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The Birmingham Monsters (aka 20 percenters)
Jacob Tubbs sent me a link yesterday to a climb near Trento, Italy called the Scanuppia – Malga Palazzo which averages 17% for nearly 5 miles with maximum pitches of close to 45%. Yesterday, I went out to find the steepest climbs in Birmingham for comparison purposes. I think we will call it the Scanuppia factor – the maximum distance on a climb that averages 17%.
South Cove Dr – 0.26miles @ 17.4%
Woodcrest – 0.18 miles @ 17.2%
Southcrest – 0.22 miles (split into 3 segments, 18.2%, 17.1%, and 18.4%)
Montclair (Trinity) – 0.13 miles @ 17.8%
Elder St – 0.1miles @ 17%?
Stone River – 0.19 miles @ (17.5%, split into 2 segments)
Keep in mind that the real Scanuppia climb in Italy averages 17% for 7.5km (4.7 miles). So in other words, it is almost 20 times longer than the South Cove Dr climb!
The “Scanuppia Factor” for the Birmingham Monsters.
The Birmingham Monsters – annotated iBike data for complete ride. One of my favorite things about this graph is how it looks like the Montclair (Trinity) climb is bending backwards at the top!
TopoCreator map of the ride with climbs and descents annotated.
Also, you can view a detailed map of the ride on Strava
Here are the elevation profiles for the four monsters I rode today:
Southcrest – stair stepper with three separate 20+% sections.
Montclair (Trinity) – “The Ramp”.
Woodcrest – very straight climb that flattens out just before the steepest pitch.
South Cove Dr – less than a mile from my house, this climb has the highest average gradient of the monsters.
Here are the detailed statistics for the climbs on the ride.
---------ENTIRE RIDE--------- Dist: 38.39 mi (2:38:13) Climbing: 5818 ft Energy: 1513.9 kJ Cals Burn: 1447.3 kcal Braking: -396.6 kJ (-26.2%) That's a LOT of braking! Min Avg Max Power 0 159.5 688 W Aero 0 38.7 1109 W Rolling 0 19.3 69 W Gravity -3402 0.6 727 W Speed 0.0 14.6 52.7 mi/h Elev 420 724 1167 ft Slope -19.9 0.01 24.5 % Caden 0 73.8 115 rpm HR 80 138.0 175 bpm NP 223 W; IF 0.805; TSS 171.0
---------Southcrest Monster--------- Dist: 0.56 mi (0:04:37) Climbing: 299 ft Energy: 74.1 kJ Cals Burn: 70.9 kcal Braking: -1.0 kJ (-1.3%) Min Avg Max Power 0 267.6 474 W Aero 0 9.9 60 W Rolling 6 9.7 20 W Gravity -240 238.1 439 W Speed 4.6 7.3 15.1 mi/h Elev 747 891 1048 ft Slope -6.6 9.58 24.5 % Caden 4 60.9 107 rpm HR 104 149.4 164 bpm NP 295 W; IF 1.063; TSS 8.7
---------South Cove Dr Monster--------- Dist: 0.22 mi (0:02:50) Climbing: 229 ft Energy: 52.0 kJ Cals Burn: 49.7 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 226 306.0 403 W Aero 0 10.9 17 W Rolling 5 6.3 10 W Gravity 198 291.0 385 W Speed 3.5 4.8 7.6 mi/h Elev 512 634 740 ft Slope 9.0 18.01 24.3 % Caden 31 41.3 65 rpm HR 132 158.3 165 bpm NP 309 W; IF 1.114; TSS 5.9
---------Montclair - Trinity Monster--------- Dist: 0.38 mi (0:02:56) Climbing: 212 ft Energy: 50.6 kJ Cals Burn: 48.4 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 84 287.5 429 W Aero 0 8.5 13 W Rolling 7 10.4 16 W Gravity 167 276.2 410 W Speed 5.4 7.9 12.4 mi/h Elev 775 874 988 ft Slope 4.1 10.28 21.8 % Caden 48 64.8 86 rpm HR 117 146.9 162 bpm NP 292 W; IF 1.052; TSS 5.4
---------Woodcrest Monster--------- Dist: 1.91 mi (0:10:31) Climbing: 478 ft Energy: 149.2 kJ Cals Burn: 142.6 kcal Braking: -7.3 kJ (-4.9%) Min Avg Max Power 0 236.4 451 W Aero 0 29.5 223 W Rolling 0 14.5 31 W Gravity -323 174.5 435 W Speed 0.0 10.9 23.1 mi/h Elev 672 759 981 ft Slope -8.6 4.68 21.4 % Caden 0 72.1 111 rpm HR 104 152.5 172 bpm NP 277 W; IF 0.998; TSS 17.4
Note – to put South Cove Dr in perspective for the Birmingham riders who know Elder St, think about this – South Cove Dr climbs an additional 80 ft over roughly the same distance as Elder!
