Today was a long distance training ride with the bike club. Four of us went off the published route after going up Metcalf. We climbed up Quimby West, then up Mt. Hamilton to the summit. Three of us then went down the backside of Mt. Hamilton and out the junction cafe.

This chart show the climbs for the entire route. They are plotted against time so the slope should be a constant if I am climbing at an even rate in terms of feet per minute. You can see my heart rate never went that high because I was holding back on the climbs due to the long distance. Click the graph to enlarge.

When I finally made it home just before dark I had logged 140 miles and 12,700 feet of climbing. That is about as much as many ultra distance events like Climb to Kaiser that has 155 miles and 13,500 feet of climbing. With this ride I went over 400 miles for the week cycling. I feel my training for the Devil Mountain Double event at the end of April is on track.

Here are the updated charts. All graphs show the current year compared with last year and against my training program. Click each chart to view enlarged.

The first two charts show accumulated miles and feet of climbing since the first of the year.

The next two charts show weekly numbers, for the long ride of the week and the weekly total of feet of climbing.

Categories: Cycling Group Rides, Training
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