Jordan's ALC Voyage

From June 3-9, 2012, I will be riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for the LA Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

I ride for two reasons. I first learned of the ALC during my on-going fitness journey, and thought it would be a great challenge. Then I started raising money and realized that my fitness journey had brought me here for a reason. It is time for me to make a difference, and help raise money for an important cause.

I ride to make a change in this world for the better. I ride because I can. I ride for those who can't.

Please sponsor me at: http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/music2mychakras

Monday, April 23, 2012

More Training Rides

I'm behind on my training updates... so here goes!

Sat 4/15 it was stormy and icky and WINDY.  I decided to brave it anyway... and it was scary.  The wind almost knocked me over a couple times -- in particular on a freeway overpass.  Eek!  Still, I managed to log a good 41 miles against major headwinds, which is good practice for headwinds I'm sure to face up and down the coast stretches of ALC.

Sun 4/16, 33 miles training ride around south bay.  Moderate climbing, but by the end of it, I was wiped out and exhausted.

Tues 4/18, quick 18 mile loop with Jen.  No biggie, but nice to get some extra mileage in.

Weds 4/19:  Torrey Pines repeats!  Once up the road, once up the steep inner trail.  Both climbs in about 11 minutes, which is a time I'm rather impressed with.

Sat 4/21:  Longest ride to date!  73 miles, with almost 3500-4000 ft of climbing (including the infamous Torrey Pines)  Felt amazing, and I treated myself to a big-ass greasy hamburger afterwards.  And a chicken sandwich  (And then failed to stop eating the rest of the day)  I was on FIRE that day!  I don't know where the energy came from, since I had barely slept the night before, but I powered up the hills and felt amazing.  The training ride was only 65 miles... I added 8 on the end... just for fun.

Sun 4/22:  YUCK.  20 miles with Jen, including Torrey Pines, but I was bitchy, tired, cranky, and just awful the whole way.  At least I made it.  I guess it's good prep for the ride, cuz I will have days where I want to bloody murder anyone who comes near me... and it's good training for Jen in how to deal with me when the bitch is out of her cage.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Purple Monster!

TAKE THAT PURPLE MONSTER!  You are my bitch now.  :-)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/165728298

One of the toughest hills I've ever conquered (only worse ones I think I've ever done were Jackson and Crest)... and I took the whole thing in my middle gear (Not granny!) at about 5-6 MPH the whole way up.

Mission Gorge, near the end... not so much.  Headwinds coupled with sheer exhaustion made for a very cranky Jordan the last 5-10 miles of the ride.  But, I made it -- and that's what counts.

On to more training next weekend!
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