---------Elder St Mini-Monster--------- Dist: 0.20 mi (0:02:00) Climbing: 149 ft Energy: 36.1 kJ Cals Burn: 34.5 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 0 300.8 403 W Aero 0 8.1 77 W Rolling 6 8.0 25 W Gravity 85 283.1 386 W Speed 4.9 6.1 18.9 mi/h Elev 686 765 837 ft Slope 1.3 13.72 19.2 % Caden 44 51.6 105 rpm HR 131 151.8 160 bpm NP 314 W; IF 1.130; TSS 4.3
---------Stone River Mini-Monster--------- Dist: 0.29 mi (0:02:45) Climbing: 200 ft Energy: 49.0 kJ Cals Burn: 46.8 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 219 296.9 359 W Aero 0 6.8 10 W Rolling 6 8.3 12 W Gravity 182 279.4 348 W Speed 4.8 6.3 8.9 mi/h Elev 717 821 917 ft Slope 5.9 13.01 16.3 % Caden 42 55.1 78 rpm HR 133 151.8 163 bpm NP 298 W; IF 1.074; TSS 5.3
---------Cahaba River to Vestavia Dr High Pt--------- Dist: 5.45 mi (0:23:33) Climbing: 988 ft Energy: 318.3 kJ Cals Burn: 304.3 kcal Braking: -20.1 kJ (-6.3%) Min Avg Max Power 0 225.2 557 W Aero 0 54.9 385 W Rolling 1 18.4 37 W Gravity -685 124.5 523 W Speed 0.4 13.9 28.0 mi/h Elev 420 724 1167 ft Slope -8.5 2.62 14.8 % Caden 0 79.8 107 rpm HR 109 146.1 175 bpm NP 261 W; IF 0.940; TSS 34.7
January to remember…
OK, so I’ve just finished up the most insane month of training ever. It has been a great month, though, and I’m very confident now that it is going to pay off with sustained fitness to carry through the racing season when the intensity goes up and the mileage (and climbing!) goes down. The key thing to keep me on track has been to make sure that I’m allowing plenty of recovery time. Back in college when I was overtrained with way too many miles, I always rode at about the same speed/effort (zone 3/4) and had very few rest days. So the grand total for this month was 1,673 miles with 175,559 feet of climbing. That works out to just over six bike rides to the top of Mount Everest. Of course, what goes up must go down, so it also includes approximately 175,559 feet of descending, which means this was easily the most exhilarating and exhausting month on the bike. I had three rest days completely off the bike, whereas in my college days I would frequently go several months in a row without a single day off the bike. I also had several rides at much slower Zone 1 and Zone 2 pace for the entire ride.
Today, I made it through one more epic ride (cold near freezing with rain) with over 10,000 feet of climbing to break 175,000 feet mark for the month. It was fitting that at the end of the ride, I would make it home just in time to escort my family the last couple hundred meters on their walk home from school – riding with my 4 year old son on the top tube down the street into our garage. That alone was kinda crazy because I hadn’t been planning on riding for nearly 3 and a half hours and had run out of food at about the 2 hour mark. So I was about ready to keel over anyway let alone adding a 35 pound child. We made it without crashing, and it was a nice reminder that this cycling thing is important, but it’s my family that will be there when the wheels just won’t turn anymore. And I need to be there for them.
