Scott's Ride Blog

Long time no Blog

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Wow this blog is in serious need of an update!

Lets go way back!

June! wow
This saw a fun race when me, Jp, and Matt competed in a 3 man team at the 12hrs of Temecula. Which saw us take 6th in very compedative class!

After a small break to get married :) It was back to training.

Next up the San Deigo Multi Park Marathon (50 miles)
Was a great race I learned a ton about feeding.... I was cramping so bad at the end of the race I vowed never to screw up my Electrolyte balance again!
I came in 2nd in CAT 2 and 11th overall! So stoked as my training was really coming around!

Now it was a couple weeks later and I learned so much at the Multi park race I was ready to put it to use at the Socal Epic 50 miler! I learned about pace and I learned about feeding and it was time to use that to try and really win!
I set out pretty fast but held back and let 1 CAT 2 rider go and at ~mile 18 I caught and passed him and never saw him again. I ate and fueled well even in the 90deg heat no cramps! I rode this race to profection! my training had paid forward and I WON cat 2 and came in 12th overall in a much deeper field (behind Tinker, Ben Bostrom, Guy Sutton)

Well here I am 10 days away from my A 2010 race the 12hrs of Temecula solo race! I feel strong, fit, experienced, and ready to crush it! My goal isn't to place, to win, or beat others as much as this is a race again myslef. Its going to be 75% mental. Can I ride my bike fast for 12hrs... can I fuel right and keep my head in the game for that long? My goal in my head is 10 laps.... if I can toss down 10 laps (which will be roughly 110 miles and 12,000' of climbing) I'll feel like I couldn't have raced any better in 2010!

Idyllwild Spring Challenge 2010

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:30:00 +0000

Great race weekend!
Results
CAT 2 30-34 XC 3rd
CAT 2 30-39 ITT 3rd
Open Men 30-39 Super D 13th

Stage Race CAT 2 30-39 1st!!!

Santa Ynez

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:48:00 +0000

Race #2 of the year is in the books was a really fun weekend!

Took 2nd in CAT2 30-34 pretty psyched about that considering I was 12th last year at the same race.....

Training, Injuries, races, and Boston

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:10:00 +0000

Well after a killer winter of tarining my ass off I went and over did it a bit and have some inflamation in my knee then to top it all off I went over board in the gym and hurt my lower back...

So february was filled with doubt, angerm frustration, and ultimately lessons learned. Got into PT at http://www.rehabunited.com and am on a good path not 100% but close!

After missing the first 2 races of the season I was pumped to race the RacersNChasers winter series finally!

Sun was out my body was feeling good and my nerves were def saying "welcome back to racing" Robert was on his moto leading out the race and I hit the gas from the start and got the whole shot into the woods Race Start Vid

Once I had good position I sat up and let others take over the work at the front. I sat in 4th over the top of teh first climb and once back down I was in no mans land btween a lead group of 3 and the 5-6 rider deep chase pack... on the flat back to teh start/finish I was caught by the chase group... 2nd lap I knew hammering the climb wasn't gonna get me back up to the leaders as they were too far out now so I recruited another rider to try and break away from the chase group on the climb and work together to stay away. I worked and I took 4th overall and 2nd in 30-39. Was a really fun race and gave me a ton of confidence that I can hang with the leaders!

After the race was a nice little rest week with a "fitness test" up Mnt Soledad was feeling ok... and the numbers didn't lie the legs were better then last time. Beat my PR by 45sec!

From there it was straight to the redeye and off to Boston for the weekend, got in a gym spin friday and a uber fun COLD as hell ride with Joe Saturday

mid Ride Vid

Before going out at 4:30pm and staying out till 2:30am, closing down Brukowski's with a veggy meatball sub in hand!

Looking forward to some hard training coming up and more spring racing!

Welcome to 2010

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:36:00 +0000

Wow I have been slacking.....

Since the introduction of trainingpeaks to track my rides and twitter to post random thoughts, pics/vid this blog has been layed to the side....

Thought I'd try and do a monthly update still though.

Decmeber saw Base training ramp up big time 522 miles! Decemeber was my biggest month of 2009... wtf? historically decmeber and january I sit around and get fat... This year I lost about 10lbs from November to February... nice change :)

Ok the stats for 2009 were bigger and better then I could have ever hoped.

Total Miles 4,097
MTB miles 1,346
road miles 2,228
CX miles 126
Trainer miles 396

holy crap I did almost 400 miles on my freakin trainer! wow that was $80 well spent on that thing!

