Epic Ride from Hell

I had this crazy idea of mimicking the terrain of Crater Lake Century. So, I devised a route that does nothing but climbing in 60 miles.

My oh my. Did we climb or what!! Mile 38, 5,000 ft. Mile 46, 6,000 ft.

To give you an idea how our day went, we started riding at 8:05 am. By noon, we had only gone 32 miles. So we averaged 8 mph for 4 hours. It was that hilly.

We finished the 70 mile ride in 6:38:50. It was 4:30pm by the time we rolled to our cars.

70 miles,
7,510 ft of climbing
10.7 mph avg
6:38 hours.

What I would change? I would choose Millertown instead of Bald Hill next time. Much nicer descent. Maybe skip Norton Grade.

But it was quite an experience. We felt strong. We were determined to finish it. And we dang well did. M wasn't so happy with me afterwards. She told folks at work I was lucky to be alive after that ride :-)

Today's ride was supposed to be a recovery ride. Well, we felt so good, it turned to a speed ride.

TTFN.