Yesterday Ann had an appointment in Monterey to have her eyes checked so we decided to take our bikes with us and bike afterwards. We parked in the Park N Ride which has the bike trail go right by it. After making our way through all the pedestrians around Fisherman’s Warf we went on the road and headed toward the 17 mile drive. It was a sunny and beautiful day.

I had brought the camera along but after I took this first picture it showed the batteries were dead. We biked for much of the 17 mile drive to Pebble Beach where stopped at the market to buy some AA batteries and also a drink and cookie. We fresh batteries in the camera I took a couple more pictures.

We then continued on our way towards Carmel. After passing Ocean Street we rode along the road that passes along the ocean.

We rode all way until we reached Highway 1 and then turned back and rode through the city of Carmel and then back along the 17 mile drive. We stopped at the Lone Cypruss viewpoint and Ann took a phone call.

Then it was back to Monterey. I grabbed some photos while riding the bike.

We found a great place to stop and setup the camera for a self timed shot of the two of us.

When we made it back to the car we had logged 39 miles. It was a lot of fun.

Categories: Cycling with Family
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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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