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2011 Ride #41 (Longest Ride of 2011)

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It’s kind of pathetic when the longest ride of the year is about 37 miles long and completely wipes you out. On the other hand, I’m glad I’ve been pushing myself the past 10 days to make sure I get miles in …

Back to Utah tomorrow.

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2011 Ride #40

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2011 Ride #39

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2011 Ride #38

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2011 Ride #37

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Somewhere on Highway 89

A couple of photos from my drive home from my mom’s house in Fountain Hills, Arizona on the 28th of December … these two shots were taken on Highway 89, somewhere near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon; the first image is of the mountain going up the right side of the road … [...]

2010 Ride #46 (Post-surgery ride #4)

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31 miles out towards Needle Rock, until I ran out of pavement, and back. Avg HR 144. Legs hurt … arm hurts. One thing I don’t understand about this part of Arizona … the roads in-town are chip seal from curb-to-curb. The roads out [...]

2010 Ride #45 (post-surgery ride #3)

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Tried to keep it flat and easy today, so rode out onto the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation reservation, then down to the Beeline Highway before returning back up Saguaro and “home” … 13 miles, avg. HR 145 … but it still feels good to [...]

2010 Ride #43 (Post-surgery ride #1)

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This was one of the most exhilarating and painful things I’ve done in a long time. First time back on the bike after breaking my arm on September 25 … 11 miles, about 800 feet of climbing, and I felt it all; legs and [...]

2009 Ride #54

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That hurt. I think it was the 18% gradient on Golden Eagle and similar 10% plus grades on Sunset Ridge.

Five days in a row on the bike. For me that’s a lot, even though I only averaged about 18.5 miles each day … [...]