Goodner Mountain – Trussville exploration

Quick ride report … I was working from home this morning when I got a call from Rocky Ridge that Analise was sick with a fever. Kristine was down in Helena on a long run with Kim so I drove over and picked Analise up. We snuggled on the couch and watched Hugo while we were waiting for Kristine to get home from running and a short day at work. A late start meant that I would be finishing in the dark, but I put my lights on and headed out the door. I found a new climb in the Wimberly neighborhood on the way over to the Cahaba Cycles in Trussville to drop off brake pads for Alan’s dad.

After a quick stop there, I stumbled upon the Trussville mountain bike trails in the baseball, soccer complex off of Cherokee Rd. From there, I was able to make my way back over to Hwy 11 via a hilly neighborhood. A short jaunt on 11 took me over to the Camp Coleman road which is near the headwaters of the Cahaba River … found a new climb up from the river past the camp to the high point of a neighborhood off to the left. After turning around, I headed over towards Goodner Mountain and found a way up that turns it into a Cat 3 climb (starting from Advent Circle) … also, I came back down a different way which would also be a cat 3 climb if done in reverse. I went for the KOM and got it – very nice tailwind up the climb, extremely windy at the top.

Perhaps the highlight of the ride though was exploring the Carrington Pkwy area, asking the security guard nicely to be allowed to cut through to Blackjack Rd and riding through the last unpaved section of road to connect to Blackjack. It started out as hard packed dirt but then turned into a river of mud with several channels to cross. I was fortunate not to have to unclip b/c if I did then my speedplay cleats would have instantly been clogged with mud. The last hour or so was in the dark, but that is great this time of year with all the Christmas lights. Pics and videos below …

Starting the day off with 30+ oz of coffee in my strava oktoberfest mug

Camp Coleman girl scout camp where Analise spent a week at a horseback riding day camp

Camp Coleman girl scout camp where Analise spent a week at a horseback riding day camp

The unfinished portion of Carrington Pkwy

Caked mud after descending the unpaved portion of Carrington Pkwy

Ride stats

Max speeds 1 – barely 50 mph on the woodridge roller coaster (RTB)

Max speeds 2 – not quite 50 on south cove in the dark

Smyer climb with vescub and south cove descents

Day 3 – Crossroads Classic – Statesville Criterium

Videos
Here is the finishing sprint … Thomas Brown (Mountain Khakis) took it. I came in 9th.

Here is Oneal Samuels (BMW/Litespeed) winning the $150 gambler’s prime with 1 lap to go. I came across the line leading the field just behind.

Race Summary
Nothing was getting away in this race … even a late move by Shane Kline from Bissell got swallowed up with two laps to go. I worked hard to stay towards the front and ended up 9th in the sprint at the end. I also managed to snag 20 points on one of the sprint competition points lap when there was a wreck behind me and only 3 of us left to sprint for it.

Race Data
Strava lap data:

NAME   DIST   SPEED    POWER     HR      TIME
Lap 1  0.5 mi 27.0 mph 385 watts 145 bpm 0:01:15
Lap 2  0.6 mi 27.7 mph 284 watts 158 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 3  0.6 mi 27.7 mph 300 watts 155 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 4  0.6 mi 28.1 mph 289 watts 168 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 5  0.6 mi 28.5 mph 259 watts 168 bpm 0:01:11
Lap 6  0.6 mi 28.1 mph 291 watts 165 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 7  0.6 mi 29.3 mph 272 watts 169 bpm 0:01:09
Lap 8  0.6 mi 27.0 mph 275 watts 167 bpm 0:01:15
Lap 9  0.6 mi 27.3 mph 260 watts 167 bpm 0:01:14
Lap 10 0.5 mi 27.0 mph 341 watts 170 bpm 0:01:15
Lap 11 0.6 mi 26.3 mph 271 watts 174 bpm 0:01:17
Lap 12 0.6 mi 26.3 mph 283 watts 169 bpm 0:01:17
Lap 13 0.6 mi 27.7 mph 276 watts 168 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 14 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 276 watts 170 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 15 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 276 watts 167 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 16 0.6 mi 27.7 mph 240 watts 166 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 17 0.6 mi 28.9 mph 276 watts 167 bpm 0:01:10
Lap 18 0.5 mi 28.9 mph 290 watts 165 bpm 0:01:10
Lap 19 0.6 mi 27.0 mph 303 watts 175 bpm 0:01:15
Lap 20 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 278 watts 171 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 21 0.6 mi 30.6 mph 356 watts 174 bpm 0:01:06
Lap 22 0.6 mi 28.5 mph 293 watts 179 bpm 0:01:11
Lap 23 0.6 mi 25.6 mph 239 watts 171 bpm 0:01:19
Lap 24 0.5 mi 29.3 mph 374 watts 172 bpm 0:01:09
Lap 25 0.6 mi 26.6 mph 270 watts 178 bpm 0:01:16
Lap 26 0.6 mi 25.6 mph 242 watts 168 bpm 0:01:19
Lap 27 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 228 watts 169 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 28 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 314 watts 166 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 29 0.6 mi 27.3 mph 283 watts 176 bpm 0:01:14
Lap 30 0.6 mi 28.5 mph 271 watts 172 bpm 0:01:11
Lap 31 0.6 mi 27.0 mph 237 watts 173 bpm 0:01:15
Lap 32 0.6 mi 28.9 mph 236 watts 169 bpm 0:01:10
Lap 33 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 309 watts 169 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 34 0.6 mi 25.9 mph 244 watts 174 bpm 0:01:18
Lap 35 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 256 watts 170 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 36 0.6 mi 27.3 mph 266 watts 170 bpm 0:01:14
Lap 37 0.6 mi 27.7 mph 277 watts 172 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 38 0.6 mi 27.7 mph 303 watts 176 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 39 0.6 mi 27.7 mph 265 watts 176 bpm 0:01:13
Lap 40 0.6 mi 28.1 mph 290 watts 175 bpm 0:01:12
Lap 41 0.6 mi 28.5 mph 291 watts 175 bpm 0:01:11
Lap 42 0.6 mi 28.5 mph 269 watts 177 bpm 0:01:11
Lap 43 0.6 mi 27.3 mph 298 watts 177 bpm 0:01:14
Lap 44 0.6 mi 28.9 mph 305 watts 178 bpm 0:01:10
Lap 45 0.5 mi 29.7 mph 269 watts 179 bpm 0:01:08
Lap 46 0.6 mi 28.9 mph 292 watts 178 bpm 0:01:10
Lap 47 0.6 mi 30.2 mph 350 watts 179 bpm 0:01:07
Lap 48 0.6 mi 31.1 mph 397 watts 186 bpm 0:01:05

Interactive strava link: http://app.strava.com/rides/1122426

Day 3 – Statesville Criterium – annotated power / heartrate data

Day 3 – Statesville Criterium – annotated power map