Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Preparation for 2020 C2C ride

Rick's Blog Leading up to Bubba's C2C 2020 ride

2019
As of 12/31/19
Rode miles: 1811.67
Indoor spinning hours: 28:57
Zwift miles 266.14
Swimming yards / miles: 188350 / 107.02

2020
As of 3/2/20
Rode miles: 113.71
Indoor spinning hours: 22:48
Zwift miles 194.3
Swimming yards / miles: 43,100/ 24.49
     January has been cold and wet and windy so mostly indoor riding
     February continues the cold and wet pattern

It's been an interesting year.  My recovery from the the broken wrist was longer than I expected. I guess at my age you do not heal as fast as a 20 something ;-)  Even as I write this post (11/19/19) I still have some residual discomfort in the wrist and only ~80% of the strength has returned. Turns out the bone fracture healed relatively fast, but the tendon and ligaments seem to take forever.

The early arrival of winter to my area sure has cut down outdoor riding. We got 11" of snow on Veterans Day followed by sub zero temps. A week later the temps have moderated and much of the snow has melted.
I was able to get a brief road ride in  after the snow on the hard surface roads as the gravel roads are still ice and mud.

In October I started my training again at PowerCycling ( https://w ww.powercyclingusa.com/). The owner Marc got me into very good shape last fall and he is ramping up my conditioning again this year. With PowerCycling, Zwift riding, and outdoor rides weather permitting, along with my swimming, I should be in good shape for the C2C ride.

Below is the itinerary for this year's ride.  One variation from the 2019 itinerary is the day that would have ended in Comstock, TX. The overnight campground is not available this year; so instead of a ~80 mile day it will now be a 118 mile day with the following day shorten to ~35 miles.


2020 Itinerary 
Where  to                    
DateMileage
San Diego, CAFriday6-Mar0
Alpine, CASaturday7-Mar42
Jacumba, CASunday8-Mar43
Calexico, CAMonday9-Mar51
Yuma, AZTuesday10-Mar65
Dateland, AZWednesday11-Mar70
Gila Bend, AZThursday12-Mar52
Casa Grande, AZFriday13-Mar87
Catalina, AZSaturday14-Mar55
Catalina, AZSunday15-Mar0
Tucson, AZMonday16-Mar43
Tombstone, AZTuesday17-Mar73
Douglas, AZWednesday18-Mar50
Rodeo, NMThursday19-Mar58
Columbus, NMFriday20-Mar95
Columbus, NMSaturday21-Mar0
El Paso, TXSunday22-Mar75
Ft. Hancock, TXMonday23-Mar61
Van Horn, TXTuesday24-Mar74
Marfa, TXWednesday25-Mar73
Marathon, TXThursday26-Mar57
Marathon, TXFriday27-Mar0
Sanderson, TXSaturday28-Mar55
Comstock/ Del Rio,TXSunday29-Mar81/118
Brackettville, TXMonday30-Mar35
Concan, TXTuesday31-Mar74
Concan, TXWednesday1-Apr0
Kerrville, TXThursday2-Apr72
Blanco, TXFriday3-Apr59
Lockhart, TXSaturday4-Apr63
La Grange, TXSunday5-Apr60
Richards,TXMonday6-Apr89
Richards,TXTuesday7-Apr0
Shepherd, TXWednesday8-Apr64
Silsbee, TXThursday9-Apr61
DeRidder, LAFriday10-Apr73
Opelousas, LASaturday11-Apr91
St. Francisville, LASunday12-Apr68
St. Francisville, LAMonday13-Apr0
Franklinton, LATuesday14-Apr86
Poplarville, MSWednesday15-Apr45
Ocean Springs, MSThursday16-Apr72
Dauphin Island, ALFriday17-Apr83
Dauphin Island, ALSaturday18-Apr0
Milton, FLSunday19-Apr86
Milton, FLMonday20-Apr0
DeFuniak Springs , FLTuesday21-Apr54
Marianna, FLWednesday22-Apr69
Tallahassee, FLThursday23-Apr80
Live Oak, FLFriday24-Apr77
Gainesville, FLSaturday25-Apr83
Palatka, FLSunday26-Apr53
St. Augustine, FLMonday27-Apr36

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