{"id":2472,"date":"2013-01-04T01:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T08:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2013-01-06T22:16:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T05:16:36","slug":"day-2-uphill-now-with-more-headwind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/day-2-uphill-now-with-more-headwind\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Uphill! Now with more headwind!"},"content":{"rendered":"

El Cajon, CA to Bankhead Springs, CA
\n<\/strong>Date: 01\/03\/2013
\nDistance traveled: 55.87 miles
\nGPS tracks: http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/257721656<\/a>
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\nThe view at 3,000 ft from “Vista Point” on I-8, looking toward San Diego.
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This was the longest and hardest day that I have ever spent on my bicycle. This was the hardest anything that I’ve ever done physically. And I think I would do it again.<\/p>\n

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\nAbout to get on the interstate\u2026 and climb.
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55.87 miles. 6,200ft of elevation gain. It took about 10 hours to complete the ride, with about 8 of those hours were actually spent pedaling. It was a lot of ‘sit and spin’ \u2013 low low gears and slow slow going. My average speed was the slowest I’ve ever had on a ride, mostly because I spent the majority of the day going 3-5mph crawling up hill!<\/p>\n

The hills were expected. The wind was not. Oh my the wind! There was a wind advisory today that almost made me not ride today. 20-35 mile per hour winds with gusts of 50mph were predicted on the passes. Luckily it wasn’t that bad or I would have turned back (per Margaret’s rule not to do anything she wouldn’t do). But that did mean I had wind in my face pushing me backwards for large chunks of the ride.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I couldn’t tell if it was the incline, the wind, or exhaustion that was making me go so slow. Likely all three. I got to my destination 1 hour after usable daylight had disappeared. Glad I brought good bike lights! (Riding in the dark on strange roads is probably against M’s “don’t do anything I wouldn’t do”, come to think of it.)<\/p>\n

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\nThe road ahead of me, heading into Pine Valley.
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Before I left I was talking with M about how I was worried about my physical preparedness. She told me “You’re tough. You’ll do just fine.” That’s probably one of the factors that pushed me to go so far today. My decision point was Pine Valley, which was about half way. I could have called it a day and gotten a $60 hotel room\u2026 I’m glad I didn’t.
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My hosts for the evening (David, Tina and their kids) were outside and waiting for me when I arrived in the dark. Dinner was served not long after I arrived. I’m amazed at the warmth and openness of the Warm Showers hosts I’ve had\u2026 David and Tina are no different. It was fun hanging out with them tonight and I would recommend anyone passing through to stop in.<\/p>\n

As an added bonus, David and Tina were hosting a family who are riding cross country raising money for Susan G. Koman. Mom, Dad, teenage daughter & 8 year old son! Father & son are on a tandem, mom and daughter get their own bikes. I got to spend a lot of time talking with Rob, Gail, Dakota & Luke which made my evening \u2013 they were absolutely delightful. You can see their blog here: http:\/\/fourtheroad.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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El Cajon, CA to Bankhead Springs, CA Date: 01\/03\/2013 Distance traveled: 55.87 miles GPS tracks: http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/257721656 The view at 3,000 ft from “Vista Point” on I-8, looking toward San Diego. This was the longest and hardest day that I have ever spent on my bicycle. This was the hardest anything that I’ve ever done physically. … Continue reading Day 2: Uphill! Now with more headwind!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,293,244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-to-texas-2013","category-crazyguyonabike","category-pedal-wheels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmwoley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}