465 | |
| California | 08/07/2007
Tue | | | 56:30
1:08:44 | | Great after work ride with Corby and Matt. 11:00 exactly for "I Think I Can" climb. Heart rate monitor needs a new battery. =( Really liked this route. | 802 | |
| California | 08/07/2007
Tue | | | 19:47
28:07 | | A quick trip back into the park with Corby and Matt. First time up "Poles". Cleared it all, but it was a challenge for sure. | 240 | |
| California | 08/02/2007
Thu | | | 2:10:39
2:16:18 | | Never had so many problems with my drive train. Ugh. Bike is in desperate need of some attention. This whole area has become really soft too. Rode with Matt and Andrew ... Guess we got a little lost trying to do official East Ridge trail. | 1687 | 126/184 |
| California | 07/28/2007
Sat | | | 3:21:01
4:30:53 | | Nice mellow ride with Mark, Mark, Troy, Andrew and Matt. Got lucky and beat the heat. Sign me up for an "Ali Blender". | 2996 | 156/203 |
| California | 07/26/2007
Thu | | | 1:32:20
1:36:10 | | After work ride with Matt. No air in the rear shock and the heat made this tougher than it should have been. Only thing I missed was the first B. | 1122 | 168/207 |
| California | 07/24/2007
Tue | | | 1:59:44
2:09:35 | | Rode with Matt after work. 1:28 gate to gate which is a new PB by 1 minute. Ha. Also new PB for overall time. Finally cracked 2 hours. Not satisfied though ... | 1536 | 166/190 |
| California | 07/23/2007
Mon | | | | | Quick before work ride with Joy. | | |
| California | 07/21/2007
Sat | | | 2:42:49
3:54:48 | | Great ride with Mark, Troy, Mike, Matt and Andrew. Nice to have a change of scenery. | 2066 | 163/222 |
| California | 07/19/2007
Thu | | | 2:07:14
2:11:37 | | After work ride with Matt. Can't say this is my favorite route ever. Felt out of it for the first hour, then started to feel ok. | 1518 | 166/221 |
| California | 07/14/2007
Sat | | | 4:33:04
6:28:04 | | Tough ride with the gang. Added 20 minutes to my time due to Garmin trouble. Need to do it again with better weather. | 2551 | 170/233 |
| California | 07/12/2007
Thu | | | 47:00
1:11:17 | | New personal best, but with all the stopping and starting, does that really count? I can do better. | 652 | 173/199 |
| California | 07/10/2007
Tue | | | | | After work ride with the Corbster. First of two laps. Lots of deer! | | |
| California | 07/10/2007
Tue | | | | | Second lap through Whiting. Practiced wheelies. | | |
| California | 07/04/2007
Wed | | | 3:54:39
5:12:01 | | One of the toughest rides I've done in a while. Wasn't as prepared for the heat as I should have been. Thanks for the ride Matt, Andrew, Troy and Mark! Trail was in much better shape than I thought it would be. | 2683 | 130/184 |
| California | 07/03/2007
Tue | | | 36:22
43:03 | | Lap 1 of 2 on the SS. Had to stop twice on Mustard to rest, but didn't need to walk. | 467 | |
| California | 07/03/2007
Tue | | | | | Lap 2 of 2. Matt took the SS for this lap. So much nicer with suspension and gears. | | |
| California | 06/30/2007
Sat | | | 1:31:25
2:15:52 | | Good ride after moving Andrew. First time clearing all climbs and all descents. Thanks for the ride Matt, Corby and Troy. | 1137 | 157/195 |
| California | 06/28/2007
Thu | | | 1:35:59
1:38:45 | | After work ride with Matt. Felt crappy going up Mustard. Some weird chest stuff going on. Saw a decent sized rattlesnake going down the luge. Good times! | 1213 | 170/193 |
| California | 06/26/2007
Tue | | | 1:24:51
1:32:09 | | Good after work ride with Matt and Andrew. Need to ride the Oaks more to get more comfortable on a few sections. | 1071 | 161/196 |
| California | 06/23/2007
Sat | | | 3:32:12
4:05:57 | | nice. thanks guys. | 2549 | 148/202 |
| California | 06/16/2007
Sat | | | 1:01:30
1:01:46 | | Lap 1 of 5. | 804 | 176/190 |
| California | 06/16/2007
Sat | | | 1:03:42
1:03:42 | | Lap 2 of 5. Man it got _hot_ out on the course. | 775 | 175/189 |
| California | 06/16/2007
Sat | | | 1:06:23
1:07:42 | | Lap 3 of 5. Getting slower with each lap. Haha. | 798 | 169/186 |
| California | 06/16/2007
Sat | | | 1:09:34
1:12:53 | | Lap 4 of 5. Chain came off and got stuck. =( | 778 | 163/210 |
| California | 06/16/2007
Sat | | | 1:05:25
1:05:25 | | Lap 5 of 5. Whew. Glad it's done! | 783 | 166/192 |
| California | 06/15/2007
Fri | | | 1:12:56
1:12:56 | | Quick after work ride with Matt to make sure bikes were ready for 12 Hours of Temecula. | 910 | 145/182 |
| California | 06/12/2007
Tue | | | 3:15:22
