double century

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2022-05-14 Origins of the Alta Alpine 8-Pass Challenge Double Century: The Mad Dog Death March Documentary

2021-10-27 Sebastian Rushworth MD: “Is intense exercise bad for your heart?” (a critique)

2020-03-04 Southern Inyo Double Double Century

2019-03-14 Sodium and Electrolyte Losses During Prolonged Exertion

2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Joshua Tree Double Century

2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Southern Inyo Double Century

2019-02-28 Southern Inyo Double Double Century

2018-07-25 The Best Performance Enhancer for Cycling: Drafting

2018-07-21 2018 Death Ride report updated with an analysis of the effort: power in watts, heart rate, elevation, time, temperature

2018-07-13 The 2018 Death Ride 5-Pass (129 miles, 15000' of climbing) — a popular shorter/easier version of Alta Alpina

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2017-03-24 Carrizo Plain Flower Status, 2017

2015-12-17 Off Topic: Keeping the Pounds Off + Fat Loss, Muscle Mass, Bone Density, Training, BMI, DEXA

2015-03-01 The Camera for Cycling

Concussion / Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Recovering from a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) AKA concussion, a personal experience report..

1. Concussion: Post-Crash Recovery Phase 5, Full Recovery Emerges, Well, Maybe
2. Concussion: Post-Crash Recovery Phase 6, Indeterminate Recovery

Double Centuries, Centuries and Similar

Some great and not so great miles..

1. Mt Hamilton Challenge — 125 Mile Loop Ride, Santa Clara, CA
2. Preparing For a Double Century (Gear)
3. Preparing For a Double Century (Dry Run / Pre-Test)
4. Death Valley Double Century
5. Solvang Spring Double Century
6. Devil Mountain Double Century
7. Southern Inyo Double Century
8. Joshua Tree Double Century
9. Central Coast Double Century
10. Terrible Two Double Century
11. DeathRide
12. Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century
13. Four Horsemen of the Solstice Double++ Century
14. Sequoia Century and 200K

Nutrition and Food

Tips on how to eat and recover when training and racing..

1. Nutrition for a Double Century

Training and Recovery and Illness

Tips on avoiding problems..

1. Case Study: Burning 16926 Calories in 7 Days to Drop 4+ Pounds of Fat

Workouts

Analysis of various workouts..

1. Lose a Pound of Fat in ONE Day: Century Fat Burner
2. Solvang Spring Double Century Analysis

Blog posts

2022

2022-05-14 Origins of the Alta Alpine 8-Pass Challenge Double Century: The Mad Dog Death March Documentary

2021

2021-10-27 Sebastian Rushworth MD: “Is intense exercise bad for your heart?” (a critique)

2020

2020-03-04 Southern Inyo Double Double Century

2019

2019-03-14 Sodium and Electrolyte Losses During Prolonged Exertion

2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Joshua Tree Double Century

2019-03-12 Experience Report: 2019 Southern Inyo Double Century

2019-02-28 Southern Inyo Double Double Century

2018

2018-07-25 The Best Performance Enhancer for Cycling: Drafting

2018-07-21 2018 Death Ride report updated with an analysis of the effort: power in watts, heart rate, elevation, time, temperature

2018-07-13 The 2018 Death Ride 5-Pass (129 miles, 15000' of climbing) — a popular shorter/easier version of Alta Alpina

2018-07-06 Counting Up My Double Centuries and Double Centuries in 2018

2018-07-04 Recovering in 40 Hours After Finishing Alta Alpina = Unprecedented — Using Bemer® Vascular Therapy Intensively

2018-06-30 Finished: Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge

2018-06-29 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge

2018-06-20 2018 Terrible Two Double Century: Good and Terrible

2018-06-02 2018 Eastern Sierra Double: a Win

2018-05-21 2018 Davis Double: Strong Headwinds, Moderate Heat, Force of Will Gets it Done with a Little Help from a Pool and Ice

2018-05-12 Central Coast Double Century: Won Highland Route, Exactly 8 Weeks After My Crash/Concussion

2018-03-14 Hamstring Tendon Injury: How to Treat When a Season of 8 More Double Centuries Looms?

