4 posts tagged “sports”
The other day I was able to complete a pretty good set of V2 problems, and get fairly far on a couple V3s. My arms are getting stronger—and more importantly, I’m trusting my feet. Climbing seems to be as much, if not more about your head than your muscles.
Just finished my first century of the year. Rode up to the Marshall Wall and back. Handy measurement: The top of the Wall is exactly halfway. Need to practice though, this 8 hours and change thing has to stop.
Distance: 103.9 mi (167.21 km)
Time on bike: 7:55
Total time: 8:35
Last night I went climbing for the first time in a couple weeks, finally (somewhat) recovered from the Cold. Struggled up my first 5.10d (woo!) and knocked down this 5.10c that had been a thorn in my side. The secret was a faraway single foothold on the other side of the overhang. Janet says I’m just using my feet and/or brain more instead of trying to brute force my way up the wall. She’s mostly right, except for the brain part.
In other news, I just registered for a double century. This is a bicycle ride where you go 200 miles in one day. Only insane people who wear spandex and spend way too much cabbage on bikes do this sort of thing. Now that that’s out in the open, I’ll be stealing some of Nick’s cookies.
Rode the Paradise/Tiburon loop door-to-door in 3:05, just a hair over 48 miles. Bridge-to-bridge portion was 2 hours, and averaged 18mph on Paradise drive.
Didn't fare so well at the climbing gym though, my arms were so burnt I couldn't even finish a 5.8.
Missed an alleycat today, bummer.
