2013 Ride the Rockies

Training Journal

2012 was a rough cycling year for me.
I'm holding out hope physical therapy will enable me to better manage arthritis and disc pain so I may once again do long tours.
Keep your fingers crossed for me.

January 2013
date miles comment
Jan 1 14 miles on trainer; second time since March 2012 bicycle wreck, three miles more than two days earlier
Jan 2 PT physical therapy
Jan 2 14 miles on trainer; one hour
Jan 6 17 miles on trainer; 70 minutes
Jan 8 16.5 miles on trainer; 70 minutes
Jan 9 17 miles on trainer; 71 minutes
Jan 10 18 miles on trainer; 71 minutes
Jan 14 DRAWN!!! The Lizard was drawn for the DTBP!
Jan 16 PT physical therapy; now we're getting to the hard stuff!
Jan 21 60 miles, road bike S-curve loop X4
Jan 26 40 miles, road bike S-curve loop X2

February 2013
date miles comment
Feb 2 48 miles, road bike South Platte, really cold
Feb 17 2.64 miles, cross country ski West Bench, Grand Mesa, first time in a couple of years
Feb 18 2.87 miles, cross country ski Skyway, Grand Mesa, super fun

March 2013
date miles comment
March 2 35 miles, road bike Chatfield
March 16 30 miles, road bike Chatfield
March 25 31 flights elevators out of order
March 29 3.5 miles, road bike Loop A, before work, in the dark
March 30 15 miles, road bike Loops A, B (for better) and C (for challenge), first shorts ride of the year, lots of serious climbing
March 31 35.5 miles Chatfield, after church

April 2013
date miles comment
April 4 6 miles, road bike Loop B, in the dark
April 5 6 miles, road bike Loop B, in the dark
April 21 20 miles, mountain bike Muddy Waterton Canyon
April 27 33 miles Waterton Canyon times two
April 28 16 miles Waterton Canyon

May 2013
date miles comment
May 4 38 miles Deer Creek Canyon
May 6 30 miles Difficult year for commuting, but I did it!
May 11 16 Miles Redlands
May 12 55 miles Colorado National Monument
May 16 60 miles full commute
May 17 30 miles half commute
May 18 42 miles Deer Creek Canyon
May 30 30 miles half commute
May 21 60 miles full commute
May 23 30 miles half commute
May 25 43 miles Deer Creek Canyon
May 26 12 miles Vail Pass
May 30 30 miles half commute
May 31 30 miles half commute

June 2013
date miles comment
June 2 62 miles Elephant Rock
June 9 76 miles Day 1, Ride the Rockies, Telluride to Cortez
June 10 64 miles Cortez to Durango
June 11 90 miles Durango to Pagosa Springs
June 12 100 miles!!!!!!!!!! My second century EVER! Pagosa Springs to Alamosa (I did extra miles to get the century!)
June 13 84 miles Alamosa to Salida
June 15 48 miles Conon City to Colorado Springs
June 28 4 miles I don't remember what or where, darn it
June 29 73 miles Day 1, MS-150
June 30 67 miles Day 2, MS-150

July 2013
date miles comment
July 5 24.5 miles Vail Pass
July 6 31 miles Deer Creek Canyon

August 2013
date miles comment
August 17 20 miles Waterton Canyon
August 24 27 miles Don't remember where
August 27 OWIE After attempting to run three consecutive days, I'm grounded from any high-impact activity for six weeks, and I'm in tremendous pain.

September 2013
date miles comment
September 21 18 miles Waterton Canyon, to see if I could, still significant pain.

October 2013
date miles comment
October 6 18 miles Waterton Canyon, much better
October 26 16 miles Waterton Canyon

November 2013
date miles comment
November 2 18 miles Waterton Canyon
November 9 20 miles Waterton Canyon, attempting a tiny bit of single track on the Colorado Trail
November 10 18 miles Waterton Canyon
November 16 21 miles TO THE TOP of Waterton Canyon, Lenny's Bench, first time in more than a decade!!!

December 2013
date miles comment
December 5 5 beach miles! Montana de Oro State Park
December 25 23 miles Waterton Canyon
December 28 24 miles Waterton Canyon, great final ride of the year!

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