At the top of Sand Mountain
Ride Summary (totals):
Distance: 86.9 mi (Route had to be cut short because of tornado damage)
Moving Time: 05:28:22
Avg Moving Speed: 15.9 mph
Max Speed: 42.1 mph
Group:
Our Group - Keith, Gary, Mike, me and Jack joined us later
Also attending in various groups - Jamie, Kit, Matt, Peter, Glenn, Neal, Kit, Edgar, Cristi, Debbie, Derek, Elizabeth, Joe and a couple thousand more cyclists from various parts of the nation.
Goal: Enjoy the day and the ride with friends
The Event:
I have been saying this for a few years that the organizers, the city, the volunteers and everyone associated with putting on 3 State 3 Mountain do a great job and this year I am sure they were even more challenged because of the recent tornado damage to find an alternate route. My appreciation goes out to all of those who helped make our ride today a pleasurable event. The century route was a few miles too short, but I did not hear anyone griping about it.
As usual they had traffic controlled for the cyclist with some serious control. It is like the cyclists have been given the key to the city as they hold back traffic for a couple thousand or more cyclists navigating through the town to the rural sections. Though I only made use of one sag stop there were enough available and well stocked. The post ride meal were sandwiches from Subway, adult beverages, sodas for geeks like me, cookies and chips.
Sufficient parking and Findley Stadium provides a nice venue for pre and post ride rest rooms and showers were available as well.
Again Great Job for all those who made our (cyclists) day a very pleasurable day on the bike.
The people impacted by the storms in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama have been in my prayers.
The Ride:
This is my fourth year of not only attending the event, but also my fourth that I got to share travel time and the day with Gary and Mike. I really enjoyed the friendship and the ride. I think Mike and I enjoyed the news of Burkhalter Gap being taken out of the route this year and were content with the thought of doing about 90 miles instead. Gary, well, he always loves a hill climb so perhaps he may have missed ole Burkhalter Gap Road.
But in my opinion the ride coordinators did a good job scrambling to arrange a new route that still had its share of challenges. This year the route changed the approach and climb up Sand Mountain making it at least a couple miles longer and there were some other short, sharp stingers that may not show in the profile, but certainly left an impression on my legs.
We started way in the back of the mass start so we missed part of the group and were kind of stuck at a slow precarious speed for a few miles through town and to the tunnel, but just before the tunnel there is a slight incline that starts to thin out the crowd and then on Suck Creek Mountain the crowd begins to thin out even more. Climbing S.C. Mt. is to me a real joy with its gentle grade. It makes even a poor climber like myself feel good about climbing.
Then there is the "This is not a mountain" became one this year based on the painted marks. It is a nice little stinger that will most certainly wake up the heart. The next climb was Sand Mountain and I was struggling to keep the climbing pace of Gary, Keith and Mike and could feel my legs starting to loose some of the zeal on the steeper sections, but fortunately the guys waited on me. After that we had some brisk pace line going and had a few others join on the back. Both Gary and Keith did a great job and lot of miles pulling today.
When we hit the mark for 10 miles out Mike took off with a vengeance. Later he pretty much summed up his fire that he was ready to push himself, but I was not so ready for him to get this motivation. However, it was fun to fire up a fast pace coming into the City of Chattanooga and my legs felt willing to participate. We rolled through the area sectioned off with cones for the cyclists and cruised at a good speed to the finish and to the post ride meal where we met up with some of our cycling buddies. I got to catch up with Peter, Jamie, Neal, Edgar, Jack and others for how their day and ride went. Seemed that most stated they were okay with missing Burkhalter this year. I had hoped to run video on the beast, but sitting here tonight my legs can tell you they are happy to have missed climbing the wall.
Nutrition Intake During and after the Course: ~52 oz.of water with Hammer Heed, BCAA (2) Hammer gel (1) Cliff Bars (1) peanut butter sandwich at the sag (1) 40 gram Whey protein post ride recovery drink .
The Weather: Sunny Start @ 50 degrees, Sunny End @ 78 degrees
Bike: LOOK 585, Garmin 705, Powertap wired, Contour GPS camera
Power Summary: (Based on Coogan's Levels)
Summary Table of Minutes of Duration in Each Training Zone
Summary Table of Minutes of Duration in Each Training Zone
Level Minutes TSS
1 15.79 3.17
2 98.07 55.02
3 149.37 174.98
4 56.01 77.18
4 56.01 77.18
5 0.00 0.00
6 1.15 3.91
7 6.87 20.57
Overall Power Data:
Entire workout (124 watts):
Duration: 5:31:46 (5:56:32)
Work: 2443 kJ
TSS: 350 (intensity factor 0.807)
Norm Power: 165
VI: 1.33
Distance: 87.088 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 780 124 watts
Speed: 0 42.4 15.7 mph
Pace 1:25 0:00 3:49 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 43 7 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 756 147 lb-in
Duration: 5:31:46 (5:56:32)
Work: 2443 kJ
TSS: 350 (intensity factor 0.807)
Norm Power: 165
VI: 1.33
Distance: 87.088 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 780 124 watts
Speed: 0 42.4 15.7 mph
Pace 1:25 0:00 3:49 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 43 7 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 756 147 lb-in
Suck Creek Mt:
Duration: 35:43
Work: 406 kJ
TSS: 54.5 (intensity factor 0.957)
Norm Power: 196
VI: 1.04
Distance: 5.426 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 556 189 watts
Duration: 35:43
Work: 406 kJ
TSS: 54.5 (intensity factor 0.957)
Norm Power: 196
VI: 1.04
Distance: 5.426 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 556 189 watts
Speed: 5.5 17.1 9.1 mph
Pace 3:31 10:58 6:35 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 38 14 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 548 220 lb-in
Pace 3:31 10:58 6:35 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 38 14 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 548 220 lb-in
Sand Mt:
Duration: 32:50
Work: 316 kJ
TSS: 36.1 (intensity factor 0.817)
Norm Power: 168
VI: 1.04
Distance: 4.975 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 372 161 watts
Speed: 4.5 28.9 9.1 mph
Pace 2:05 13:25 6:35 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 34 16 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 756 225 lb-in
Work: 316 kJ
TSS: 36.1 (intensity factor 0.817)
Norm Power: 168
VI: 1.04
Distance: 4.975 mi
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 372 161 watts
Speed: 4.5 28.9 9.1 mph
Pace 2:05 13:25 6:35 min/mi
Hub Torque: 0 34 16 lb-in
Crank Torque: 0 756 225 lb-in
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