The most challenging cycling road race in the USA?.
Details from the 2011 race..
Some great and not so great miles..
Focusing on bike weight alone is often not the most cost effective way to cut weight..
Tips on avoiding problems..
Analysis of various workouts..
Blog posts
2018
2018-07-06 Counting Up My Double Centuries and Double Centuries in 2018
2018-03-12 Counting Up My Double Centuries
2015
2015-08-03 Everest Challenge 2015: Not Happening as far as I can tell
2014
2014-10-03 Everest Challenge 2014: Ugly Weather, Minor Illness Leads to DNF
2014-09-17 Off to Everest Challenge 2014: September 26/27
2014-09-13 Nine Ascents of Old La Honda
2014-03-20 Death Ride or Everest Challenge Not Hard Enough? Try the ’Four Horsemen of the Solstice’
2014-03-16 To Draft or Not to Draft: What Does it Accomplish?
2014-03-09 Accepted into ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ Double++ Century
2014-02-23 How Fat Loss Actually Goes in Practice
2014-02-19 Discipline of Getting the Fat Down for Optimal Power-to-Weight
2014-02-08 Rides in 2014 to Prepare for the 2014 Everest Challenge
2014-01-01 Base Training and Getting the Fat Down
2013
2013-12-30 Everest Challenge 2014: September 26/27
2013-08-26 Everest Challenge Results
2013-08-17 Acclimatizing for the Everest Challenge
2013-08-10 8 Ascents of Old La Honda Road: Can I Handle the Everest Challenge?
2013-08-07 Training Back to Normal
2013-08-07 Eat More, Lose More Weight?
2013-08-04 Minor training Setbacks
2013-07-28 Hitting the Hunger Wall (Physiological “Starvation Mode”?)
2013-07-27 Cooling Vest for Dealing With Hot Riding Conditions?
2013-07-23 Observations on High Altitude Adaptation (Fluid Loss / Gain and Hematocrit vs Hypoxia)
2013-07-21 Training Progress
2013-07-15 Tracking the Caloric Deficit — First Week
2013-07-12 Tracking the Caloric Deficit
2013-07-11 The Body Fat Game
2013-07-11 Assessing Performance Ascending At a Higher Body Weight
2013-07-11 2013 Everest Challenge Stage Race
2013-07-08 Back in The Game
2013-03-13 Everest Challenge 2013 is a Month Earlier — Late August
2013-02-28 Shoulder Healing, Left Knee Happy or So I Hope
2013-01-21 My Plans for Training (Cycling) in 2013
2012
2012-10-22 Everest Challenge 2012 Ride Notes
2012-10-04 Everest Challenge 2012 Power Data
2012-10-04 2012 Everest Challenge Results
2012-09-21 9500' Is Not Sea Level, So Say My Lungs and Heart at Tioga Pass, Aerobic Energy at High Elevation
2012-09-08 The Everest Challenge Sept 28-30 Could Use Some Aid Station Volunteers
2012-09-08 My Race Prep for the 2012 Everest Challenge Coming on Sept 28-30
2012-06-16 Everest Challenge 2012
2012-04-24 Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,000+ Vertical Feet
2012-02-08 Training for 2012 Everest Challenge — Double Centuries
2012-01-31 After Such Big Gains, How to Train in 2012?
2011
2011-11-17 Efficiency On a Bike
2011-10-03 Everest Challenge — The Experience
2011-10-03 Eat at Dick’s in Big Pine, CA any Day, or after the Everest Challenge
2011-09-26 Everest Challenge — Success!
2011-09-17 My Racing Bike for the Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race Sept 24/25
2011-09-16 Everest Challenge Stage 1 Course REVERSED in 2011
2011-09-12 Backing Off Training Can Bump Up Performance by Allowing Recovery
2011-09-05 Cross-training For Improved Strength and Fitness, and to Avoid Boredom: Road and MTB
2011-08-28 Reader Suggests Cross Training for Breaking Through Weight Loss Resistance
2011-07-15 Everest Challenge— Weight Down, Fitness is There, Two Months to Go
2011-06-29 Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race With 29,000 Feet of Climbing, Sept 24/25, 2011
2011-06-27 Training Using Repeated Climbs In One Workout Session
2011-05-29 Just About Over an Unpleasant Respiratory Infection— Thoughts on Training
2011-05-13 Training Weight Loss Tips
2011-04-26 Thoughts on Power to Weight, and Cycling Comfort, Perceived Effort
2011-04-01 Training Progress For Everest Challenge 2-Day Stage Race
2011-03-25 Gauging Training Levels Years Later from Prior Year Training Records
2011-02-18 Ride the Real Tour de France Just Like the Pros!
2011-02-10 Training progress for the Everest Challenge
2011-02-09 Trek Madone 6.9 with Shimano DI2
2011-02-09 Everest Challenge road bike stage race: 29,000 feet of climbing