3:29:39 | | Legs felt like crap, but oh well. Took the singletrack option down Skyline and got lost towards the bottom. Walked a lot more than I would have liked. =( Thanks for the ride Steve and Matt. | 2234 | 144/194 |
| California | 06/09/2007
Sat | | | 5:23:01
5:33:48 | | Training really paid off and I had a great ride. Saw too many people to name, but congrats to Matt, Troy and Andrew. | 4453 | 154/222 |
| California | 06/07/2007
Thu | | | 31:31
31:53 | | Matt convinced me to do a quick second lap after the first ride. Was fun racing some random guy. I'm too slow on the down. =( | 501 | 169/188 |
| California | 06/07/2007
Thu | | | 1:04:34
1:08:03 | | Nostalgic ride with Matt. Whiting was closed for a bit so we had to improvise a route. Ended up in the park behind 24 Hour Fitness for some good times. | 818 | 150/187 |
| California | 06/05/2007
Tue | | | 32:19
39:11 | | Mellow ride with Corby, Matt and Andrew. | 485 | 148/186 |
| California | 06/05/2007
Tue | | | 31:14
35:50 | | Went up the middle fire road between Big Red and normal road that goes through the park. | 429 | 149/189 |
| California | 06/02/2007
Sat | | | 5:37:55
7:24:25 | | Always wanted to see what the deal with Horsetheif was and now I know. It sucks. Thanks for the ride Matt and Andrew. | 3871 | 159/223 |
| California | 06/01/2007
Fri | | | 31:36
31:36 | | Lap 1 of 2 after work. | 486 | 171/218 |
| California | 06/01/2007
Fri | | | 30:40
30:40 | | Lap 2 of 2. New PB. | 451 | 173/189 |
| California | 05/28/2007
Mon | | | 4:44:24
6:27:31 | | Started with Mark, Troy, Matt, Scott and Andrew but lost Mark and Scott at Four Corners. Good ride. A little breeze and less heat makes all the difference. | 3878 | 146/213 |
| California | 05/26/2007
Sat | | | 3:06:56
3:51:48 | | Rode with Corby and Matt. Saw Doug Grant on West Ridge. Oso is a tough climb. 0/2 on clearing it, but someday I will. | 2271 | 143/189 |
| California | 05/25/2007
Fri | | | 3:42:43
5:13:23 | | Thanks for the ride Mark, Mark, Troy, Andrew and Matt. Great day to go riding instead of working. | 2861 | 150/202 |
| California | 05/22/2007
Tue | | | 2:47:43
3:15:24 | | PB for this ride. Nice meeting Doug for the first time. Rode with Doug, Matt, Andrew, Scott, Steve and I guess Jerry. :O | 2210 | 159/225 |
| California | 05/19/2007
Sat | | | 6:07:11
7:08:41 | | Wow. This was a tough ride. The heat made the route harder than it should have been. Good thing we stashed water. I got lucky with just a broken spoke while Troy had a broken frame. =( | 4490 | 150/183 |
| California | 05/17/2007
Thu | | | | | Interesting ride. Started with the SS but had to swap bikes a little ways after the pavement because it was too much. Rode the SS back down and the rigid fork made the trip down _miserable_. Came very, very close to being hit by a speeding truck. Freaking kids. Too bad Koke had to turn around with the crank issue. At least it was "mission accomplished" with the stash for Saturday. | | |
| California | 05/15/2007
Tue | | | 1:33:23
1:45:03 | | Think this was a PB of 1:00 gate to gate even though that time kind of sucks. Easier than last time on the SS. Thanks Matt and Corby for the ride. | 1115 | 154/191 |
| California | 05/12/2007
Sat | | | 3:27:00
4:13:30 | | First Toad Festival for me. Pretty fun time. Good to see Matt, Andrew, Troy, Mike, Junior, Hal and Frank. Have fun with your "Art of Arousal" book Matt. Haha. | 2868 | 158/203 |
| California | 05/10/2007
Thu | | | | | Second ride after work with Matt and Andrew. This is "Hikers Canyon", not Peters. | | |
| California | 05/10/2007
Thu | | | | | GPS wouldn't turn on again. I'm concerned. Rode with Corby, Matt and Andrew. | | |
| California | 05/09/2007
Wed | | | 2:03:49
2:20:57 | | PB of 1:29 to the gate. I have to push pretty hard to keep up with Matt and Andrew's "normal" pace. Haha. | 1674 | 157/186 |
| California | 05/07/2007
Mon | | | 38:20
41:16 | | Yikes. One lap on the SS seems harder than two on the geared. Cleared Mustard, but just barely. Takes everything I have to make the entire climb without having to walk. | 471 | 165/200 |
| California | 05/05/2007
Sat | | | 1:37:42
2:13:05 | | Second ride of the day with Corby, Matt, Andrew and Matt. Felt kind of tired, but got it done. | 1169 | 157/224 |
| California | 05/05/2007
Sat | | | 1:33:02
2:53:33 | | Great ride with Matt, Andrew, Corby and Mike. Nice to meet some other Geoladders guys. Wish they'd open up this area to public use. | 1244 | 150/199 |
