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Three days of road bike Monster climbs along Highway 395 of the Eastern Sierras between Big Pine and Mammoth Lakes. This trip is designed for over-the-hill polka dot wanna-bees looking for good company, no cars, and upward tilting pavement. 20,000 feet of climbing on 4 goliaths in under 140 miles jammed into just 3 days.
“Monster [...]
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At the 2009 Alpine Challenge, Arlyn get a lot of help from Mike – his Captain on the road. The Mighty Descenders work together to take 8 of the top 20 places including first and third.
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Last Sunday, I was lucky enough to watch the Stage 8 of the Tour of California as they raced over Palomar Mountain, here in San Diego.
Levi, on Jens Voigt’s wheel, being LeviSTRONG.
We rode up Palomar the morning of and reveled in the spectacle that is a bike race. There was the Pope, the Antler Guy, [...]
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My friend Mark drove an hour east of San Diego just so he could stand in the freezing cold, rain and snow to get these pictures of us. He is the man! Thanks Mark!
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This is the lead group on the first lap. There are three Descenders here [...]
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Just as I was starting to feel good it started snowing. Big, wet, sloppy snowflakes coming down hard. Ok, now I’ll start from the beginning…
It was freezing-ass cold in Live Oak Springs today for my first road race. I raced the Cat 5(a) along with several Descenders; Voris, Mike, Rick, Drew and Logan. The plan [...]
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Yesterday was my final group ride before Boulevard, my first USCF road race. The plan was a coastal pootle to Oceanside Harbor and eleven mighty Descenders showed up for the ride.
The Mighty Descenders at Oceanside Harbor.
I was under strict orders from Alpha not to push too hard – with the race less than a [...]
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Iwent back to the Boulevard Race course yesterday with Mark, Voris and Rick. The idea was to pootle the first lap as a preview and then race the second and third. We’re just two weeks away from the actual race and we all wanted to leave everything on the road.
I got more than [...]
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For the second year in a row, the Descenders won the Stagecoach Century Team Time Trial by setting a new course record of 4:59:30!
That’s Dave, Dave, Dave and Rick. There are 9 Dave’s on Team Descenders.
The Descenders are a San Diego cycling club that rides mostly in the Poway area. They’re famous not [...]
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I (stupidly) invited my friends on the Descenders to sign up with me for the Boulevard Road Race next month. Of course, the squad’s four fastest riders did just that. I was hoping they’d at least sign up for the Mens 45+ race (they’re all geezers), but no. We’re going to line [...]
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I worried I had been slacking off over the holidays, but after reviewing my training diary, I can see that I’ve actually been hitting it rather hard. Good news, since my first road race is just 4 weeks away.
66m: Saturday, Dec 27th
I rode hard with the Descenders. I use this weekly ride to [...]
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