Enjoying Life in West Sonoma County

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:47:57 -0700

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

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:07:27 -0700

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

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:30:47 -0700

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

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:46:50 -0700

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: …

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:00:16 -0700

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

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:05:07 -0700

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: …

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:32:10 -0700

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

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:32:09 -0700

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

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:25 -0700

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

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:50:54 -0700

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

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:17:03 -0700

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

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:42:39 -0700

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

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:42:38 -0700

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

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:22:31 -0700

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

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:17:30 -0700

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 note

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:32:45 -0700

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,…

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:32:45 -0700

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 cycling workout

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:21:30 -0700

Jon E. posted a cycling workout:

Hill Intervals. Rode out Chalk Hill to do Hill Intervals on Pine Flat. It felt like my old Chicago summers, hot and humid and I felt it. My legs were tired and I was ramping to zone 5 way too…

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:21:29 -0700

Jon E. posted a cycling workout:

Viva la Rivera Revolution Ride. The final Rivera ride of the year and was it a hot one, and I mean the temperature. This was the first time in the history of this ride that I can remember people…

Jon E. posted a cycling workout

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:21 -0700

Jon E. posted a cycling workout:

Tempo Paced Ride. Rode 3 x 30 min high zone 3/low zone 4. Nice workout even if the temperatures are finally showing some life. Warm out on West Dry Creek, but was beautiful heading out on Mill…