Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
I am back from Rosarito-Ensenada bike race. It was fewer people than usual. As always, I travelled with the Outback Adventures bus from San Diego. It was only one bus this time (more precisely, one bus and one van). I was told that at the peak, there were 12 buses going from San Diego... The highest race number I have seen was ~3500 -- which is about 2x less than before.
There was however clearly more riders from Mexico-- I would say, ~3/4 of the riders looked hispanic/local.
The ride went great. The weather was perfect: cool and breezy at the start, then moderately hot in the mountains --- then cool again approaching Ensenada. My personal statistics this time was measured using Garmin Forerunner watch, which is more accurate than my bike computer. Here its is: Distance: 50.14 miles; time: 2.57.41 (running +idle) ascent: 2840'; Speed (average/max): 16.9/30.9 mile/hour; heart rate: 155/173. The average speed as measured with my bike computer was 17.5 miles/hour, which is because it measures the moving speed only, and probably slightly off in calibration.
There was however clearly more riders from Mexico-- I would say, ~3/4 of the riders looked hispanic/local.
The ride went great. The weather was perfect: cool and breezy at the start, then moderately hot in the mountains --- then cool again approaching Ensenada. My personal statistics this time was measured using Garmin Forerunner watch, which is more accurate than my bike computer. Here its is: Distance: 50.14 miles; time: 2.57.41 (running +idle) ascent: 2840'; Speed (average/max): 16.9/30.9 mile/hour; heart rate: 155/173. The average speed as measured with my bike computer was 17.5 miles/hour, which is because it measures the moving speed only, and probably slightly off in calibration.
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