| California | 05/03/2007
Thu | | | | | Dead GPS means no data. Oh well. Thanks for the ride Matt and Corby. Felt really good on this ride and was happy that I pushed a decent amount. | | |
| California | 05/01/2007
Tue | | | 50:16
50:16 | | Ugh. Went over a bump going up Blackstar that forced me down on the nose of my saddle. *SNAP* A bolt on the seatpost came out and the entire saddle fell apart beneath me. Really pissed I couldn't finish the ride with my buddies. | | 156/186 |
| California | 04/30/2007
Mon | | | 2:49:43
2:54:43 | | First ride back from vacation. Hurting a bit, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Saw a skunk and rode with Matt. | 2048 | 167/192 |
| California | 04/19/2007
Thu | | | | | Matt has my GPS, so no stats. Last ride for 10 days. =( Really love this trail on the SS. | | |
| California | 04/17/2007
Tue | | | 1:14:33
1:17:00 | | Matt and Andrew seemed pissed we wouldn't get bonus points for this ride, but it was still fun, right guys? Haha. One of these days Matt is going to accept a dare and not complete it. | 1009 | 163/188 |
| California | 04/16/2007
Mon | | | | | Still waiting on GPS mount for new bike. It missed maybe two miles from being in my pocket. The new SS is pretty fun! Thanks for the ride Corby. | 1185 | 152/185 |
| California | 04/14/2007
Sat | | | 3:06:56
3:37:04 | | First time up Oso and down Badger. Rode with Corby. Saw Doug and the usual Saturday gang on West Ridge. Seems like no one ever rides Badger. Pretty overgrown. | 2064 | 156/195 |
| California | 04/12/2007
Thu | | | | | GPS doesn't work so well in my pocket. Lap 1 of 2 with Matt. Didn't have to walk the bike, but came close. Tough stuff. | | |
| California | 04/12/2007
Thu | | | | | Lap 2 of 2. So much easier on Matt's bike instead of the SS. | | |
| California | 04/10/2007
Tue | | | 1:42:22
1:42:22 | | Pretty tough after work ride with Corby. The SS punished me on a few sections, but I made it to the top without stopping. Congrats to Corby on a new PB to Beek's. | 1146 | 143/185 |
| California | 04/07/2007
Sat | | | 2:51:44
3:56:49 | | Awesome ride with Matt, Corby and Andrew. The area around Noble is pretty awesome. Could have done without the 10 miles on the road, but overall a really fun trail in a great area. Can't believe Matt cleared Stairway to Hell. | 1944 | 151/209 |
| California | 04/05/2007
Thu | | | 37:16
45:13 | | Second lap of the day. Rode on Matt's bike while he used the new SS. | 682 | 140/189 |
| California | 04/05/2007
Thu | | | 37:01
37:01 | | First ride on the new SS. Only made it one third of the way up Big Red. Practice, practice, practice and I'll make it eventually. For some reason the Garmin stopped recording points about halfway through. | 579 | 163/191 |
| California | 04/03/2007
Tue | | | 1:11:02
1:29:42 | | First time on this route. Rode with Corby, Andrew and Matt. Lots of sections I had never been on. Live Oak singletrack was a fun way to end the ride even though it was getting hard to see. | 877 | 148/185 |
| California | 03/31/2007
Sat | | | | | Did the loop backwards with Matt and Andrew after our little race. Much better ride when you do it in reverse. | | |
| California | 03/31/2007
Sat | | | 13:58
13:58 | | Lap 1 of 3. Showing Matt and Andrew the "course". | 169 | 166/198 |
| California | 03/31/2007
Sat | | | 10:30
10:30 | | My race lap. One minute slower that Matt and Andrew. =( | 153 | 185/219 |
| California | 03/31/2007
Sat | | | 1:49:00
1:49:00 | | Don't know how to GPS a ride, pause to GPS another ride, and then pick up where I left off. Oh well. First time for Matt and Andrew on this trail. Pretty mellow pace. We took a lot of singletrack options that were pretty fun. | 1236 | 161/186 |
| California | 03/29/2007
Thu | | | 1:22:32
1:27:22 | | Not sure when or how I hit 211 for my heart rate, but whatever. Good quick pace ride with Corby and Josiah after work. Stream crossings aren't as bad as they've been in the past. | 942 | 145/211 |
| California | 03/27/2007
Tue | | | 1:39:59
2:04:03 | | Rode with Junior, Matt, Andrew, Jeff and Steve. It was pretty cold at Four Corners. The water in my camelback started to freeze. Haha. | 1448 | 129/181 |
| California | 03/24/2007
Sat | | | 3:40:40
4:59:59 | | One of those rides. I ate it after Cocktail, someone had a broken rear derailleur and Andrew got a flat. Otherwise a good ride. Feel a little banged up after this ride. | 1956 | 154/220 |
| California | 03/22/2007