Month broke down as follows
Jan 111
Feb 237
Mar 325
Apr 324
May 381
Jun 283
Jul 338
Aug 499
Sep 340
Oct 341
Nov 388
Dec 522

Grand total of 381 hours on the bike in 2009 (thats avg'ing more then an hour a day all year :)

Gonna say that 2009 was bigger and better then I dreamed, started to get comfortable racing XC. Raced in 12 XC races and 1 Marathon race. Best result was 2nd in XC and I took 3rd in the Marathon. I plan on racing CAT 2 for 1 more season I'm really hoping to make the jump to CAT 1 after this year.

2010 Plans
Big XC spring Campaghn
Sage Bruch 2/28
Bonelli 3/13
RacersNChasers 3/20
Sea Otter 4/17
Idyllwild Classic 5/1

Then a big fun trip to Fruita/Moab in May

Final race of the spring 12hrs of Temecula 4Man team 6/12

A break over the summer to rest a bit and have some fun before real training begins again

Fall is for the tough stuff!!!
Socal Epic 50 10/2
12 hrs of Temecula SOLO 11/13

Its been a wet/cold winter here in Socal (well cold and wet for socal) but i've been pretty diligent about training. Save for a gym related injury and some knee issues (due to not stretching enough) I'm trucking along as I gear up for the first race of the season.

Pics and vid from Sage brush and all races.

http://rodderracing.com/ is up and running stay tuned there for race reports.

November

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:32:00 +0000

Twas a big month topped 3,500 miles more then I ever expected to do!

took 2nd in a sport XC race

Been doing some serious base miles december is expected to be no slower! wow will prob get close to 4,000 miles this year blowing my goal out of the water!

Rodder ride/ IF SS

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:55:00 +0000

had a fun ride with the rodder racing crew all 3 of us :)

also wrenched on the IF and dusted it off, built it back up as a SS pump track bike :) what is was ment for! and to think I races 24hr of MOAB on that bike last year.... I was nuts....

Kross-toberfest pics

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000

I tried not to show the war face and didn't succeed 100% but it was better then my early races :)

This last shot is while I was still in the lead before I lost it in the barriers :)

Kross-tober fest

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:58:00 +0000

up early out the door by 6:40am for the 1:45 drive to Bonnelli for Kross-toberfest!

Got there about 8:30am, parked and headed to reg. got my number pinned it and got dressed.

I got in 2 full laps of the course before the juniors races started. Fast paved section to start then dive into the dirt the course was generally really wide and there was TONS of room to pass. Then 1 small run up with barriers, about 900 tight turns but it flowed so well!! couple quick steep ride ups and 1 highspeed barrier section.

I got in a really good warm up after taking 2 laps as a cruising pace, I hit the pavement and did about 20mins sprinting it out on a small hill for 20sec ea time around getting the HR up to LT.

We staged and there were no call ups for the 4s I got 2nd row. Whistle and we were off, I hit my pedal 1st try and came around teh guy in front of me, I was in the drops banging thru gears head down killing it! I down shifted as I entered the turn into the dirt... I was 1st by alot! a few bike lengths! The 1st 180 deg turn I expected to get pushed off my line but nobody was there I had started out with a MASSIVE sprint! around a few turns and I backed it off alill, up the first run up I was still in the lead but now people were on my wheel I fought for 1st for about 1/2 a lap then on an open fire road a guy came around me then almost took me out when pulling in fornt... ASShole he def didn't hold any like of line... so in the next turn I late braked he left the inside open so I stuffed it in the corner pushing him wide.... I stayed in 2nd till the barrier section where I lost 2 places... (2 other guys) my HR after the barriers was 192... I haven't seen that in a WHILE! after the barriers I was too slow to get back on the bike and 1 and 2 pulled away a bit and the guy I stuffed was on my wheel. I started to really feel my start and started to fade toward the end of lap 1.

We hit the pavement and I grabbed a wheel and sat on, the 2nd lap I held my spot well but again in the barriers I lost a couple places not in the dismount or remount but in the 300 yrds after the barriers as I woudl be so redlined running that once back on the bike I woudl try and push it but I had nothing for about 30sec till my HR came back down....

I could see the leaders ahead not far off top 5 were not far away! Lap3 I would almost catch the top group but lost them after the barriers again...

lap 4 I faded, and was caught by a small group of 3 I hung in there for a bit thinking ok I'm not going to catch the leaders but if I conserve I bit I can win a sprint on these guys. I was sitting 3rd wheel of the 4 with 3 turns left an uphill tight 180 I rode right on the guy in front and cut inside him on the right but a left was coming and I was going too fast and left the door open for him to pass back but I pulled it out... I was 2nd wheel in the 4 fast straigh I was in the drops tucked into the lead guy. the last turn was off the grass right off a curb. I saw an opening on the right indide but the leader shut me down. I had to grab a handfull of brake. The guy 3rd wheel took the outside a much better line! came around the 2 of us! I got in the drops and sprinted it out with him and lost the sprint by half a bike length :(

8th/25...