So how hard was this month? The stats below tell the story starting with last week’s 404 miles and nearly 46,000 feet of climbing:
Last week – 404 miles and 46,000 feet of climbing. Weekly mileage annotated in red
January 2011 – 1673 miles and 175,559 feet of climbing. Monthly mileage in red
January 2011 with mileage, hours, and calories burned
Finally, here is a screenshot is a close-up of me struggling up a 17% gradient (Vestavia Forest) with nearly 25 miles still left to ride!
Climbing galore and red-tailed hawks
Today was awesome. I’m going to try to convey some of the ride highlights, but I think this post is going to be kinda long. First, as I was climbing up on top of Double Oak Mountain, a red-tailed hawk swooped down from a tree beside me and flew in front of me for a few seconds. I was in maybe the “poop zone” only 10-15 meters behind him and maybe 10-15 meters below him. So if he pooped, I think it would have fallen on me. Anyway, it was cool to admire the hawk gliding away from me and then pulling up to land on a tree when the road bent slightly, and the hawk kept on going straight. It brought back memories of three other close encounters with red-tailed hawks all here in Birmingham.
1. Descending off of Vestavia Dr at about 30mph towards Vestavia Baptist Church, a hawk was flying beside me at about the same speed. The hawk spread his wings wide as he pulled up to land on a tree. The sun was behind me shining on the hawk so you could see the rust red tail very clearly.
2. Descending down Hackberry Rd at close to 50mph, a hawk divebombed across the road immediately in front of me to catch something beside the road. I missed hitting it by only a few feet (tenths of a second when traveling at 50mph)
3. Starting the climb up Rocky Ridge Road just past Countrywood, a hawk divebombed to the grass just beside the road to catch a chipmunk. It’s no wonder that you see hawks get run over by cars every now and then. They must get so “in the zone” when they are trying to catch something that they don’t watch what’s happening around them!
What is your favorite hawk story? Surely I’m not the only one who has seen them on rides here in Birmingham! Has anyone hit one before while biking?
And now onto the ride stats and climbing stats thanks to my awesome iBike power meter -
---------Total Ride---------
Dist: 104.06 mi (5:56:09)
Energy: 4293.5 kJ
Cals Burn: 4104.7 kcal
Climbing: 12795 ft
Braking: -486.5 kJ (-11.3%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 200.9 726 W
Aero 0 109.7 1822 W
Rolling 0 23.3 73 W
Gravity -3662 4.8 904 W
Speed 0.0 17.5 55.9 mi/h
Wind 4.9 15.3 43.4 mi/h
Elev 126 513 1241 ft
Slope -23.6 0.08 23.3 %
Caden 0 77.3 128 rpm
HR 85 140.7 176 bpm
NP 246 W; IF 0.886; TSS 465.8
1/30/2011 8:01 AM
62 degF; 1012 mbar
iBike ride data annotated with climbs, descents, max speeds, max slopes, and power spikes. Click for larger version.So the ride wasn’t awesome just because of its length and climbing, but rather just a number of things that came together on the ride. First, despite another long week of training and a hard BBL ride yesterday, my legs felt fresh without the burning pain that was plaguing me at the end of last week. I was totally surprised by this seeing as how I was finishing off the second 400+ mile week in a row! So feeling good was in itself a motivator to push the ride to the extreme.