Thu | | | 14:23
17:36 | | Did this loop in the middle of the Coto ride. Super short, but why not? Might be fun to race with friends or something. Seems like there are a lot of other trails that might be fun to explore. | 169 | 146/185 |
| California | 03/22/2007
Thu | | | 1:48:00
1:48:00 | | After work ride with Troy and Corby. I've been wanting to do this route for a long time and finally got Troy to show me around. We took quite a few singletrack options instead of fire road. | 1214 | 153/190 |
| California | 03/17/2007
Sat | | | 2:45:08
3:39:14 | | Wow. What a trail. Probably the best "official" trail I've ever done on the site. Highly, highly recommend this route. Oh yeah, rode with Matt and Andrew ... | 1775 | 142/186 |
| California | 03/17/2007
Sat | | | 2:07:39
2:43:32 | | Second ride of the day with Matt and Andrew. The climb was definitely a grind with some challenging spots. The descent left something to be desired. | 1550 | 150/185 |
| California | 03/14/2007
Wed | | | 42:11
45:59 | | Nice after work ride with Joe. Hadn't climbed dreaded since my accident on it. Forgot how tough of a climb it is. | 546 | 162/186 |
| California | 03/13/2007
Tue | | | 1:05:43
1:06:53 | | Lap 1 of 2 with Matt and Andrew. | 842 | 145/178 |
| California | 03/13/2007
Tue | | | 1:04:02
1:06:11 | | Lap 2 of 2. We were riding through the brush when we saw a scarecrow like thing that the local bums must have erected. It was labeled "SMITHG". 178 rides on this route ... that can't be real. | 820 | 143/183 |
| California | 03/10/2007
Sat | | | 3:24:36
4:07:16 | | Nice ride with Troy, Matt and Andrew. First time down Joplin. I was prepared for much worse. Rode probably around 80% of it. I'd want to ride this a lot more if there wasn't so much poison oak. | 2334 | 157/195 |
| California | 03/07/2007
Wed | | | 34:06
36:00 | | After work ride with Corby. Didn't feel the best, but hopefully that feeling will pass. Ride 1 of 2. | 372 | |
| California | 03/07/2007
Wed | | | 38:25
43:26 | | Second ride with Corby. Decided to explore some areas around Tijeras Creek. There are a ton of trails I never knew existed. Not sure how many are legal, but it looks promising. | 389 | |
| California | 03/03/2007
Sat | | | 5:51:28
5:57:00 | | Goal was to get under 6 hours. Did it by 3 minutes. Haha. Feels great to accomplish a goal, especially one I've been working so hard for. | 4226 | 153/188 |
| California | 03/02/2007
Fri | | | 36:00
39:38 | | Last minute ride to make sure bike was perfect for Counting Coup. Met Matt in the parking lot after he had finished Weir Canyon, so he joined me. | 392 | |
| California | 03/01/2007
Thu | | | 53:46
54:00 | | Nice after work ride with Troy. Trying to make sure bike is dialed in for Saturday. | 687 | 172/190 |
| California | 02/24/2007
Sat | | | 2:56:19
3:37:46 | | Almost a personal best, but not quite. Last big training ride with Andrew, Junior and Matt. Was _very_ cold at our 5:30am start. | 2346 | 148/202 |
| California | 02/20/2007
Tue | | | 2:01:28
2:31:40 | | Group night ride with Keith, Jeff, Steve and Andrew. Nice to meet Keith, Jeff and Steve for the first time. A little cold out, but not too bad. | 3064 | 155/187 |
| California | 02/17/2007
Sat | | | 2:55:47
2:55:47 | | Rode with Matt, Andrew, Mark, John and Scott. Felt really good on the ride and got a personal best time wise. Can't wait for March 3rd. | 2301 | 159/192 |
| California | 02/17/2007
Sat | | | 1:48:22
2:11:00 | | Second half of the Saturday morning training ride. Rode up with Matt, Andrew, John and Mark. Tons of people coming up while I was coming down. | 1320 | 163/195 |
| California | 02/15/2007
Thu | | | 1:49:28
1:51:08 | | Nice ride with Andrew after work. Saw two dogs that had escaped from their owners three different times in Peters. Haha. | 1370 | 153/189 |
| California | 02/13/2007
Tue | | | 1:30:28
1:38:32 | | Jury duty got cancelled so I had a free day to ride. Mental note: never ride this trail after rain. 75% of it was ok, but the 25% that wasn't ok was pretty frustrating. | 1110 | 148/174 |
| California | 02/10/2007
Sat | | | 6:03:43
7:01:12 | | Rode with Troy, Matt and Andrew. Was good to do the official route to build up confidence for March 3rd. Riding my old hard tail really sucked on a few sections though (Motorway, Trabuco Creek Road). Excited to get the real race over with. | 4441 | 155/188 |
| California | 02/09/2007
Fri | | | 11:04
