Larch Mountain OB

Perfect day for a ride! The only negatives were mostly on the last quarter of the ride: headwind, traffic and red lights.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 100 miles   Elevation Gain: 5,491 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.39 mph

Eagle Crest 2012

We've been a little busy lately with the new business. Bicycling has had to take a back seat. We're still riding, just not quite as often, nor quite as far when we do ride. We did get to go to Eagle Crest for a few days and got a couple rides in.

Eagle Crest to Sunriver, Thursday, 8/9/2012 Ride Distance: 84 miles   Elevation Gain: 4,586 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.60 mph

Mt. Adams Bike DeTour II

Did this one last year. Liked it. Did it today unsupported. Brought our good friend Mike.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 101 miles   Elevation Gain: 6,530 feet   Average Moving Speed: 15.25 mph

Mountain Rain Challenge

Probably should have stayed in bed for this one. But since I am writing this two days afterward, I am glad we did it...

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 100 miles   Elevation Gain: 8,976 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.28 mph

Johnston Ridge OB

Another great ride and the perfect weather for it too.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 84.61 miles   Elevation Gain: 6,904 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.79 mph

Cougar Carson OB

Another nice ride. Lots of climbing. Little traffic. Beautiful scenery. Brutally difficult ride. Same ol' stuff!

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 109 miles   Elevation Gain: 7,306 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.76 mph

Salmon Falls Century

Today was a tough ride. Not that much more total elevation gain than last weekend's Cherry of a Ride, but today all the significant climbs were steeper and they were packed into the middle 45 miles.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 103 miles   Elevation Gain: 7,238 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.71 mph

Cherry of a Ride

Great ride! Aside from the headwind at the end the weather couldn't have been any better.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 100 miles   Elevation Gain: 6,850 feet   Average Moving Speed: 14.79 mph

10-Mile Time Trial: More with Less

After watching the guys in the Tour of California suffer through their Time Trials yesterday I decided it was time to do another Lactate Threshold test, which for me is a 10-mile Time Trial. Didn't take long to remember why I never got around to doing one last year: they're bloody hard!

10-mile Time Trial	7/2009	8/2009	6/2010	5/2012 (today)
Time	29m 21s	29m 18s	28m 40s	28m 20s
Average Moving Speed	20.44 mph	20.48 mph	20.93 mph	21.18 mph
Average Heart Rate (entire 10 miles)	156 bpm	158 bpm	160.9 bpm	159.7 bpm
Est. Lactate Threshold (average heart rate last 20 minutes)	n/a	n/a	165.9 bpm	162.1 bpm

Incredible May Weather

The weather couldn't have been any better.

Stat Total Ride Distance: Total Elevation Gain: Average Moving Speed:

Kelly and Grantham 61.91 miles   4,125 feet   15.67 mph

Dobler Hill 66.93 miles   3,927 feet   15.89 mph

Total 128.84 miles   8,052 feet   15.78 mph

Cherry of a Bulge

It was a Cherry of a Day for a Cherry of a Ride. The only problem is my back tire had different ideas. Thankfully we still had a fantastic outing, albeit on a shorter-than-planned route.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 78.64 miles   Elevation Gain: 6,867 feet   Average Moving Speed: 13.66 mph

North River Century/Tweener

Amy was fresh and did the full century strong, while my two weeks mostly off the bike caught up to me, so I did the tweener.

Quick Stats	Amy	John
Ride Distance:	100 miles	89 miles
Elevation Gain:	5,182 feet	3,726 feet
Average Moving Speed:	16.2 mph	15.6 mph

Broken Wheel Ride

Originally planned as an 86-mile loop from our house, this ride was abruptly ended at the 54-mile mark due to a broken wheel.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 54 miles   Elevation Gain: 3,567 feet   Average Moving Speed: 13.90 mph

North River Century

Decided to take an enjoyable route from last year and turn it into a full century.

Quick Stats Ride Distance: 100 miles   Elevation Gain: 5,182 feet   Average Moving Speed: 15.44 mph

Riding In The Rain

It is official. I have abandoned good ship Marathon in favor of rainy ship Bicycling. I don't know how you triathletes do it. I lost just a little ground in marathon training, due to riding my bike on those nice days back in February, and I was hooked on cycling again. Or maybe I was looking for any excuse to stop running. It never really has been my thing. The big problem with all this, though, is that running on an indoor treadmill was my cardio upkeep exercise during all the cruddy weather. If not running, it is either significant cardio fitness degradation, or I need to ride in the rain... Hence, the fenders.

First 17 Rides
Stat Total Ride Distance: Average Ride Distance: Total Elevation Gain: Average Elevation Gain: Average Moving Speed:	First 6 Rides 237 miles   39.46 miles   13,587 feet   2,265 feet   15.21 mph	Next 11 Rides 472 miles   42.91 miles   23,357 feet   2,123 feet   15.52 mph	All 17 Rides 709 miles   41.72 miles   36,944 feet   2,173 feet   15.41 mph

First 6 Rides of 2012

We have started riding earlier in the 2012 cycling season than we did in any of the prior three seasons. The weather has been cold, but it has also dry enough to ride. In fact today was the only non-wet day on several of the multi-day forecasts I have been checking, so I made sure to get out and ride.

First 6 Rides Total Ride Distance: 237 miles   Average Ride Distance: 39.46 miles   Total Elevation Gain: 13,587 feet   Average Elevation Gain: 2,265 feet   Average Moving Speed: 15.21 mph

2012 Riding Goals

We now have three full seasons of cycling under our belts. It is time to make plans for the fourth season.