I learned alot! I need to work on my recovery after running sections (mainly hi speed dismounts), I have a descent start sprint but I need to work on gauging it a lill more as I didn't need that big a lead going into the dirt. Also I learned that when it comes to the last turn and you are sitting on why try and take the fast inside line... I was sitting on and had him in a sprint... if I went outside I could have started my sprint way earlier and def had 7th.... next time!

my HR monitor clicked off mid race but avg was at least 185bmp for 43mins....
http://tpks.ws/vy2J

Cross is here!

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:57:00 +0000

did a lill warm up for tomorrow stretched the legs

iMapMyRide Oct 10, 2009 5:30 PM
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As I sit here and drink a Sam October fest and ponder my race tomorrow am that can only mean one thing Cross is here!!!

Socal Epic 50

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:55:00 +0000

So the Socal Epic 50 the reason why I have not been updating this blog I have been training too much for :)

Friday night Tony and I head up to camp in what is turning out to be a fun tradtion for vail lake races we grab sushi as a pre-race meal then head off to setup camp and crash.

6:30am wake up call its 40F out and I'm sleeping in the Element I turn the car on blast the heat to warm up as I eat my 3 PB&Js for breakfast and sip water. I hit up the riders meeting and grab my number get dressed its game time! I do a couple laps around the camp ground to loosen up a little but don't get the HR up much.

9am hits and we are off a parade lap around the camp ground so I get to the front of CAT 3 and look around seeing taking mental notes of people. I see 2 guys looking like they wanna stay up front FRS guy and blue guy on green 29er... we hit the dirt and the first lill bump up and I start mixing in with the CAT 2 guys. My HR is 180... but I don’t feel like I'm working hard at all actually I'm telling myself to slow and take it easy and I am... nerves I guess. We hit the first main climb tight single track switch backs its a parking lot I just get off and walk. I see FRS and blue guy about 15 riders behind me :) I pass a few people where it gets wide up top and then down SKETCHY single track to tunnel of love I pass about 5-6 people walking down this tech part I make dirt bike noises :) Down tunnel of love and onto the ambulance climb, I'm middle ring not killing it but climbing well, I look over and see FRS guy still going down tunnel of love SWEET! I must have a 4-5 min lead! Up top we roll over a few bumps and make our way to the top of the damn climb (that we are going down this time) I lean back and start rockin the down... not taking chances telling myself the race is won on the climbs and you can only loose the race here not win it! BAM front pinch flat.....! FUCK!!!

My decision to run tubes and light race tires bit me in the ass but I ran them for weeks before the race to make sure they could take the beating.... damn it!
I swap out the tube and get passed but both blue guy and FRS guy! I'm trying to stay calm having little trouble with the bead I get it on hit the CO2 get it on and I'm off... 30sec later BAM!!!!! front bead goes out tire blows open like a black marshmallow and jams up in my fork crown I get off the bike right as the front tire jams (that would have been a 20mph over the handle bars if I didn't get stopped) I get the bead back on hit my last CO2 and get rolling I'm way fucking behind now! I stop at the next aid station at the bottom of the down they have a pump I check my tire pressure it was low I fill and tell myself hammer this next flat people will use it to rest before the big climb. Hit it now and you can catch! I hit the fucking gas and ripping past people in my big ring doing 25-30MPH (44/12 most of the time!) I hit the base of the climb I see BLUE guy and FRS guy just ahead (I caught then in less then a mile!) ok calm down it s all set keep um in site you got 4hrs to pass :)

The main climb was about 900' in a mile.... wicked steep and loose in spots I spin easy 22/34 HR in the 170s I'm climbing up to FRS guy and pass him... (never saw him again) I see blue guy I ride easy I hike alill in a rockie section try and really take it as easy as I can after hitting the gas like that. The guy is pretty fast, I pull along side we talk a bit he is from AZ, flag staff.... so he lives at like 5k them or something I'm sure... We ride together for a bit but after a few ups and downs I drop him on a small bump (not trying to he just kinda fell off)

I get to the easy part of the loop flatish fresh single track, I can feel sharp bits everywhere hitting my legs the fresh cut single track is in some pricky areas... I hit a paved road section and I can feel my rear tire now is going flat!!! fuck.... I have 1 tube but no CO2 or pump.... I know there is an aid station in a couple miles up this lightly paved road, I am working hard now HR in the 180s to keep the speed up as I'm rolling on straight rim now!!! I get to the aid station no pump!!! crap, a guy working it had a CO2 life saver I swap out the tube as I'm doing so BLUE guy passes me... ok I can catch again I check the tire like 3 times for thorns. I get it full and I hit the GAS!!! I'm rippin single track, I get to a fire road the DAMN fucking rear tire is going flat again!!! I get over the little finishing climb down to the pits and as I'm coming in I'm yelling rear wheel, or so I though my pit crew were saying I was really just freaking out saying "check the bike" oops I need to work on my nerves in races...