And the ride got off to the “extreme” right away, hitting a new max speed of 55.7mph down South Cove (verified by both my Garmin and my iBike) on the first of two descents. Then after climbing back up via Renfroe, I hit 55.9mph the second time down. This felt even faster than the first time (i.e., more than 0.2mph faster), because I waited a bit too long to brake and had to take the 90 degree turn at the bottom at nearly 25mph, which is a typical crit speed for a 90 degree corner – but feels entirely different when decelerating rapidly from nearly 56mph. By the way, if you live in Birmingham and want to try this descent, please, please, please DO NOT try to go this fast on it. I know every bump, every corner, when to brake, where to look for cars, where the “go”-”no go” point is, where the escape routes are, and still it is extremely dangerous. Plus, I would never do this descent at this kind of speed other than on a Sunday morning early, where the only danger would typically be a walker or jogger. But there aren’t too many people who are willing to walk/jog a 20+% hill, so I’ve never seen anyone walking or jogging on it.
South cove 55mph descents plus Hwy 31 climb to Vestavia Dr
I split the ride up into two rides (56.9 miles to church and then 47.1 miles back home) with about an hour break listening to our pastor preach about James. There is something about hearing the Word of God in the middle of a ride that makes it sink a bit deeper. Kristine and I had a good talk about the sermon later in the day. Speaking of Kristine, she was another highlight of the ride! So besides being at church with her, I ran into her again towards the end of my ride when she was out for a long run. She had left the kids off with my parents and was about halfway through her run, when I missed a light in Rocky Ridge and decided to turn right at the light onto Morgan Dr rather than waiting at the light, and climb up past Vestavia High School for some extra climbing. Well, as I crossed the creek, there was Kristine running on the sidewalk by the road. So I went ahead and did the climb, came back down, and rode with her for a few minutes through one of the small neighborhoods. She decided to run up to Panorama past the high school, and I decided I would climb up via Renfroe and double back to meet her at the top. It worked perfectly, and I got to ride alongside her for another couple minutes as she crested the climb. Out of food, out of water, I headed home while she finished up her run.
For those of you interested in knowing more about the climbs from the ride, I’ve included below all the stats for each climb that I labeled in the iBike data. But before I put those, let me show a zoomed in view of one of my new favorite climbs – the Ebsco parking lot climb. Check it out!
The Ebsco parking lot climb
This is another “Sunday only” climb as at least half of it is on Hwy 280. You start out the climb on Old Hwy 280 which is an amazing little road in a deep ravine that follows a creek as it climbs gradually. The climb through here is very gradual so you can admire the cliffs on either side. Then once you make it up towards the traffic light at the intersection of Co Rd 41 and Hwy 280, the road gets steep. Turn left onto 280 to complete the steadiest part of the climb at about 6-8% gradient. Fortunately, in the latest repaving of 280, there is about a 1 foot wide strip to the right of the white line but still left of the rumble strip that used to go all the way to the white line. So now you can ride off the highway, but on the left side of the rumble strip relatively debris free. As you get close to the top, start looking back for an opening to switch over to the left side of the road where a lefthand turn lane starts up for about a quarter mile leading up to the left turn onto the STEEP Ebsco switchback road. Climb up to the main building, veer right, and then just keep climbing all the way to the very top of the parking lot. At exactly 3.0 miles and 631 vertical feet, this climb is the longest continuous climb with no downhills in Birmingham (as far as I know!)