11:04 | | Second ride of the day. Raced around the lake. | 215 | 168/191 |
| California | 02/09/2007
Fri | | | 34:05
37:38 | | Nice after work ride with Corby, Tom and Stephanie. First time going up that singletrack halfway through the "canyon". | 680 | 118/186 |
| California | 02/08/2007
Thu | | | 35:02
37:54 | | Not the best day. This was supposed to be two laps, but when I checked my bike I noticed the rear shock was dead. No way to lock it out. So I changed my pedals and rode my hard tail. Wasn't as bad as I thought, but I have to wait a while to get the shock back. _Not cool_ | 1017 | 161/189 |
| California | 02/06/2007
Tue | | | 44:57
49:46 | | Thanks to Troy for giving me company on my ride before jury duty. The new nutrition stuff seems to be working great. Heart rate was down to where it should be. | 630 | 168/185 |
| California | 02/03/2007
Sat | | | 3:59:23
4:33:26 | | Rode with Andrew, Matt, Phil and two of Phil's friends. Andrew broke his chain, but we got it fixed. Thanks to Phil for the cramping pills. Good fast ride. | 2865 | 160/191 |
| California | 02/01/2007
Thu | | | 1:34:24
1:44:16 | | Andrew (Winger) wanted this ride mapped, so Matt and I joined him. Finally got my calorimeter updated on the Garmin. Now I know how there can be so many variations in Peter's Canyon. | 1197 | 168/195 |
| California | 01/27/2007
Sat | | | 2:24:29
2:40:35 | | First ride of the day in Chino Hills. Rode with Matt, Troy and Andrew. Theme for the day was being far behind my buddies. Ha. | 1002 | 160/191 |
| California | 01/27/2007
Sat | | | 1:40:33
1:46:23 | | Second ride of the day. Started to feel lots of cramping, but didn't actually cramp. I need to drink more and figure out how to stop the cramping. | 713 | 165/191 |
| California | 01/25/2007
Thu | | | 32:57
33:18 | | Quick ride before work. Lap 1 of 2. Stupid heart rate is too high. | 248 | 153/191 |
| California | 01/25/2007
Thu | | | 32:29
32:30 | | Lap 2 of 2. A little cold this morning, but nothing too bad. | 246 | 172/192 |
| California | 01/20/2007
Sat | | | 5:07:38
5:48:19 | | Rode with John, Mark, Troy and I think another John. Faster than last time, but still not great by any means. Felt sick all week and cramped pretty bad at the end of the pavement on Maple Springs. Training, training, training ... | 1523 | 157/185 |
| California | 01/17/2007
Wed | | | 49:48
49:48 | | First ride since getting back from Thailand. Still fighting the jet lag and the cold I brought back with me. Definitely not feeling the best. | 282 | 158/189 |
| California | 01/02/2007
Tue | | | 34:43
34:43 | | Lap 1 of 2. Not feeling as strong as I normally do on this loop. Need to get heart rate down. | 277 | 169/192 |
| California | 01/02/2007
Tue | | | 34:29
34:29 | | Lap 2 of 2. Need to ride a lot before going to Bangkok. | 280 | 171/190 |
| California | 01/01/2007
Mon | | | 2:12:22
2:37:50 | | First time on any part of San Juan. Early morning bike repairs took too long, went to Upper San Juan by accident and then couldn't find trailhead. My friends took off before I got there, so this was a solo ride. | 549 | 154/189 |
| California | 12/30/2006
Sat | | | 3:00:55
3:36:56 | | Rode with lots of friends. Great, great event. Thanks Doug. | 1249 | 161/188 |
| California | 12/30/2006
Sat | | | 2:36:21
2:42:06 | | Didn't feel the best after leg 1. My heart rate was too high. | 1140 | 168/195 |
| California | 12/20/2006
Wed | | | 38:23
48:23 | | Nice early morning ride before work with Matt and Ben. Good to see Ben back on the bike. Cruising in the cold ... | 266 | 142/188 |
| California | 12/16/2006
Sat | | | 3:14:03
3:32:04 | | Cold ride with Matt, Troy, Mark and four STR guys. Saw Junior near Beek's. Lots of people out riding. | 1127 | 143/183 |
| California | 12/14/2006
Thu | | | 2:53:39
3:21:43 | | Rode with Matt, Andrew, Doug and Clay. Rode to the peak in the middle ring, which is a big deal for me. A bit long for a night ride, but still cool. | 1137 | 149/189 |
| California | 12/13/2006
Wed | | | 38:35
42:20 | | Short ride after work with Chris, Doug and Jerry. I need to ride in RSM at night more often. | | 158/188 |
| California | 12/09/2006
Sat | | | | | Second ride of the day. Rode with Matt, Corby and Joe. Happy Birthday Corby. Had a pretty good crash at the end of Chutes. Lucky I only got scrapes and bruises. | | |
| California | 12/09/2006
Sat | | | | | Forgot to charge my GPS and so I have no data for this ride ... which sucks. Rode with Troy, Matt, Andrew and Mark as usual. | | |