I get off my bike Kerry tosses the bike in the rack swaps out my rear wheel for my boat anchor stumpy freeride/all mnt wheel.... I load up with water, gels and hit the trail

As I turn up the switch back climb 4 the 2nd time my stomach turns south! I'm bonking! I'm bonking bad!!!!! trying to chase back hard 3 times in 1 lap had killed me... but what was making it worse was since my stamach was going I was too afraid to eat/drink.... I walked up bridges (sad as I can rip that climb) I road the decent down the crazy stuff no problem on the next climb I settled in and ate some tried to hydrate but as soon as I would drink my stomach would cramp!!! I road as slow but steady tempo knowing BLUE guy was gone :( I got to the top of the damn climb and road well on the down. I hit the flat section where I chased the 1st time and was so fucking slow :(

i hit the base of the main climb and just started walking I was passing people walking also and they were hurting 1 guy full out blowing chunks! 2 guys just sitting in the grass legs cramped couldn’t walk we are at mile 32ish here and at hr 4. I'm thinking well at least I'm not these guys. Just then I see Ed a guy I trained with...in my cat... Ed was like scott? wtf you ok? I was like I'm bonking bad, I said "There is a guy in a blue jersey on a green 29er I think he is in first catch that fucker" Ed slowly went out of sight as he walked alill but road alot more of the climb then me. I was in salvage mode I'd push it up a bump and get a wave of puke feeling! I couldn't get my HR over 160.... else I'd get stomach cramps.... I kept it moving no stopping no rest I knew even if I moved slow if I kept moving I'd finish well.

on the back side of the lake the thorn areas I was scared 1 more flat and I was done someone was gonna have to come get me, I made it out ok :) Hit the paved section and into the single track. i still felt like ass but could feel the finish! coming out of the single track I knew I had 1 more climb, I got caught by a guy in CAT2 I got behind him he said he wasn't feeling well I said I was about to puke but we are finishing strong or puking trying he agreed. We hit the final climb him on front me right on his wheel tight single track tech climb short but about 300' up. I'm on this guy "lookin good, even tempo nice work" my stomach feeling what ever is in it its coming out! I look at my HR monitor I'm up at 180 again, I literally swallow back puke! I'm not sweating anymore either I only drank 20oz in the last 2.5hrs! I'm coaching this guy on till I think he got sick of hearing me and was like "you can come thru" I pass him up top and we ride together down back to the camp ground its nothing but a few turns and 1 lill bump left I slam big ring the guy is on my wheel, I look back he is hammering to stay on, we hit the lill bump I come out of the saddle this is it all I have!!!! I drop the guy I stay big ring hammer out the pavement, people are cheering us on I catch 3 more people here (none in my CAT(3) all CAT2 I have the elbows on the bars head low cranking away...

I make the last turn back onto dirt I can hear Kerin, Kerry, Coach Eric, I stay low and hammer, I give a quick look back to see if I'm going to get piped nobody! I roll no hands over the line, no hands on the air as I know I didn't win the CAT but out to the side in celebration as I'm happy with my effort!

Kerry confirms it 3rd!

Turns out Ed did catch the "blue guy" and won the CAT nice work ED!!!!
I learned alot about marathon MTB'ing I had the speed, I had teh fitness, I had the bike (which was wicked fast!!!) I lacked experience, a cool head, and stans tubeless :) I will learn from my mistakes and take it to the house in CAT2 next year :)

50 miles
6100' vert
5:32:27
calories 5362
avg HR 160
max HR 187

Training peaks info
http://tpks.ws/kfm2

Long over due

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:00:00 +0000

So much going on never have blog time anymore...

Well after the last XC race I got to business training! I even squeezed in a high altitude trip to Colorado and did some road/Cx with JP

Getting home I hit the trails hard! Hills on Jackson, weekends of 3-4 hr rides hitting every hill I coudl find! I'm down to my lightest weight I can remember... 140lbs. The legs had INSANE snap last week before I beat on them for 10days straight!

11 days till the big race and its taper/recover time! Some hard efferts here and there but saving it up for the 50 miles and 6,000' of climbing I'll be attacking!!!

New team kits are in and the Oakleys from a new contact J, so cool :)

I have to update my milage but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have the biggest MTB milage of my life this month. After the race it will be straight in to CX season!

Pics keep popping up

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:56:00 +0000

Another quick pic from last weekends race:)

House keeping

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:19:00 +0000

well just updated stuff filled in a back log of rides into my sheet and have new totals (see right!) I'm killing it this month too prob gonna be one of my biggest months my guess is sept will kill it though!

one more pic from the race last week too

Racers and Chasers

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:30:00 +0000

So today was a good day!

