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Follow me on Instagram - Cyclist, Hang Glider Pilot, Engineer from Southern California. Part time Film Maker & photographer

Nice day in the mountains today. #mountains #gmr

Nice day in the mountains today.

#mountains #gmr #roadcycling #mountainroads #cyclinglife

Back to red bar tape

Back to red bar tape

End of the "season" blowout weekend on the bike. I

End of the "season" blowout weekend on the bike. It's recommended to take an "off season" from training/riding, usually just a week or two off. So, I really wanted to overload it going into the rest week. 286 miles in three days including the two big, Max effort group rides. The legs held up great. I recovered enough after each day to have decent power the next day.

I also wanted to try for two 100+ mile rides in one weekend.

At about mile 94 on Sunday, the legs were feeling quite good so I decided to extent it a bit and go do my favorite local climb + descent. I even had decent power on the climb.

It's good to push your limits, right up to the edge of doing too much and then back it off, take a rest. I think it worked out perfectly for me.

Now it's time to relax, no riding for a week, then slowly get back in before restarting structured training in November, Hoping there is racing next spring. The way things are going it's quite uncertain, but I'm gonna be ready.

#cycling #cyclinglife #como #socalcycling #fitness #pinarelloprince

Nice evening for a ride down to the beach. #soca

Nice evening for a ride down to the beach.

#socalcycling #orangecounty #huntingtonbeach

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#hanggliding #willswing

Yeah there's like fall colors and stuff up here.

Yeah there's like fall colors and stuff up here.

#cyclinglife #fallcolors #pinarello #pedalmafia #easternsierra #lakesabrina #bishop #california #cycling #mountaingoat

Finally got to do one of my favorite rides again t

Finally got to do one of my favorite rides again today. Last time I was able to do the climb up to Mosquito flats and Rock Creek Lake was 2014 I think. 22 mile 5500 ft climb up to about 10,000 ft. It's not the most difficult but the altitude sure doesn't help.

My goal was to break 2 hours, which I did at 1 hour 55 minutes but was just 2 minutes outside of the top 10 for the Strava segment.

This is the most beautiful, dynamic and interesting climb I've done. The scenery and changing vegitation are well worth the effort. Stand by for some video of the fall colors.

#cycling #bishop #easternsierra #owensvalley #mountaingoat #climber #pinarello #california #rockcreeklake

Desperately clinging on to summer...

Desperately clinging on to summer...

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