Week 13

Date
March 29th, 2013

Distance
121 Miles

Time
8:10:41

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Ride Report
The 2013 Devil Mountain Double is only about a month away. This was ride #1 of my normal double training routine, which is to do a three week stretch of 120 miles with ~12,000 feet, 140 miles with ~14,000 feet, and 160 miles with ~16,000 feet. Today's route was basically 2 times up Geiger Grade, 2 times up 6 Mile Canyon, and one time up Gold Hill via 342.

The weather was great. The trees are starting to grow leaves and it felt like spring out there. My legs didn't feel too bad. I felt good the first time up 6 Mile Canyon and only slightly worse the second time around. Gold Hill is always tough, so I was expecting it to hurt after the 100-mile mark and I wasn't disappointed.