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keeping score

Sunday,  09/21/08  07:49 PM

I just noted completing a sextuple double, by riding the Knoxville Double Century, but it was also my tenth ultra century this year (rides of more than 100 miles).  In the interest of keeping score:

ride datedistance climbingriding timenote

PCH Rando 200K

1/12/08

128 miles

 

7:20

PCH Rando 300K

2/2/08

185 miles

8,000'

14:39

Butterfield Double

2/16/08

200 miles!

9,200'

13:15

Solvang Double

3/29/08

200 miles

10:58

Hemet Double

4/5/08

200 miles

9,500'

13:45

qualified for California Triple Crown!

Breathless Agony

5/3/08

114 miles

12,300'

6:15

Eastern Sierra Double

6/7/08

200 miles

10,000'

14:07

Grand Tour Double

6/28/08

200 miles

8,300'

11:52

qualified for 1,000 mile club!

Markleeville Death Ride

7/12/08

129 miles

15,000'

10:00

Knoxville Classic Double

9/20/08

200 miles

12,600'

13:30

Still, who's counting?  Okay, okay, maybe I am.  Hoping for some more of that metric magic :)

Actually I've been keeping score another way, too.  After each ultra century, I've fashioned a little sticker commemorating the ride.  This is what the top tube of my bike looks like now:


(ultra century stickers - click to enbiggen)

Pretty cool, eh?  I get a kick out of making a new sticker after each ride, and I like the admiring stares when I ride with my local club on weeknights (the Conejo Valley Cyclists). Yeah, I’m a bit of a ham, what can I say.