Lets hit the start, camped over night to be at the race venue on time for a good warm up... but with the early start time ect ect I still only got in a 10min warm up... but I did get the HR up to 170-180 for a couple mins warm the legs up.

We started out of the moto gates which was cool! and straight up a small climb... I went over the top front half of the pack. into the first climb and I was held up in some traffic but I got thru (this 1 reason I should have gone out harder more on that later) So thru a ton of tight trails the course was loose! but I managed to keep the bike upright as people crashed around me. Hit the main desent and was held up again in slower traffic but I was cool and waited for the right spot to pass. I catch a guy in a GT jersey on a carbon Zaskar after he dabs in a spot and think nothing of it... *yea he was in the lead in my catagory... aka I was now in the lead and had no idea....* we hit the 2nd climb and the 10yard gap I had on him was gone we fought it out a bit but he got the best of me and he gapped me about 50yards toward the end of lap 1

lap 1 29:32 HR 176 avg

Lap 2 things calmed down and I started to race my own race gone was the dust of the wheels in front of me and I was really enjoying the new bike! The wheels were uber light and I could def feel them spin up fast on the climbs! I was getting use to the uber steep angles on the descents and kept it together nicely even in the deep sand! I was trying hard but just could make much headway on the GT guy.... I finished strong and when results posted I felt kinda dumb..... I mean I def had more left in the tank and if I had know he was THE man to catch I prob could have closed what turned out to be a 30sec gap.... lesson learned :)

Lap 2 27:23 HR 171 avg

Lessons learned get in a good 20min warm up! hitting LT!

Always go for the hole shot, slow traffic is worse then having people try and pass you as you recover later...

and Always have the fucking hammer down! next time :)

Big thanks to Pronghorn for the bike and wheels. Huge thanks to the guys (Mike and Doug) at North of the Boarder bike shop for all thier help and the jersey to race in today since team kits werent in yet! Glad to do ya proud :)

Catching up again

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:27:00 +0000

Well I'm not totally caught up on this site but I'm getting there with so many new tools I'm using (training peaks and twitter) trying to see how this blog is going to work its way into things...

But the last week as been crazy really started to get stuff going for the 50 mile socal epic my first real solo endurance race will be Oct 3rd http://www.12hrsoftemecula.com/SOCALFATTIREEPIC.html

Started my training plan via Coach Zippy http://zippyathlete.blogspot.com/ good stuff last week was 8 days straight with a couple days in the gym that made me nice ans sore (weak weak upper body and core....) but its good stuff!

This week I had 3 bike goals, follow my training plan, finish the Pronghorn biuld, and get in shake out rides before the http://www.racersandchasers.com/ race saturday!

I got her biult!!! here minus the egg beaters, carbon Pringhorn cockpit, and Stans no tubes kit. but ridable non the less.

So fresh and so clean!

Diggin the white cable housing! fits so nice!

Front to back I'm impressed with the bike.

Fork, magura is stepping up its game in the suspension arena.... the fork is sub 3 lbs..... 100mm and is stiff! I did some tweatking and think I found the right settings for me and broke her in yesterday.

The controls: the X9 shifters are def a step up over the SLX... the shiftign is crisper, the levers are all medal no plastic just has a nice fit and finish. the Elixer brakes I have a love hate relationship with them.... I love the front but just like on my stumpy I hate the rear... it was swish from teh box, I rebled it 2X and got it ok... but still not great... but they are nice and light... Teh ESI grips I didn't think I was gonna like... the weight was the right # but they seemed so squish but on the bike I like um!

Frame, well I'm plesently surprised at this one... I knew it was gonna feel race like very agressive and I thought it would be unforgiving but its not! I was saying to the guys while pedaling thru a canyon it felt like a hardtail but when I looked down I coudl see the shock movin a lill bit. It climbed like a hard tail esp in pro-pedal (which with the shock on top sooo easy to flip the switch) but when it got tech and you hit the rear wheel on a water bar you didn't get jared it soaked it up nice... (not plush like the stumpy but not ruff like a hardtail) Going down is where I was really worried and at first I was sketched!!! the front is twitchy and fast reaching from the steep head tube angle.... I was worried here but after riding for a bit I started to get used to it. I mean I'm not gonna be able to bomb tech downhills on this think, but is tight switch backs it was manuverable and super responsive! dare I say a fan of its decnding? I mean its not a desender but not as bad as I thought it woudl be and shined in teh tight stuff that wasn't too steep!

Drive train: the X9 stuff was great I set it up and aside from the odd Hi mount top pull front derailuer it was easy to dial in. No issues on the first ride with it!

Wheels: wow! I think its the best part of the bike! The pronghorn 1490 wheels were uber fast! the Kenda smal blocks roll fast! the hub sounds King like with out being uber loud engaugment was instant! I'm so pumped on these wheels, we'll see how they hold up as they are about as light as my CX wheels....

