Training for RAGBRAI…

Twenty thousand feet of climbing. Ouch. I guess I’ve got to make hills my friends. The only way to do that is to ride hills. Now I’m not quite up to climbing Roundtop quite yet, but I’ve figured out a decent route home (mentioned before). Here’s the complete loop…



I’m using a training matrix from RAGBRAI to make sure I get enough miles before I head to Iowa. Basically it’s just a way of keeping myself on pace with more miles every week. I still have to find the hills.
Anyway I’m on pace at the moment with about 25 miles today. I am counting my community, but it was the evening ride out to Niu Valley which added things up. I need a total of 50 for the week, which isn’t really that much. I didn’t ride on Sunday and between Monday and Tuesday I’ve got 42 miles already. I won’t be able to ride this weekend, mostly because I won’t be near a bike, so I’ve got to ramp up and get in those last 8 miles tomorrow and Thursday…that’s like…um…4 miles a day. That shouldn’t be too hard. 🙂
Soon though the miles will increase and hopefully I’ll be in tune for Iowa.
Aloha