Busy start to 2009.
January 2009
Total Distance - 293.97 miles
Total Time - 33:25:29 hours
Total Ascent - 36,591 feet
Total Calories Burned - 22,104
Also put together a new bike to play with - the new Chumba VF2. I’m loving it with the Fox 36 up front.
Riding was a little limited in December. We got a bit of rain in So Cal - actually - cold rain - cold enough to leave some snow at some lower elevations. The snow and the wet conditions ended up temporarily closing some of the more popular local trails.
I’ve been messing around with a new [...]
Continue reading about Mountain Bike Log - December 2008 - Year End Wrapup
Another month come and gone. I’m two weeks out until the season finale for the 12 Hours of Temecula series. I don’t feel like I’ve been serious enough about my training but I guess we’ll see how it goes.
Oh, I managed to finally upgrade to a Garmin 705. The bigger screen makes it [...]
September 2008 is in the books. Here are the numbers. My Garmin Edge 305 has been acting up lately and shutting off mid-ride. That sometimes causes data corruption and I end up losing data sometimes, so the stats for September are probably about 25-30 miles & 3000-4000 ft short.
Pretty frustrating. I think there’s a [...]
Summer is over and we’ll be losing an hour of afternoon daylight at the end of next month. I started training for the final 12 Hours of Temecula in November. It’ll be my last race in the beginner class, and hopefully it goes well.
In the meanwhile, I’ll be riding on a 5 man [...]
I had a huge jump in mileage and ride time this month. I guess a new bike will do that
The cross bike has been fun. I can ride from my house and hit up the some of the tamer local trails. It only takes me about 35 minutes to ride to Peter’s [...]