Only had one trailside fix, seat post was slipping down a bit and I think I'll ruff up the post a bit to get that to stop but after cranking down on it no issue after that. At the end of the ride my headset was loose sso I needed to tighthen that also but after a really fun ride on some of SD's funnest trails the verdict was GREAT!

Oh and I figured out how to post ride details from my training peaks account!
http://tpks.ws/p1Fe

Catching up

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:34:00 +0000

Been awhile since I posted up here so much going on.

Trip home and some riding in vermont was great as always NEK never disapoints got to ride with soem great friends and have some fun!

The new team Rodder Racing and the biuld of my Pronghorn moving along good hoping to race the new rig at the racers and chasers series 8/15

Other then that I did some LT testing that hurt :( need to update my milage log but its getting up there esp after the 80 mile ride down from OC a few weeks back.

Back after a couple days off

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:51:00 +0000

Summary
Name: Mission trails
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 07/11/2009
Start: 09:45:00
End: 11:45:00
Time Taken: 02:00:11
Workout Weight: 144.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Mission trails
Total Distance: 14.82 mi.
Burned: 1,146 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Notes
Notes Nice easy spin out there with Charles. Started out easy, and moved up the pace toward the end of spring. Failed again to get to the very top and fell on my back as I tried to get un clipped... Down oak fun but getting sandy! up the switch backs I was dumb and dabbed on one mid way up. So I went all the way back down and redid them all! and cleared them with authority the 2nd time :) Down barrels always fun and out great ride back after a couple days off legs are feeling better!

Workout Stats
Pace: 55:32 (min) 08:05 (avg) 02:45 (max)
Speed: 1.08 (mi/hr) (min) 7.4 (mi/hr) (avg) 21.8 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 100 (bpm) (min) 143 (bpm) (avg) 182 (bpm) (max)

Blog?

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:11:00 +0000

So yea haven't been posting much with the move, and stuff but I salvaged June @ 282 miles and am off to a great start in July before NEK on the 18th! 154 miles in 7 days so far :)

today I rode home from work with a lill detour to commute a bit with Ryan as he made his way back from la jolla, made it out to Torrey pines hella fast 45mins! thought it was gonna take 60.... then we headed north along el camino real, to via de lavia and then west to the coast, Ryan took off north I went south up Del mar, and then up the inside of Torrey pines felt good, not uber fast but good. Then at the top my cavles started to cramp a bit it really took away my power for the rest of the ride but I made my way thru la jolla and over to PB and up to my house :) great ride now I just have to commute back in, in the am....

2009/07/07 Generic GPX Import
Type: Road Cycling - Medium Intensity
Date: 07/07/2009
Start: 17:00:00
End: 19:35:00
Time Taken: 02:34:57
Workout Weight: 147.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Ride Home
Total Distance: 42.45 mi.
Burned: 2,250 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Notes
Notes cadence avg 90, max 122 after torrey calves started cramping took all my power away :(

Workout Stats
Pace: 32:46 (min) 03:38 (avg) 01:36 (max)
Speed: 1.83 (mi/hr) (min) 16.7 (mi/hr) (avg) 39.3 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 100 (bpm) (min) 162 (bpm) (avg) 188 (bpm) (max)

Whistler...

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:06:00 +0000

What can I say it was the SHIT! life has been crazy but I've been squeezing in rides.... pics of whistler for now!

Spin session

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:34:00 +0000

What looks to be a regular thing on tuesday nights for the next couple week was really fun.

Erik Palmer stopped by hand in a cast to toss alill encouragement toward me and Kerry. (who also has an arm in a cast....

Started out with a lill warm up, then did speed drills, then low cadence power stuff. I sweat alot but it was good! Really looking forward to working more with Erik!

Summary
Name: Spin Session
Type: Stationary Bike
Date: 05/26/2009
Start: 18:15:00
End: 19:14:00
Time Taken: 00:59:39
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: No Route! Map this Workout!
Total Distance: 16.00 mi.
Burned: 708 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 03:43 (avg)
Speed: 16.09 (mi/hr) (avg)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 150 (bpm) (avg) 182 (bpm) (max)

Bike to Work

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Well since my car was at work since I rode home friday I thought it would be best to come get it today and put in a few hrs.

Cloudy skies at the coast I was hoping for sun as I rode in land and I got it! once I hit the 805 BAM! sun :) temps in the 70's a perfect recovery ride from yesterday, I kept the pace medium never hard and cruised the empty holiday trafficless streets.

Thru miramar and up into scripps ranch, down to poway road and up sabre springs very few cars, didn't hit many lights and just enjoyed a cruise in!