2018-03-12 Counting Up My Double Centuries

2018-03-12 2018 Double Century #2: Joshua Tree Double Century in Twenty Nine Palms, CA

2018-03-09 Poor Customer Service Not Good for Any Business — Double Centuries Included

2018-02-28 Thoughts on Recent Training, What I’ve Learned and What Remains to Learn

2018-02-24 2018 Double Century #1: Camino Real Double Century in Irvine, CA

2018-02-04 Double Century Schedule for 2018

2018-01-25 How is Drafting in a Paceline Different from an Electric Motor?

2018-01-01 Double Century Schedule for 2018

2017

2017-06-03 Completed: 2017 Eastern Sierra Double Century

2017-05-21 Completed: Davis Double 2017

2017-05-16 Completed: Central Coast Double

2017-04-30 Completed: Devil Mountain Double, but with weird symptoms again

2017-04-01 Completed: Southern Inyo Double Century, and Using a Face Mask for Dust

2017-02-24 Completed: Camino Real Double Century

2016

2016-07-02 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge: Severe Muscle Cramps Immobilize and Debilitate—Finished 7 of 8 Passes

2016-06-18 Next Up, the Toughest Double Century of all: Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge

2016-06-17 2016 Eastern Sierra Double Century: a Win in Spite of Extreme Conditions and No Aid at the Worst Section

2016-05-28 How is Drafting in a Paceline Different from an Electric Motor?

2016-05-22 Davis Double (Finished!)

2016-05-15 Central Coast Double (Finished!)

2016-04-29 2016 Devil Mountain Double (Finished!)

2016-04-06 2016 Solvang Spring Double Century

2016-03-14 2016 Southern Inyo Double Century and Joshua Tree Double Century

2015

2015-07-18 Alta Alpina Aborted — Stomach Issues

2015-07-18 Veloflex Vlaanderen 700 X 27C Tubular: Fantastic for the Alta Alpina Challenge.

2015-07-17 Veloflex Vlaanderen Tubular 700 X 27C: Putting to the test for Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge

2015-03-29 Calibrating for Distance and Speed Accuracy (Tire Circumference), 700 X 22C vs 700 X 25C

2015-03-22 Three Double Centuries, a Week Apart

2015-02-22 Aggressive Start to 2015: Two March Double Centuries Planned, Maybe 3

2015-02-21 Fitness Pre-test for a Double Century

2014

2014-04-01 Panda Licorice Powers Me Through the Solvang Double Century

2014-03-24 Solvang Spring Double Century — Results

2014-03-20 Death Ride or Everest Challenge Not Hard Enough? Try the ’Four Horsemen of the Solstice’

2014-03-18 Solvang Spring Double Century

2014-03-16 To Draft or Not to Draft: What Does it Accomplish?

2014-03-09 First Long/Hard Ride in Preparation for Double Century

2014-03-09 Accepted into ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ Double++ Century

2014-02-08 Rides in 2014 to Prepare for the 2014 Everest Challenge

2012

2012-07-02 Recovery from a Double Century (normally not bad, a virus is no fun)

2012-07-01 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 1st Finisher, 2nd Place

2012-06-23 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent on June 30

2012-06-15 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent on June 30

2012-06-05 Alta Alpina 8-Pass Challenge Double Century, 20,300' Ascent

2012-05-07 Double Centuries and Killer Rides for 2012

2012-04-29 Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,870+ Vertical Feet

2012-04-24 Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,000+ Vertical Feet

2012-03-28 Solvang Spring Double Century Performance Analysis

2012-03-28 Solvang Spring Double Century Experience Report

2012-03-22 Solvang Spring Double Century

2012-03-14 Power Output During the Death Valley Double Century — Possible Explanations

2012-03-09 Analyzing Power Output During the Death Valley Double Century

2012-03-06 Death Valley Double Century As a Self-Supported Ride — DONE!

2012-02-23 Nutrition for a Double Century

2012-02-23 Death Valley Double Century As a Self-Supported Ride

2012-02-22 Comfy Tires for a Double Century

2012-02-17 Endurance Energy Source with Protein

2012-02-17 Double Centuries and Killer Rides for 2012

2012-02-13 Signed up for Double Centuries: Devil Mountain Double and Alta Alpina

2012-02-08 Training for 2012 Everest Challenge — Double Centuries