Just what does it take to pedal 442 miles and gain 24,937 vertical feet in 6 days? We're about to find out.
| January 2012 |
| date | miles | comment |
| Jan 2 | 60 miles | South Platte/Bear Creek Loop, frigid road bike (rb) ride, but 11th notch in 60-mile-day each month streak |
| Jan 21 | 45 miles | Dinosaur Ridge Loop, good short climb; 100-plus miles in January is not bad |
| February 2012 |
| date | miles | comment |
| Feb 18 | 63 rb miles | YES! A year of 60-milers!!! |
| date | miles | comment |
| Mar 4 | 19 mb miles | Fourth day Waterton Canyon is open again after a year of closure! |
| Mar 10 | 37 rb miles | Deer Creek Canyon; first significant climb of year; non-stop (!!!) |
| Mar 11 | 19 mb miles | Waterton Canyon; never tire of this ride |
| Mar 12 | 60 rb miles | 13 months straight with 60-mile day; keeping streak alive!!! |
| Mar 17 | 37 rb miles | Deer Creek Canyon; 3.3 mph on the two steep sections where I could manage only 2.9 last week (!!!) |
| mar 23 | 2 mb miles | broke wrist, broke camera, no bike for two weeks |
| date | miles | comment |
| Apr 14 | .1 rb miles | can't squeeze brakes, can't put weight on right arm |
| Apr 21 | 15 miles hiking | with brace, mild bouldering, some weight on arm sometimes |
| Apr 22 | .6 rb miles | still can't put all weight on arm, but can operate brakes |
| Apr 26 | 60 rb miles | 30 miles at a time, riding to and from work... YES!!! |
| date | miles | comment |
| May 2 | 62 rb miles | first time riding together since March 11!!! |
| May 5 | 30 mb miles | Waterton Canyon x 2 |
| May 10 | 18 rb miles | Independence Pass (Woohoo!) |
| May 14 | 28 rb miles | Deer Creek Canyon, halfway slow but non-stop ascent (!!!) | May 18 | 45 rb miles | National Bike to Work Day (Colorado's is next month) | May 20 | 21 rb miles | Vail Pass, halfway | May 21 | 60 rb miles | 30-mile commute, work, donate blood, work, 30-mile commute | May 23 | 30 rb miles | First bike ride since wreck with no wrist pain while braking, changing gears and tight turns | May 25 | 63 rb miles | Felt so good on the way home, did extra miles, but not without wrist pain | May 26 | 23 mb miles | Waterton Canyon, tortuous headwind, got home after dark | May 27 | 20 mb miles | Waterton Canyon, less headwind, more daylight | May 28 | 43 rb miles | Deer Creek Canyon, all the way to the top, 4,000 feet elevation gain, tons of wrist/elbow pain braking on descent |
| May 29 | 30 rb miles | 473 miles for the month; not too bad, considering the wrist |
| date | miles | comment |
| Jun 2 | 28 rb miles | tapering; halfway up Deer Creek Canyon... NON-STOP!!! |
| Jun 3 | 62 miles | Elephant Rock |
| June 4 | 45 miles | 15 miles in very high winds |
| June 8 | 60 miles | Rode to and from my mammogram! |
| June 10 | 71 miles | Gunnison to Hotchkiss |
| June 11 | 82 miles | Hotchkiss to Carbondale |
| June 12 | 88 miles | Carbondale to Leadville, King of the Mountains Day |
| June 13 | 42 miles | Leadville to Grandby, sagged rough dirt sections to protect my wrist |
| June 14 | 64 miles | Grandby to Estes Park, AND Trail Ridge Road!!! |
| June 15 | 47 miles | Estes Park to Fort Collins, route modified due to wildfires |
| June 17 | something's wrong | worked in the garden all day yesterday, can't move today |
| June 24 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| June 27 | 30 miles | Ride to Work Day; something is very wrong |
| date | miles | comment |
| July 22 | 1 mile | I don't know what's wrong, but this is bad. |
| July 29 | 11 miles | Waterton Canyon; incredible pain |
| date | miles | comment |
| August 4 | 10 miles | Gothic; better than last ride |
| August 11 | 15 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| August 12 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| August 18 | 21 miles | Chatfield Loop, followed by 4-hour nap |
| August 22 | 2.4 miles | Independence Pass; USA Pro Cycling Challenge |
| August 25 | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| August 29 | 21.2 miles | Waterton Canyon; non-stop to top of steeps! |
| date | miles | comment |
| September 8 | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| September 11 | 57 flights of stairs | first time in forever |
| September 15 | 19 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| September 16 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon, to start of CT |
| September 18 | 55 flights of stairs | less painful than last week, but still bad |
| September 23 | 33 miles | Colorado National Monument |
| September 28 | 25 miles | around Durango |
| September 29 | 40 miles | Fall Blaze |
| date | miles | comment |
| October 14 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| October 16 | 31 miles | I rode to work. I did it. |
| October 21 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| date | miles | comment |
| November 3 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| November 4 | 20 miles | Waterton Canyon |
| November 23 | 8 miles | Mary's Loop & Wrangler |
| November 24 | 14 miles | Mary's Loop, Wrangler & Rustler |
| date | miles | comment |
| December 21 | PT | I believe this is going to help. I already feel a difference. |
| December 24 | PT & Ultra Sound | I like Ultra Sound. |
| December 30 | 11 miles | 1 hour on trainer, first time on trainer since before March bike wreck. |
| December 31 | PT | I have to pay out of pocket beginning Wednesday. |
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