Bike Ride from LA to Nambe

Today was a perfect day for a bike ride. I meet up with Tim, Jason, Alan, and Claire for a group ride. We left LA around 9 and headed down to Pojoaque. We had a quick ride to Pojoaque making it there in under an hour. From there we rode into Nambe and went up to Nambe Reservoir. I had not been on this section of road and I enjoyed it, especially on the ride back to Pojoaque. Nice and fast with good pavement. From Pojoaque we worked well as a team and made quick work until the going got tough pedaling up the main hill road. All in all, thing worked out well as we got back into LA just before the afternoon showers started. Should be interesting to see how my legs feel for ski hill repeats tomorrow after a busy weekend.....

Elevation and Speed Profile

Stats from today's ride:
Distance: 61.13 miles
Time: 3:50:01
Stopped time: 22:29
Average speed: 15.9 mph
Moving speed: 17.6 mph
Average HR: 131 beats per minute
Elevation gained and lost: 2,200 feet (seems low, should be more like 3,000 feet)
Average cadence: 72.8

Santa Fe Baldy

Today I did a training run up Santa Fe Baldy with Jason, David, and Tom. The weather was perfect and this was a very enjoyable outing.

Self Portrait on Santa Fe Baldy

Stats from my GPS watch:
Distance: 13.81 miles
Time: 3:29:59
Pace: 15:12 per mile
Elevation climb: 3,453 feet
Calories: 1,593
Average HR: 136 beats per minute

Time to top: 1:58:01
Time on top: 11:49
Time on descent: 1:20:07
Pictures

Training for Hardrock

Time to start gearing up for Hardrock. In the middle of April I developed a case of planter fasciitis, so I decided to take it easy and let it heal. After a couple of weeks off, it felt better but not completely healed. But I needed to get some running in for the Jemez 50 mile race on May 16th. With limited training I went on and ran that race. My foot did not really bother me too much during the race and I ended up finishing about 30 minutes slower than last year in 22nd place with a time of 11:48:37. The amazing thing was that after the race my foot felt awesome. No pain at all. So after an easy week from the Jemez, it is time to start training for the Hardrock 100. The foot hurts a little on and off, but I have decided to just try to run through it and see what happens.

We ran the first hill repeats of the seaon at the Pajarito Ski Area on Wednesday morning. These consist of basically going straight up the Aspen Slope (elevation gain of ~1040 feet in 0.64 miles) and then running straight back down. I felt awesome on this first set of hill repeats and was able to improve my time on each repeat. Times up were 19:25, 19:18, and 19:06.

Tonight I had a good run with Jason. Up Pipeline road and then down Guaje Ridge to Mitchell and back home. With the exception of the emergancy growler, it was a nice evening run. 10.2 miles in 2 hours with 2,400 feet of climbing.