Summary
Name: Ride to Work
Type: Commute
Date: 05/25/2009
Start: 09:00:00
End: 10:22:00
Time Taken: 01:22:06
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Bike to Work
Total Distance: 20.70 mi.
Burned: 958 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 03:58 (avg)
Speed: 15.13 (mi/hr) (avg)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 144 (bpm) (avg) 169 (bpm) (max)

Bike to Work
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Epic in Idyllwild

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:13:00 +0000

Epic a word used so easily and plainly when talking about bike rides/races these days.... but I think I can use it here....

Plan was to get up at 6am and on the road by 6:30 am to get to Idyllwild by 8:30... I for some odd reason am all pumped up to go and after sleeping for only a couple hrs I get up at 5am and on the road at 5:30am.... Tired as hell I get to Idyllwild at 7:30 and drop the seats in the E (that thign rules) and pass out for an hr... well more like dodge in and out of sleep for a bit)

8:30 rolls around I roll out of the car pumped to be riding but def not in the shape I'd like to be....

We start out on the 24hr race course and hit the main climb straight out, not a bad climb it was no damn climb but I am sitting like 3rd wheel and hurtin abit the HR just doesn't wanna come up and I'm sleepy :)

We do a rippin fun desecent into a valley and climb a lill more, we turn left and climb more now its time for some fun! we hit a nice single track down! and I'm feeking scketchy not sure why... then BAM!!! I'm on my face! literally front wheel turns after grabing some air left shoulder and face hit the ground.... my face is covered in dirt my visor hits my nose.... I'm ok just shaken up... yea lesson learned HURT OFF YOUR LOCK OUT WHEN DESENDING!!! had teh hero cam on the bike so footage to come...

So I enjoyed the down a lill bit but was takin it easy biudling the confidence back up. We get down then climb the same fire road back up and hit another down... now I'm havin fun! rippin along roosting corners, I'm leading now and rippin down :) I have no idea where I;m going buts its fun!

We get down and I'm feeling like myself again just alill slow on the climbs, we hit another single track they are tight! can't open it up but lots of tech fun climbs and downs, we find a lill drop and I session it a bit finally hitting the bigger side of it :) Yea I'm back :)

We go thru endless single track for the next oh 3hrs before stopping for lunch and man I can use it! fig bar, PB&J, and I kill my camel back.... still got 1hr+ to ride but I'm well hydrated and we got great weather.

We hit some of the funnest single track on the way back to the race course, lill drops, lots of big rocks, hits, and a really fun big roll in that I try 2X to ride the nose down, I could only get the rear a few inches off the ground coming down but it was afun! thru some really cool logs and rocks and back to the fire road and to the race course.

Now its time to go down!!!! and down we go! rippin and flying the trail is really loose over hard pack so I'm sliding all around but its fun! (I've started to get use to the this socal stuff) WOW so much fun, half the group splits off and we option another climb that is part of the race course, nothing nasty just grinder lill bit of tech up, fun dare I say even at hr 4.... We hit another rippin descent! rocks walls, lill hits good stuff, then back to the car!

I down some choc cold soy milk and some sport beans and we are packed up and off to our 2nd ride of teh day :) I quick shuttle run down Thomas Mnt.

We drop my car at the bettom and drive up the 1700' to the top. Random spoting of the day Tinker Juarez was coming down as we were driving up.... the guy is a machine!wasn't feeling at the top the dirt road bumpy car ride had made me a bit car sick.... But it was on! ~5 miles of down to come NO CLIMBS!

I get out front and to my surprise I start to feel a lill better and am GONE! lots of tight switch backs, loose rocks, tight trails, and I'm loving it! We stop a could times to regroup I'm just chillin up front rippin around takin some fun lines and enjoying the ride!

short ride but fun and well worth the drive! Time for a burrito and the 2hr drive home a 2 ride Epic in Idyllwild comes to an end.

Hurkey Creek
Summary
Name: Hurkey Creek
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/24/2009
Start: 09:00:00
End: 13:28:00
Time Taken: 04:27:51
Workout Weight: 150.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Hurkey Creek
Total Distance: 20.07 mi.
Burned: 2,955 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 59:07 (min) 13:19 (avg) 02:30 (max)
Speed: 1.01 (mi/hr) (min) 4.5 (mi/hr) (avg) 23.92 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 142 (bpm) (avg) 175 (bpm) (max)

Thomas Mnt.
Summary
Name: Thomas Mnt
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/24/2009
Start: 15:30:00
End: 16:11:00
Time Taken: 00:40:52
Workout Weight: 150.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Thomas Mnt
Total Distance: 4.02 mi.
Burned: 394 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 37:25 (min) 10:10 (avg) 03:13 (max)
Speed: 1.6 (mi/hr) (min) 5.9 (mi/hr) (avg) 18.62 (mi/hr) (max)

Lake Hodges Ride

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:12:00 +0000

So after the lack of sleep stopped me from riding to work on national bike to work day so I desided to do the ride home today :)

Left work and headed north up Pomerado, the legs weren't feeling that good, little stiff and lacking pop.... I got up to Lake hodges and crossed the new pedestrian bridge :) cool pic

So accross the bridge and off up into southern escondido... I turned west on via rancho parkway and cruised down a bit till I got to Felasito... thats where I hit a nasty short climb! that hurt... continued to climb till I go to lake side rd this was the best part of the whole ride! I descended down to the lake.

