So I've been training pretty consistently with this schedule: Tuesdays ride as hard and fast for 45 min+, Thursdays ride at normal pace for 45 min+, and on Saturdays are my long rides with no time limit. So starting from February, my goal was to slowly increase my last distance by 10 miles until I reach 110 miles. So then the following weekend, I will be thoroughly prepared for my 100 mile ride at the
Tour de Cure. Here are a bunch of pictures I have been taking with my camera phone:
Old photo but me and my hommie Albay were biking in Pasadena and we were all like hmm that building looks legit lets take a pic of it ... and BAM it just so happened to be Pawnee City Hall!
At the time, I thought 42 miles was a lot and painful.
What I usually bring on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Boombotix is legit
My packet for the Tour de Cure!
This was a REALLY rough and brutal ride. I was at the point in my training where I realized I had to ride rain or shine. On this day, it was raining, windy, cold, and dirty as hell. This ride made me realize I needed to start packing gels and cubes because near the end of this about 50 mile ride, I was dying of hunger.
This is honestly my favorite part of the ride! Some of you guys probably know what I mean.
Serious mode! Don't worry, I only used 2 gels and 1 packet of shot bloks for a 66 mile ride.
66 mile ride continued. This was on March 24, 2012 and I'm chilling at the pier rehydrating.
I bet you guys recognize
this!
Wet and cold! I've honestly gotten used to early morning rides. The benefit of riding around 6 or 7am is that the cross and headwinds are minimal compared to 12pm and on.
Now we are to last week with this photo. So my intention for riding to Santa Monica Pier was to do roughly around 70 miles. It was such a pain getting there only because the route I had chose had level 3 and level 2 hills (in cycling tours they rate hills 1-5, 5 being the easiest). Man I really had to dig deep in order to push on to the top. I really have a new found respect for professional cyclists. I will admit that going down hill was sketchy. I was cadencing around 25-28 mph EASILY. It's only sketchy because I'm riding brakeless and the streets are wet in the morning. Seriously considering getting hoods and rocking a front brake.
Any who, biking to Santa Monica overall wasn't too bad after those Palo Alto hills. I just hate the drivers in Santa Monica. There was a truck driver on PCH who honked at me for a solid .5 mile. The best part was that I was going just as fast as all of the other cars AND it was a 2 lane street so he had the option to pass me! SMH! When I arrived to the Santa Monica Pier, I was really glad I chose that place to bike to. Very scenic. I got lost on my way back to Long Beach. Long story short, I ended up doing 82 miles that day -_-
82 miles || avg 17 mph || max 34 mph || total 443.8 miles
