Yesterday I did a monster ride out to the junction (135 miles and 12,800 feet of climbing).  Since the Everest Challenge is a two day event, with two monster days back to back, I wanted to see how well I could do today.  The south county boys were going to ride up Metcalf, Quimby and Mt. Hamilton but that is what I did yesterday and I was not up to such a long ride.  I thought doing Henry Coe would be a good test so I called Gary and we decided to make the climb.

I could feel the effects of yesterday’s ride.  I was able to climb reasonably well, considering I was fatigued.  What I did notice is that I could not get my heart rate up above 150 and most of the time during the climb it was only in the mid 140′s.  This was a clear sign of fatigue.  I decided to time myself over the race portion of the climb.  Last fall I had raced this section and wanted to see how I compared.  I knew it would be about 10 minutes slower since 1) this was not a race today and 2) I was not fully recovered like I would be for a race.  Here is how the times compered.  You can see the big difference in average heart rate, which is why it took  longer.

However overall I was happy with my time and felt like I could a lot more climbing if I needed to.  I did realize that for the Everest Challenge I need to back off a bit on the first day and be fully rested, at least for a couple of days, before even starting the event.

Categories: Everest Challenge, Training Log
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