Triple Bypass Training – Mountain Rides

Tom Wigginton • April 22, 2014

Beginning this week, your cycling program begins to incorporate much more challenging distances and climbs as we prepare for our big summer rides.


Coming up first is the Iron Horse Classic on Memorial Day weekend followed by the Elephant Rock Ride the first weekend in June. The Triple Bypass is 12 weeks from last Saturday. The Copper Triangle is just 3 weeks after that so don’t think you’ve got plenty of time if you haven’t gotten serious about your training for that. And don’t forget about your fundraising efforts for the Davis Phinney Foundation!


This Saturday, our first really big ride will be over Squaw Pass. Squaw is the first of the three passes on the Triple. This will entail a lot more planning and organizing than our “simple, quick and easy” ride to Lookout. Here are some of the things you should be thinking about:


  • You’ll be driving to the start/finish.
  • Be prepared with all-weather clothing.
  • What are you going to need to eat?
  • What will you drink and where will you refill your water bottles?
  • Your bike should be in perfect shape.
  • Here is the MapMyRide profile for the full ride/loop:

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/382203524


Whenever you come back to the blog, look over to the right and look for the Cycling Category. When you click there, all the cycling-specific articles will show up summarized on the page. Of significance are the training schedule with suggested ride plans, the equipment checklist and the Feedzone Cook Book Rice Cake Recipe by Biju Thomas and Allen Lim.


If you haven’t started working your way through the supplies list, you really need to get after that.



http://vmfit.com/category/cycling/

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