September 2009
17 posts
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Wine Country Velo invades Berkeley! So the WC Velo group headed down to Berkeley this morning to do some hill climbing. It was a cool morning as we rode through Berkeley and started climbing up…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
A four seasons ride today, started with a beautiful fall day as we rode out Harrison Grade to Faciendini to Freestone (of course stopping for some wonderful scones at the bakery in Freestone)…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Active recovery ride as we have a couple of big climbing rides this weekend. Easy spin on my replacement frame, I am so happy to have my old/new bike back. It just seemed to want to fly, but it…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Yoakim Bridge out and back doing LT drills. Fairly strong head winds on the return trip but we really pushed it on the LT drills. Total elevation climbed 2,200 feet.
Distance
42.54mi
Time
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Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
I hope bad luck does not come in sets of three cause I don’t know what else can happen. Last week I find a crack in my frame so I am now riding my back up bike until the new frame is ready. Well…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Endurance Ride. Nice day, but I was feeling yesterday. Took a detour to Windsor so we could stop and have a smoothie at Starbucks which tasted outstanding in the heat.
Distance
28.46mi
Time
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Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Boba’s Rockpile Hill Challenge. So we could not do the race on Tuesday night do to the crack in my bike’s frame and my back up being in the shop, so we got the back up and rode the course on…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Rode the Levi’s Grand Fondo course one more time before the event in two weeks. It was hot but what a beautiful day, especially riding down Meyer’s Grade to the coast. Absolutely stunning day….
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Pre-race ride which turned into an end of day ride. While spinning out my legs for tonights hill climbing challenge I heard a bad pinging noise. When I got home I checked it out and found a…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
MS Waves to Wines. This was a three day event, where on Friday we rode into San Francisco, Saturday was a century and Sunday was a 75 mile ride. Out goal was to focus an aggressive ride on…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Organic Athlete Stage Race, Stages 1 and 2. This was a 30 mile road race and a 8 mile time trial over a very hilly course. I got dropped on a fairly early climb and fought my way back to finish…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Endurance Pace with LT drills. Rode the SRCC time check on Graton, down BoHo, out to Duncan Mills, then climbed King Ridge, Hauser Bridge, back on Fort Ross Rd. then came up River Road and took…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Endurance pace ride. Just a nice easy ride through West County, kept pace at a brisk level, but did not push it much. Stopped for a smoothie at Starbucks which was yummy. Total elevation climbed…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
VO2 drills on Sweetwater Springs, Mays Canyon and Green Valley. Felt really good after yesterday’s rest day and was able to really push it up Sweetwater. Beat my PB for the year by 3:30 mins…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Endurance Pace Drills. Not really feeling like riding but needed to get some miles in as next week is a big race and event week, so I gutted it up and went out for an endurance paced ride. Still…
Jon E. posted a cycling workout →
Marshall Loop. 5 sets of LT workouts for 30 minutes, two on climbs and three on rollers. It was cold and wet when we pushed off and really never warmed up. I was sluggish riding out Harrison…
Jon E. posted a note →
Just noticed that I am now over 7,000 miles for the year and have climbed almost 500k feet. Since it is just the end of August I guess I need to update my goals for the year as they are all passed,…
