Utah State Road Biker

If you read my last post about my October 2010 goal, you noticed that I have ridden an unusually high number of miles for so late in the season.  That is because in October and in November I rode my first two century rides.  October 9th was the Viva Bike Vegas , and November 6th was the Tri States Gran Fondo . The RTCSNV Viva Bike Vegas is a 115 mile loop that starts in Downtown Vegas, goes down to Lake Mead and over the brand new hoover dam bypass bridge, through Boulder City, up to Red Rock Canyon, then back down to Downtown Vegas.  It also climbed somewhere around 6100 ft.  As per my usual blog postings,  here is a map and elevation profile, both pulled from the event's website:  K Jo and I headed down to Vegas that weekend looking forward to some fun.  Oct 10th is our anniversary and I can't think of a better way to celebrate seven years of marriage than by spending seven hours in the saddle.  My morning started early as the ride started at 6:30.  We stayed at the Gold

It's a little late in coming, but here is the goal update for October.  Goal for October: Bike 275 miles, run 35 miles, swim 5 km.  Actual stats: Cycled 316.93 miles (thank you, Viva Bike Vegas), ran 27.25 miles, and swam 4.55 km.  Totals so far at the end of October: Biked 2147.59 miles, ran 409.87 miles and swam 105.7 km.  I did some quick calculations and so far in November, I have biked 239.24 mile.  This means I have 613 miles to go to meet my goal... I don't think that will happen... However, I ran 5 miles last weekend which means that I only have 85 miles of running to go to meet my goal.  With 7 weeks left in the year, I would have to run about 12 miles a week which is completely doable.  I think I will shoot for that goal for sure.  Stay tuned for a post about two century rides that I did within a month of each other.  Thanks for reading!