Ok, here they are – all the climbs – plus their Strava category rating:
---------Hwy 31 to Vestavia Dr High Pt---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 3.19 mi (0:14:05)
Energy: 192.5 kJ
Cals Burn: 184.0 kcal
Climbing: 689 ft
Braking: -3.3 kJ (-1.7%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 227.8 372 W
Aero 0 24.4 177 W
Rolling 13 18.1 33 W
Gravity -322 176.8 371 W
Speed 10.1 13.6 24.6 mi/h
Wind 5.0 8.4 19.9 mi/h
Elev 516 872 1171 ft
Slope -3.9 3.78 7.9 %
Caden 13 78.1 101 rpm
HR 125 150.7 169 bpm
NP 241 W; IF 0.870; TSS 17.8
1/30/2011 8:30 AM
51 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Caldwell Mill to Smyer Circle High Pt---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 1.90 mi (0:10:25)
Energy: 159.6 kJ
Cals Burn: 152.5 kcal
Climbing: 599 ft
Braking: -6.9 kJ (-4.3%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 255.3 466 W
Aero 0 20.5 241 W
Rolling 8 14.6 34 W
Gravity -610 198.6 455 W
Speed 6.4 11.0 25.8 mi/h
Wind 5.0 8.5 22.7 mi/h
Elev 586 863 1136 ft
Slope -8.9 5.27 15.3 %
Caden 4 75.7 106 rpm
HR 103 145.9 164 bpm
NP 285 W; IF 1.027; TSS 18.3
1/30/2011 9:05 AM
53 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Hugh Daniel to Brae Trail High Pt---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 2.17 mi (0:10:53)
Energy: 167.6 kJ
Cals Burn: 160.2 kcal
Climbing: 594 ft
Braking: -8.0 kJ (-4.8%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 256.6 451 W
Aero 0 32.6 220 W
Rolling 8 15.9 32 W
Gravity -1164 191.0 437 W
Speed 5.8 12.0 24.1 mi/h
Wind 5.0 10.5 22.9 mi/h
Elev 601 882 1179 ft
Slope -14.9 4.66 18.7 %
Caden 9 74.6 99 rpm
HR 136 150.2 165 bpm
NP 282 W; IF 1.017; TSS 18.8
1/30/2011 9:48 AM
64 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Mt Laurel to Double Oak Radio Towers---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 3.76 mi (0:17:39)
Energy: 250.1 kJ
Cals Burn: 239.1 kcal
Climbing: 827 ft
Braking: -18.3 kJ (-7.3%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 236.2 492 W
Aero 0 52.8 1038 W
Rolling 0 17.0 61 W
Gravity -2354 139.8 476 W
Speed 0.0 12.8 46.1 mi/h
Wind 5.1 11.3 35.6 mi/h
Elev 797 1162 1485 ft
Slope -15.8 3.20 23.3 %
Caden 0 73.2 112 rpm
HR 119 142.9 164 bpm
NP 269 W; IF 0.970; TSS 27.7
1/30/2011 10:08 AM
62 degF; 1012 mbar
---------280 Ebsco Parking Lot High Pt---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 3.00 mi (0:12:55)
Energy: 199.1 kJ
Cals Burn: 190.4 kcal
Climbing: 631 ft
Braking: -0.7 kJ (-0.4%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 257.0 426 W
Aero 0 47.5 161 W
Rolling 0 18.5 29 W
Gravity -227 182.2 426 W
Speed 0.0 13.9 21.7 mi/h
Wind 5.0 12.3 22.0 mi/h
Elev 551 814 1184 ft
Slope -3.8 3.81 15.0 %
Caden 0 76.7 95 rpm
HR 98 148.7 170 bpm
NP 271 W; IF 0.976; TSS 20.5
1/30/2011 10:50 AM
65 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Chelsea Railroad Bridge to Double Oak Radio Towers---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 8.68 mi (0:31:46)
Energy: 462.4 kJ
Cals Burn: 442.0 kcal
Climbing: 1222 ft
Braking: -16.6 kJ (-3.6%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 242.6 526 W
Aero 0 86.0 1104 W
Rolling 0 21.8 61 W
Gravity -2281 113.5 502 W
Speed 0.0 16.4 46.4 mi/h
Wind 5.1 14.5 37.0 mi/h
Elev 483 915 1481 ft
Slope -15.7 2.02 21.8 %
Caden 0 78.3 122 rpm
HR 116 150.3 170 bpm
NP 268 W; IF 0.967; TSS 49.6
1/30/2011 11:33 AM
67 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Mt Laurel to Greystone Crest---------
---------STRAVA CAT 4 -------------------------
Dist: 2.66 mi (0:10:08)
Energy: 144.0 kJ
Cals Burn: 137.7 kcal
Climbing: 404 ft
