August is almost over and my training for the big events coming up is in the final stages.  First up will be the Everest Challenge on September 20/21.  This is a two day California/Nevada USCF State Climbing Championship.  Each day has about 15,000 feet of climbing.  Doing that on back to back days will be the big challenge.  I had hoped to do this event last year but the weather turned very bad and I was worried about the doing the Furnace Creek 508 two weeks later so I ended up canceling.

This year I will again be doing the same Furnace Creek 508, but I am more comfortable with that event and feel that the two weeks in between it and the Everest Challenge is sufficient time to recover.

I have built an 18 week training plan to do both events, using the Everest Challenge on week 17 to get ready for the FC 508.  Now that I have finished week 14, with three weeks to go to the Everest Challenge, here is an update of my training status.  You can see that I am on plan for both miles and feet of climbing.  I have another big ride scheduled for this coming Saturday, then it will be taper time.  My climbing is not quite as much as last year when I did the Death Ride and Climb to Kaiser events, but it is still on my plan.  I still need to lose some more weight, however.

Categories: Everest Challenge, Training Log
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