For today's ride, I decided to take to the road and head south west of Tucson to yet another mountain range. This one, Kitt Peak has an observatory at the top. Cool stuff.
I started the ride about an hour away to get the full, scheduled time in. This is it from my starting point:
12 mile climb at 8% grade, up to 7000ft. Love it. It's amazing how the environment can change your outlook. Mountain climbs like these were never in my program before I moved here. My first climb up Lemmon (25 miles at an average of 6%), wrote me off for days. Now, I hit mountain climbs 2 or 3 times a week. I use them for TT's, long rides and even recovery rides. In my opinion, they are perfect for any day on a bike. You can have a consistent, no slacking effort for almost as long as you can handle. No street lights and very little traffic = awesome workout. And then of course, you get to go down!! YEEHAW!!
Destination:
The top:
The white thing in the background is one of five observatorys at the top.
Tomorrow, it's back to Lemmon - it's been a few days since I've been to the top, something might have changed.
3 comments:
I am so jealous.. our longest climbs are 20 minutes.. rinse and repeat. Boring! Your rides look awesome..
Getting close - see you soon!
I'm with rachel, though those climbs take me a few minutes longer than 20. Have fun climbing Lemmon. I did it once, want to do it again.
Even 20 minutes would be a dream. You must think of North Street and laugh now. 3 minute climbs are the best London's got...and it's getting cold...sigh.
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