Braking: -0.3 kJ (-0.2%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 236.9 599 W
Aero 0 74.2 230 W
Rolling 8 21.0 32 W
Gravity -330 136.3 554 W
Speed 6.5 15.8 24.4 mi/h
Wind 5.1 14.4 23.4 mi/h
Elev 797 913 1166 ft
Slope -6.7 2.52 22.8 %
Caden 12 78.3 104 rpm
HR 129 146.3 171 bpm
NP 287 W; IF 1.035; TSS 18.1
1/30/2011 12:14 PM
64 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Caldwell Mill (Cahaba River) to Vestavia Dr High Pt---------
---------STRAVA CAT 3 -------------------------
Dist: 5.97 mi (0:23:49)
Energy: 351.5 kJ
Cals Burn: 336.0 kcal
Climbing: 1042 ft
Braking: -26.1 kJ (-7.4%)
Min Avg Max
Power 0 246.0 649 W
Aero 0 77.6 825 W
Rolling 6 20.0 52 W
Gravity -1443 116.4 533 W
Speed 4.9 15.1 39.0 mi/h
Wind 5.0 13.6 34.5 mi/h
Elev 460 762 1185 ft
Slope -12.1 2.26 15.1 %
Caden 17 76.0 104 rpm
HR 106 146.0 176 bpm
NP 278 W; IF 1.001; TSS 39.7
1/30/2011 12:56 PM
65 degF; 1012 mbar
---------Little Shades Creek to Panorama via Renfroe---------
---------STRAVA CAT 4 -------------------------
Dist: 1.36 mi (0:06:54)
Energy: 101.2 kJ
Cals Burn: 96.8 kcal
Climbing: 338 ft
Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%)
Min Avg Max
Power 5 244.5 459 W
Aero 0 49.8 297 W
Rolling 7 15.7 35 W
Gravity -728 174.3 439 W
Speed 5.3 11.8 26.1 mi/h
Wind 5.0 11.3 25.2 mi/h
Elev 219 359 542 ft
Slope -8.9 4.31 17.5 %
Caden 25 69.2 91 rpm
HR 123 143.6 154 bpm
NP 271 W; IF 0.976; TSS 11.0
1/30/2011 1:40 PM
64 degF; 1012 mbar
Ok, really, this is the last thing – it was a beautiful day and here are a couple cellphone pics I took during the ride:
The Double Oak Mountain doppler radar tower
Not the best self-portrait on top of Double Oak Mountain, but I was tired and staring at the bright light from the sun just below the edge of the building that was shading me. Also, note that it had gone from 40 degrees when I left my house to over 70 degrees in the sun when I took this picture!
2010 season summary and thanks
Wow, what an amazing season this has been. Every year I sum up the season posting all the stats that I track throughout the year in minute detail. This year, though, it has been my best season, and I am especially grateful to so many people. Obviously, in the grand scheme of things in the world of cycling, I am not noteworthy in any shape, fashion, or form. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love the sport, nor that I am not extremely grateful to all the amazing people who have made this my best season ever. In fact, I am over-the-top grateful and so you’ll have to excuse me if this post is a bit over-the-top, too. I have so many people to thank, and I am going to do my best to thank every single person starting with my #1 fan @beautifulwife and our amazing kids who together have traveled a huge portion of the 16,000 miles for training and racing this year (see map below). Thankfully, we have only stayed in a few hotels thanks to our friends and family who opened up their homes to us in ten states:
| GA: | Wayne and Jane Lunceford in Athens. |
| WI: | Kristine’s parents Dale and Sandy Cardwell in Shell Lake. Shelly and Paul Vandevelde in Madison. Rick and Robin Hallet in Green Bay. Dan and Dena in Sobieski |
| MN: | Dale Cardwell and his weekday work apartment in St Paul. |
| IL: | Scott and Rhonda Dart, Michelle and Mike Kackert in Aurora. |
| IN: | Vivian Nye and Steve and Connie Thate in La Porte. |
| NC: | Darol and Donna Timberlake in Charlotte (2x). |
| TN: | Richard and Christy Painter in Nashville. |
| NY: | Laura in Albany. |
| TX: | Mark and Lori Thompson in Van. |