| California | 12/04/2006
Mon | | | 3:18:13
3:25:40 | | Too little too late. =( We'll control the route, but not enough. Thanks to Matt (hermitologist) for riding with me. I'm tired. | 1251 | 153/180 |
| California | 12/02/2006
Sat | | | 4:47:06
5:51:01 | | Rode with Matt, Andrew, Mark, Troy, Scott and John. Nice ride. Tons of people out, both hiking and riding. | 1554 | 152/185 |
| California | 11/30/2006
Thu | | | 1:35:49
1:35:49 | | 1:03 to the gate which is a personal best for me. Still nothing special. Nice night ride with Matt, Andrew, Chris, Jerry and Doug. | 770 | 156/185 |
| California | 11/29/2006
Wed | | | 2:51:02
3:01:58 | | Yikes. Started at 6AM with Matt on a cold and very windy morning. Matt crashed coming back from Old Camp, but seemed to be ok after a few minutes. My toes are still frozen. =( | 978 | |
| California | 11/25/2006
Sat | | | | | Rode with Corby. Tried NAV file, but it got lost after first gate. Ended up riding down Cougar and up East Ridge. Saw Doug coming back. | | 118/167 |
| California | 11/24/2006
Fri | | | 2:13:59
2:39:20 | | Nice ride with Troy, Mark and Mark. Thanks a ton to Mark (gassertrucks) for showing us the route. Nice to get see a new trail. Felt really tired at the start, but pretty good at the end. | 777 | 146/176 |
| California | 11/23/2006
Thu | | | 2:26:57
3:13:23 | | Nice ride at the perfect time in the morning. Never seen so many riders on a trail before. Wow. Happy Thanksgiving! | 908 | 143/171 |
| California | 11/22/2006
Wed | | | 2:20:06
3:04:38 | | Rode with Corby and Josiah. Trying to control a route. Woot. Finished after dark. | 440 | 131/180 |
| California | 11/21/2006
Tue | | | 56:29
56:29 | | First time down Luge at night. Rode with Matt after work. Should have posted first to get control! SHOOT! | 316 | 164/186 |
| California | 11/20/2006
Mon | | | 1:03:54
1:03:54 | | Heh. Doing this trail at night feels like cheating, but hey ... it's good points. Rode with Matt. | 517 | 142/176 |
| California | 11/17/2006
Fri | | | 36:54
45:58 | | Second ride of the day. Saw Ricky and Robbie out on the trail. Surprise! | 272 | 162/187 |
| California | 11/17/2006
Fri | | | 1:42:57
1:45:41 | | First ride of the day. I couldn't bring myself to wake up at 6:00am, so I ended up riding by myself in the heat. Think it would have been better to wake up early. | 604 | 167/193 |
| California | 11/16/2006
Thu | | | 1:10:50
1:10:50 | | After work ride with Matt and Mike. Thanks a ton Mike for showing us the trail. No way I could have figured that out on my own. Mike really knows this trail inside and out. More singletrack that I was expecting. | 501 | 153/182 |
| California | 11/14/2006
Tue | | | 1:50:20
1:50:20 | | Night ride with Andrew and Matt. Light belongs on the bars for sure. Andrew got a flat coming back from four corners and kissed his tire to make it better? Hahaha. Good times. | 695 | 147/180 |
| California | 11/12/2006
Sun | | | 1:06:16
1:11:31 | | Cruising around with Corby. Finished after dark, which made riding back to the cars difficult. Gets dark too early now. =( | 269 | 140/181 |
| California | 11/11/2006
Sat | | | 3:36:35
4:36:06 | | Nice ride with Andrew, Matt, Mark, Troy and Scott. Stupid ice cream the night before messed me up which made the ride a tiny bit less enjoyable. Only able to up maybe 85% of Trabuco. First time seeing Blue Jay. | 1076 | 156/187 |
| California | 11/09/2006
Thu | | | 1:42:43
1:56:43 | | Good ride with 6 other geo riders. Wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. First ride with light on helmet ... not sure I like it. Think I'm going to go back to light on the bars. Third night ride without +10 bonus. =( I seem to be exempt. | 731 | 145/179 |
| California | 11/04/2006
Sat | | | 5:55:02
7:13:10 | | Longest, toughest ride to date. Started ride with Jamie, Troy, Mark, Matt, Andrew and Mike. Saw Junior on the way up to Beek's and met Craig on the way up Maple Springs. Second time down the motorway felt a little shaky. Good times. | 1972 | 152/182 |
| California | 11/02/2006
Thu | | | 1:33:52
1:58:35 | | First time out at Bommer Canyon. Rode with Matt, Andrew, Mike and maybe some other geo guys I didn't get a chance to meet. Sounds like they have a lot of cool stuff coming up in Bommer. | 642 | 152/194 |
| California | 10/31/2006
Tue | | | 2:27:25
2:49:00 | | First night right ever. Rode with Matt, Andrew and Clay. Was pretty cold on a few parts of the trail. Definitely a different experience at night. | 871 | 152/187 |
