Yesterday was a brutally hot day, so picking a few climbs off PCH seemed the smartest thing to do. My goal was two climbs to check off the SMMT climbing challenge (road climbs left now) -
I met Doug at 8:30 (should have started earlier) at Decker and PCH. We climbed up Decker and came back down. Drive my car five miles down PCH to Deer Creek - now this is a hard climb - it was so steep in places I was not sure what to do? Can I turn this next revolution or fall over? - This took some deep breathing and all my personal little sayings to myself, over and over!
My heart rate was 180 plus for over two miles up! (so hot on a steep climb with no breez)
And that trail was more scary coming down than any mt bike descent! (well, not any, but...) -
I am not used to a road bike with skinny tires on rocky steam roads with super sharp switch backs, so speed was not an issue here. My hands were nearly cramped closed when I finished from braking all the way down.
Bottom line: I did em! lol
Climbed 2850 feet in six miles - ouch! Okay, I have 11 more of those steep road climbs to finish and I hope to be the only woman to complete all 30 climbs!
No, I don't get anything, but kudos, and my own satisfaction that "I DID IT" -
And it's all for me anyway!
I am not a roadie - I am MTB gal - but I want to win the whole challenge - so pray for some cooler weather!!! In the meantime, I working on the tree trunk legs I always wanted! lol
BTW, Doug - how much total climbing is it for all 30 climbs?
Thanks for reading this far, if you did!
And the call is still out on the handle:
Honey Badger
Thunderbird
Phoenix
????
Peace
cheryl
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