Lots of climbing – BionicOldGuy

I signed up for a challenge to climb 7000m (23000ft) for the month of June on Strava. The problem is that I didn’t sign up until June 19th. I figured I’d already climbed a lot this month but I forgot I don’t do a lot of solo climbing so it turns out I only have 2600m under my belt so in the last 11 days of the month I need another 4400m. I’ve been rocking ever since and so far I’ve scored another 2277 since yesterday, now I need another 2076 in 5 days. Note to self, next time join at the beginning of the month!

Last Thursday I rode northwest from Morgan Hill on a nice day.

Saturday I meandered southwest on a foggy morning. It didn’t pick up until I was almost home.

On Tuesday, my group trip started from the Mendoza Ranch parking lot in Harvey Bear County Park. I love this ride on beautiful roads in the hills east of Gilroy. But I haven’t ridden upright that long lately due to neck issues and I don’t have a good way to transport my recumbent so I just rode it to the start. I took extra batteries just in case and needed all but one because the ride was over 4 hours for me. The good news was that I gained 723m of elevation gain.