| California | 10/28/2006
Sat | | | 3:00:00
3:00:00 | | Rode with Andrew, Matt, Scott, Troy and Mark. Hiking the bike always kills my lower back. =( Some confusion in El Moro, but good overall ride. Coughing up a lot of crap lately. | | |
| California | 10/25/2006
Wed | | | 46:35
57:13 | | Rode with Chris, Chris, Joe and Jerry. Good to meet Mike afterwards too. | | |
| California | 10/24/2006
Tue | | | | | Quick after work ride with Corby. Sucks he got a flat halfway into the ride and neither one of us had what we needed to fix it. Congrats on riding three days in a row Corby! | | |
| California | 10/22/2006
Sun | | | 46:02
53:18 | | After church ride with Corby. Was hot most of the day but it had cooled down by the time we started. | | 144/188 |
| California | 10/21/2006
Sat | | | 2:53:41
3:17:46 | | Nice ride with Matt and Andrew. Got a flat coming back to Cook's Corner. Don't know how Andrew survives on that hard tail coming back from Old Camp and going down the Luge. | | 159/192 |
| California | 10/14/2006
Sat | | | 4:55:37
5:28:06 | | Rode with Matt on a dark and cloudy Saturday. First time down Upper Holy Jim and I only rode down about 1/4 of it. Hopefully the more I do it, the more I'll ride. The singletrack before the peak is _weak_. I definitely won't be doing that again soon. Steep, loose and overgrown. Had to hike 95% of it. Was pretty cold out at the top, but a good time overall. | | 153/191 |
| California | 10/13/2006
Fri | | | 1:25:13
1:45:08 | | Quick ride after work with Matt. Got a flat and broke a clip on my shoes. Not too happy about either of those things. Finished after dark. Got pretty wet too. | | 156/192 |
| California | 10/08/2006
Sun | | | 1:03:30
1:33:52 | | Rode with Matt, Corby and Jeff. First time down the luge for Jeff. Seemed to really like it! Pretty mellow pace, which was good since I was a little burned after Bedford/Motorway the day before. | | 147/184 |
| California | 10/07/2006
Sat | | | 4:20:00
4:56:12 | | Group ride with Matt, Troy and Mark. Coming back up Bedford was pretty tough. Made it from golf course to main divide without stopping, but it was not easy. Don't plan on doing Bedford again any time soon. Hope Mark feels better after his endo. | | 155/188 |
| California | 10/05/2006
Thu | | | 34:55
34:55 | | First ride with heart monitor. Didn't feel so good after Big Red. Went up it in about 2 minutes and I think that was too fast for me. I'm learning there is such a thing as pushing too hard. | | 176/200 |
| California | 10/01/2006
Sun | | | 1:30:36
1:54:37 | | Nice Sunday afternoon ride with Corby and Jeff. Saw four deer and two tarantulas. Perfect weather for a ride. | | |
| California | 09/30/2006
Sat | | | 3:18:31
3:45:51 | | Big group ride. Good to meet Mark Whaley and some other guys. Also good to see Matt, Troy and Andrew again. First time down Rattlesnake - almost ate it bad. Cramped really bad at the end of the trail. Need to do something about that. | | |
| California | 09/27/2006
Wed | | | 54:46
54:46 | | Quick ride through Whiting after work. Too bad the sun is going down so soon. Planned on doing a dual Live Oak ride, but the sun changed my plans. | | |
| California | 09/23/2006
Sat | | | 2:10:10
2:29:57 | | Good group ride with winger, jr, thinkfast and Matt. A much faster pace than I would have normally done, but it's good to be pushed. Good meeting ThinkFast for the first time. Group rides are fun! | | |
| California | 09/23/2006
Sat | | | 39:24
40:24 | | Rode a quick lap after riding to Sierra Peak. I was feeling good before the ride, but realized I was in trouble once I started. My legs were already hurting and this ride just buried me. Tons and tons of people on the trail too. The bell on the bike really comes in handy. | | |
| California | 09/17/2006
Sun | | | | | Mellow ride with Corby. Bike is in the shop so I had to ride my old hard tail. Yikes. I don't ever want to ride on platform pedals again. How did I ever ride without clips?! | | |
| California | 09/13/2006
Wed | | | 43:35
59:35 | | Big group ride. Let's see if I can get the names. Rode with Matt, Doug, Jerry, Brian, Junior and Frank. Fast pace, but everyone kept up well. Good times! | | |
| California | 09/09/2006
Sat | | | 2:23:10
2:29:10 | | Rode with Matt. Getting pretty tired of 6am starts. Broke a spoke for the first time on my back wheel. Motorway is always good times. Feels better and better every time I go down it. Saw a bunch of deer between four corners and motorway. | | |