| AL: | My parents Tom and Beverly Toone who watched the kids right here in Birmingham when they couldn’t go with us. |
2010 travel for training and racing, 11/1/09 – 10/17/10
And before I list out all the statistics and charts, let me give a huge thanks to our awesome sponsors who make this very expensive sport possible for middle income folks like my family. A huge, huge thanks to Dan Taylor with Infinity Med-I-Spa who has not only sponsored our team financially but also opened up his home for training camps, trained with us, and believed in us for the past 5 years. A huge thanks to our other awesome title sponsor DonohooAuto.com for backing us and running the best car business around (if we had money for a car, that’s where we’d go!), and another faithful sponsor from the beginning Andy Versigglio with Piggly Wiggly, Sammy’s awesome employer Central Steel Service, Timo’s connection with Townhouse Galleries, the law firm of Lewis, Dan “awesome” Feldman, Lehane, and McAtee, and the guys at {t}photographic. Terry Duran also deserves a big shout out for his connections at Scott and SRAM to get us good prices on the best equipment out there. Check ‘em all out below:
DonohooAuto
Infinity Med-I-Spa
Piggly Wiggly
Lewis, Feldman, Lehane, McAtee – Attorneys At Law
Central Steel Services, Inc.
Townhouse Galleries
{t}photographic
Scott Bikes
Speaking of teammates, wow, it goes far beyond who is racing in which race. We are a team, we train together, we motivate each other. 2010 was awesome, and 2011 is going to be even better. So thanks to all the guys on this page right here (Craig, Wes, Terry, Sammy, Katherine, Mike, Stuart, Lennie, Darryl, Timo, Philip, Paul and Nichole, and Jacob) and the three new additions I’ll be adding to the list soon!
2010 Tria Cycling roster – you guys are awesome
And none of it would have been possible w/o the promoters and USA Cycling officials working together to make this sport happen from the local level on up to the national level. Regional official and teammate Stuart Lamp, the district officials in all the places where I’ve raced, the moto officials (Bill and many others). On the promoters side, a big thanks to local promoter Lee Gravlee for organizing the Shelby County Airport Training Circuit Race in the spring to fill a void in the schedule, and likewise to the amazing series put on by Tim Hall in Nashville this summer, to Curtis Cupp and Mike Poe who put on an absolutely amazing event at the Sunny King criterium year after year, and finally (although I could go on and on about all the different races that have been totally awesome this year) Gene Dixon and all the folks at Swagger (Ashley Travieso, K Sakai, Casey Lamberski, and Ravi Rajcoomar) for putting on the best national crit series attracting the top professionals, but still allowing us mere mortals to give it a go and line up with the best in the country.
Finally, there’s everyone I race against all over the country and/or train with locally here in Birmingham. We make each other stronger. Special thanks to Ed Whitehorn for his help and support in Washington DC at the Capitol Crit and to Russ Langley for finding me a spot on his composite team for that same race and also to James Hall who sold me my first bike at River Oaks Cycles nearly 20 years ago and still keeps up with my racing. And to everyone I didn’t mention, wow, I can’t go on forever, so please know that every single person I’ve ridden with and/or raced against is part of the same community, the same sport I love, I consider you all friends, and I am thankful for each of you!
