Training Camp
Julian, CA
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Today was a rather splendid one. We rolled out at 10 for a hard ~5 hour ride. We took a new route that had us on a lesser road for a change. Your guess is as good as mine as to the reason for building a little winding road through little valleys and over HUGE mountains. It was more a “system of roads” than just one road, ‘cause each little road led to a handful of the same. Allen, of course, was sporting a gps in the team’s argyle BMW (yes, the team will have argyle uniforms this year), making the going quite simplistic. Half the time we were quite sure that the little road was going to turn to dirt, but no… It hit this climb up the backside of Mount Laguna, and pitched up ~20-25%...! It was possibly the hardest stretch of sustained steepness that I’ve ever ascended, and I didn’t feel exceptionally worthy at the time.
The ride culminated at 4.5 hours and, for me, 3110 kjs.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Today was a rather splendid one. We rolled out at 10 for a hard ~5 hour ride. We took a new route that had us on a lesser road for a change. Your guess is as good as mine as to the reason for building a little winding road through little valleys and over HUGE mountains. It was more a “system of roads” than just one road, ‘cause each little road led to a handful of the same. Allen, of course, was sporting a gps in the team’s argyle BMW (yes, the team will have argyle uniforms this year), making the going quite simplistic. Half the time we were quite sure that the little road was going to turn to dirt, but no… It hit this climb up the backside of Mount Laguna, and pitched up ~20-25%...! It was possibly the hardest stretch of sustained steepness that I’ve ever ascended, and I didn’t feel exceptionally worthy at the time.
The ride culminated at 4.5 hours and, for me, 3110 kjs.
posted by Tom Peterson @ 6:05 PM
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