Tag: training

Distance 53 average 11.9 I feel like I’ve been living in the camping dark ages. This gear I bought yesterday shedded 10-15 pounds off my load! And it’s better gear! And it’s smaller! This morning I did a repack, and put in some new gear. I was able to pick up a new sleeping bag…

Distance: 72 miles average 12.6 Today I remembered what it’s like to ride without a lot of wind. I was able to get a lot of miles in without too mch trouble. No exciting destinations today, just my mom’s house and saguaro national park. It’s exciting because I did the whole day without much discomfort…

Distance 58.5 average 12.1 Yesterday was some kind of ‘over the hump’ day where I biked a solid (almost) 60 without too much trouble. The first 8 miles I was sandpapered with a mild headwind but went and checked out Rooster Cogburn’s Ostrich Ranch. Ostriches are like big prehistoric chickens. Big, dumb and hungry. I’d…

I’m just chilling out at catalina state park and thought I better show off my awesome tan. Notice on my supercool glovetan I have a little dot where the hole in the glove is.

Total Distance: 55 miles. Average speed: 9.8mph. This is the first really exhausing day. After 3 days of warming up, today was the first real day of training because I am now in Madera Canyon. You would think a canyon would be downhill, but no, I had to climb a couple thousand feet to get…