The 2010 Statistics
These statistics all run from November 1, 2009 until today October 17, 2010 – 350 days worth of riding.
| Statistic | Avg | Max | Min | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly training time (hours) | 14.97 | 20.73 | 9.55 | 748.32 |
| Weekly distance (miles) | 269.8 | 380.3 | 178 | 13,488.6 |
| Workouts per week (#) | 11 | 14 | 6 | 525 |
| Weekly climbing (feet) | 14,551 | 22,841 | 3,698 | 727,569 |
2010 total weekly mileage and heartrate average
2010 total weekly workout time and heartrate zones
2010 calories burned and power average
I’ve also listed the past four years for comparison below.
| Comparison to previous years | ||||
| 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |
| Hrs/week | 14.97(avg), 20.73(max) | 14.72(avg), 20.77(max) | 14.65(avg), 20.18(max) | 13.62(avg), 18.01(max) |
| Miles/week | 269.8(avg), 380.3(max) | 268.4(avg), 369.4(max) | 252.2(avg), 337.1(max) | 241.5(avg), 358.3(max) |
Results
I’ve listed all my podium finishes and also other results that I am most proud of this year! See my full schedule and placings on my Palmarés page.
| Date | Name | Place | |
| 10/10 | Greenville Fall Cycling Extravaganza Day 2 | 2nd | |
| 10/9 | Greenville Fall Cycling Extravaganza Day 1 | 3rd | |
| 10/2 | Alabama State Time Trial (P/1/2) | 1st | |
| 9/16 | USA Crits Series Overall | 9th | |
| 9/11 | Dothan Cityfest Criterium | 4th | |
| 8/22 | Cuba Meridian Challenge Omnium | 1st | |
| 8/22 | Cuba Meridian Challenge RR | 1st | |
| 8/21 | Cuba Meridian Challenge Crit | 3rd | |
| 8/4 | Masters 30-34 Nationals Road Race | 5th | |
| 7/25 | Nashville Criterium Race Series #8 | 1st | |
| 7/24 | Nashville Criterium Race Series #7 | 1st | |
| 7/11 | The Capital Criterium (USA Crits) | 18th | |
| 6/26 | Tour of the Dairyland (Overall) | 22nd | |
| 6/26 | Hyde Park Blast (USA Crits) | 11th | |
| 6/21 | Tour of America’s Dairyland – Road America | 4th | |
| 6/19 | Giro d’Grafton (USA Crits) | 14th | |
| 6/13 | Tour de Grove (NRC) | 8th | |
| 5/22 | 2010 Alabama State Criterium Championship | 1st | |
| 5/16 | Shelby County Training Race | 1st | |
| 4/10 | Barbers Ride to Live Road Race (Masters) | 3rd | |
| 3/21 | GC Union City Road Race | 5th | |
| 3/14 | Guntersville Training Race | 1st | |
| 2/28 | GSMR Winter Training Race #2 | 2nd | |
| 2/21 | GSMR Winter Training Race #1 | 3rd |
Blast from the past
My wife was getting ready for a garage sale this Saturday when she found these two posters that I saved from my college racing days at Clemson University. I was a big follower of the principles laid out in Eddie Borysewicz’s book “Bicycle Road Racing”. One of the things that he recommends doing at the end of every season is to make a poster for the upcoming year with a box for every single day of the year.
The week to end all weeks was a 504.8 mile week Oct 14-20 (Monday-Sunday). I raced the Michellin Classic on Sat/Sun Oct 12-13 and then had a 504.8 mile week to end out the 1996 season. Check out these rides for that week:
Mon 10/14 – 25 miles easy
Tue 10/15 – 107 miles (first time to ride to Highlands, NC and back from Clemson)
Wed 10/16 – 54 miles
Thur 10/17 – 35 miles
Fri 10/18 – 38 miles
Sat 10/19 – 200 miles (to Brasstown Bald and back)
Sun 10/20 – 45.8 miles
Total mileage: 504.8 miles!
Other highlights are listed below and visible in the pics, too:
- Assault on Mt Mitchell 1995 – 21st place
- Morning resting heart rate of 36bpm
- Low weight of 115 lbs on March 18th, 1995
- A ride with the comment “fell-on-ice”
- NC/SC state TT 40k in 1:00:08 on August 25th, 1996
- My “pass-out on the bike” crash at UGA on April 20th, 1996
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