Then the road twists and turns and winds around the lake, no traffic, in the trees, so cool! That ended when the road turned away from the lake and up! I mean UP! short but my 36/25 hated me spinning like 40 rpm standing....

on to del dieos hwy and up to the hodges damn. the traffic was moving fast and was alill scray esp since at the damn is a pass and the wind was whiping! in the face and was pushing me around alot.

Up and down the rode lill climbs here and there and up into Rancho Santa Fe wow people got money there! thru the center of town and west into a nasty head wind...
Down to the 5 and I was off to the coast... still a long way to go.

Down past dog beach and every lill bump is killer on my legs and I'm out of water and have to piss....

Thru Del mar and down to torrey pines I knock out the inside at a respectable pace chasing down a rabbit I had in a UC cyclery kit. I hit the golf course surprised I feel as good as I did... I'm getting hungery I have no food but I downed 2,00 kcal so far that day....

I stop at a light catching my next rabbit, and old guy who is fit lookin! He is in a shop kit and rockin a Cervelo and a power tap... "I say hi hows it going" he looks at me with a blank look and ignores me.... light turns green I ride ahead he sits on my wheel for a bit I'm expecting him to come around soon... I take the right toward UCSD fast! and open up a gap and that was the last I saw him... I really hope he was on a recovery ride and got that stick out of his ass....

past UCSD and down to the scrips pier... I'm going like 40MPH and a guy in an old bronco thinks that is a great place to bang a 3 point turn.... I slam on the brakes and cross behind him as he starts to back up and I'm in on coming traffic.... scary moment! I wait for him to catch up and at a stop sign I give him a FUCKING hear full! He shrugs I spit on his passenger window and take aright.... dick....

I head up to la jolla and all the fake boobs are out.... over to bird rock I see a portapoty and think jackpot! but it was for a construction site and it was locked....

I keep heading toward PB and think ok I'll hit the beach bathrooms at grand so I take a pit stop there and grab a gatorade damn I needed that I would have pounded the whole think but had a few miles and one climb left.

Down garnet... why did I take garnet... I don't know it was cool to see the bars packed with people and the traffic on grand is a bit scary... but I always run into Aholes on garnet.... I couple of hicks in a Bro-dozer blows his air horn right next to me to try and scare me... I didn't actually jump that much, to my surprise.... he gets stuck at a light later on he catches up again and his bro cigarette smokin passenger laughs and says "nice spandex fag" I reply "your the ones beepin at me and checkin me out...." he looks mad and I don't take it any further for fear he'd try and run me off the road.... dick....

Up balboa it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would and I cruised home... tired

Summary
Name: Lake Hodges
Type: Road Cycling - Medium Intensity
Date: 05/22/2009
Start: 16:00:00
End: 19:06:00
Time Taken: 03:06:15
Workout Weight: 145.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Lake Hodges
Total Distance: 47.37 mi.
Burned: 2,670 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 36:12 (min) 03:55 (avg) 01:33 (max)
Speed: 1.66 (mi/hr) (min) 15.26 (mi/hr) (avg) 38.42 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 159 (bpm) (avg) 184 (bpm) (max)

Mission trails ride

noreply@blogger.com (protijy) — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:19:00 +0000

Great chill ride with Jeff, man he knows mission trails well! Yet another trail I've never ridden we hit up yestrday!

Out the grasslands and over to oak cyn we then went east and climbed up a new ridge that was steady but not crazy fun lill climb. across some fire roads and down that new decent back into oak cyn. up oak a lill and then up the switch back climb I chilled and we chatted, a was dumb and dabbed on one of the swtich backs...oops

Down Barrels fun as always! down the single track on spring and back to the car, chill fun ride!

Summary
Name: Mission trails
Type: Mountain Biking - General
Date: 05/21/2009
Start: 17:35:00
End: 19:10:00
Time Taken: 01:35:43
Workout Weight: 149.0 lbs.
Workout Route: Mission trails
Total Distance: 13.52 mi.
Burned: 1,269 (kcal)
Effort:
Quality:

Workout Stats
Pace: 51:16 (min) 07:04 (avg) 02:46 (max)
Speed: 1.17 (mi/hr) (min) 8.48 (mi/hr) (avg) 21.67 (mi/hr) (max)
HR: 90 (bpm) (min) 154 (bpm) (avg) 184 (bpm) (max)