My bike club’s century was Saturday; we did it in just about 5 hours, ~19mph average, which is a new record for me. Woohoo; the route was beautiful through Yamhill wine country, and the temps were perfect. What a great ride, with great people! I also added about an inch to my farmers tan; ther[...]
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July 13th, 2008 - 5:54 am § in MTB, Ride Reports
Epic
I think a while back I seem to remember posting about how I couldn’t wait until that one day, when my mountain biking skills and fitness would reach that point where I no longer get the jitters when I get on my bike, and when I could just *ride* without having to dismount all the [...][...]
July 7th, 2008 - 8:15 am § in Ride Reports
Longest day in the saddle. ever.
Before I get to that, I’ll hit on Saturday. I went out with 2 PV gals and hit up the Wilson River Trail in the Tillamook State Forest. It was my first time there, and I was very impressed. For the most part the trail was baby smooth, a few large climbs, but given that [...][...]
May 4th, 2008 - 7:59 pm § in Ride Reports
RACC century & Scappose MTB
Saturday I went out with a few other PVers for the Ride Around Clark County century. We round around…well, Clark County, starting in Vancouver and heading out to Amboy along the Lewis River. It was an absolutely beautiful course, and the weather stayed mostly dry with a few teases of almost-su[...]
May 1st, 2008 - 8:50 am § in Ride Reports
Ride Report(s) – Team ride & Syncline/Post Canyon MTB
Guess I never actually posted my ride reports from last weekend. The team ride was tough; I once again was reminded how slow I am on the hills. I was perfectly fine on the flats, but DAMN as soon as hills hit, everyone took off and I was left in the dust. Rather frustrating. I can [...][...]
March 31st, 2008 - 7:53 am § in Ride Reports
Race Report: Piece of Cake — WTF
And I thought PIR was bad. At least PIR is slow. For those of you not in the know, the POC course is extremely flat, but very narrow, so maneuvering in the group becomes very difficult. They were running the Masters with the Cat 4’s, for a group size of about 35-40, because of the flatness, [.[...]
March 26th, 2008 - 7:30 am § in Ride Reports
45-mile Tuesday
A few guys on my team did 4-days-of-pain Saturday-Tuesday, essentially riding between 70-100 miles every day, in an attempt to prepare for Elkhorn. I rode with them Saturday and Sunday, and since I don’t have spring break, decided to do my own ride last night after work. The basic route was Hi[...]
March 23rd, 2008 - 1:48 pm § in Cycling, Ride Reports
105 miles in the saddle
When a team mate called Saturday’s ride “Springer’s House of Pain” I knew I was in for it. The ride was slated to be 70 miles, and out and back over Clapshaw and up Timber Road. In case you are unaware, Clapshaw involves climbing, lots of climbing. Timber also involves climbi[...]
November 12th, 2007 - 9:57 pm § in Cyclocross, Ride Reports
Race Report – Cross Crusade – Timber Park
It started out an early day. I got to Estacada at about 8am to see my boyfriend do his first race ever (see above); he had his single speed mountain bike de-commuter-ized and ready to go. He went out hard, and got a very respectable 36th out of 86 beginner men! I had a fun day [...][...]
Ride Report – Carpenter Creek
Saturday I went out with PV to ride Carpenter Creek. It was a beautiful day, clear blue skies, but very windy. I was still tired from that core class on wednesday, so I didn’t think I would do that well. But I kept up for the most part, despite the fact that our group was [...][...]