| California | 09/04/2006
Mon | | | 1:37:45
1:43:09 | | Rode with Matt. He scared the crap out of me by doing the jump at the top of the third B. Some kids were doing it and he felt he had to do it too to be a man or something. Thought for sure we were going to have to cut the ride short with a trip to the ER. Almost ate it a few times, but stayed on the bike. | | |
| California | 09/02/2006
Sat | | | 4:10:00
4:35:00 | | Good ride with Matt. Second time up Holy Jim and first time down Trabuco. Got a little worried about poison oak coming down Trabuco, but we both turned out ok. Matt hit a tree that had fallen onto the trail, but otherwise no injuries. Pretty hot outside. Forgot to turn GPS back on at start of Trabuco after a break. Not happy about that. | | |
| California | 08/31/2006
Thu | | | 46:00
| | Fun ride with Matt, Chris and Jerry. Matt fell into a cactus and Jerry dominated. It's no fun being the weakest rider in the group. =( Maybe it's time for steroids or something. Ha. | | |
| California | 08/29/2006
Tue | | | 39:49
48:49 | | Rode with Corby and finished at dark. Saw my first full grown live rattlesnake on the trail. It was about a foot from my bike right after Big Red. Scared the hell out of me. It was coiled up, but just hissed at me. Corby is getting a lot faster on the trails! | | |
| California | 08/27/2006
Sun | | | 1:09:12
1:21:12 | | Rode with Corby. Nice and easy pace. Good times. | | |
| California | 08/26/2006
Sat | | | 3:11:39
3:34:39 | | Memorable ride with Matt. Mental note: don't eat ice cream the night before a ride. I got pretty sick and had to squat on the side of the trail for the first time ever. Apologies to the two riders riding by me. Thank God Matt had a bell on his bike. Beat last time by 30 minutes. | | |
| California | 08/20/2006
Sun | | | | | Quick ride with Corby. Nice and easy pace. | | |
| California | 08/19/2006
Sat | | | 5:41:00
6:06:00 | | Good ride with Matt. Wanted to do a big ride before my birthday. GPS makes it fun to create my own routes. Pretty tired after this ride, but the preparation really paid off. | | |
| California | 08/13/2006
Sun | | | 2:04:00
| | Rode with Corby and Jeff. Nice ride on a few trails I haven't done in quite some time. Saw three deer which is always cool. | | |
| California | 08/10/2006
Thu | | | 1:06:00
| | Rode with Ben and swedenborg. Good to see Ben again and good to meet swedenborg who dominated the ride. Even on my best day I wouldn't be able to keep up. ;O | | |
| California | 08/06/2006
Sun | | | 2:42:00
| | This ride was nuts. Corby, Jeff and I tried to do the ride bigguy posted that combines Tijeras Creek and West Ridge. He forgot to leave any kind of direction, so we got lost at Arroyo Trabuco and tried to ride over to what we thought was West Ridge. We were wrong. We ended up bushwhacking through faint to non-existant single track on the ridge before finally hitting a road we could ride back to Dove Canyon. Saw four deer, crossed two barbed wire fences and rode across at least four streams. | | |
| California | 08/03/2006
Thu | | | 43:00
| | Good time with a few geoladders guys. Always fun to meet new riders. Cattle pond for a little extra. Thanks guys! (I'll go with Ben's time) | | |
| California | 08/02/2006
Wed | | | 43:00
| | Rode after work. Did Cattle Pond for extra credit. 43 minutes to the gate. I hate recording time with the road because I can't control it. | | |
| California | 07/29/2006
Sat | | | 2:43:00
| | Hard to get time perfectly. Love the new Garmin GPS. Rode first half of the route with Josiah and Corby. Second half was just me and Josiah. Good last ride for an awesome weekend. | | |
| California | 07/29/2006
Sat | | | 1:33:00
| | Again I'm still learning how to get time out of the GPS unit. Rode with Corby and Josiah. First route of the day. Great pics and fantastic weather. Mammoth has a ton of great singletrack. Bullet felt a little sketchy, but still fun. | | |
| California | 07/28/2006
Fri | | | | | Had to leave Josiah behind, so it was just me, Corby and Jeff. Good times and great singletrack. | | |
| California | 07/28/2006
Fri | | | | | I hate riding in gondolas. Still it was fun to be "shuttled" to the top. Insane views and super fun singletrack through the woods. | | |
| California | 07/22/2006
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