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2013 Season Summary
Veloviewer.com – 20,485 miles ridden in 2013 compared to 20,744 miles ridden in the 2012 calendar year.
Veloviewer.com – 2,594,511 ft climbed in 2013 … compared to 2,686,811 ft climbed in the 2012 calendar year.
Veloviewer.com – 59 days and 33 minutes spent riding my bike in 2013 … compared to 59 days and 11 hours and 2 minutes in the 2012 calendar year
I look forward to writing this post every year, and this year I've got a new tool to help me – the veloviewer charts which compare stats from year to year. The three charts above show a comparison of elevation, distance, and time from the past five years. Note that I only used a Garmin in 2008 from Thanksgiving until the end of the year. This is the graphical version of the tables that I've been accumulating at the end of every season and which I continue to use in the rest of the post below – although the veloviewer charts are based on calendar year instead of my training/racing year.
End of the season statistics
The statistics below all run from October 29, 2012 until October 27, 2013 – 364 days worth of riding and racing. I define my racing/training season from the Monday closest to Nov 1 of the previous year to the Sunday closest to Oct 31st of the current year for all of these statistics and reports. Normally, this would include all of my racing for the calendar year. This year included an extended foray into mountain bike racing, which has more fall races, so the date range does not include two 2013 races (the November 23rd Oak Ass 100 mile mtb race and the November 30th Gravel Grovel ultracx race) and the associated training leading up to those races.
Statistics Summary
October 29, 2012 – October 27, 2013
|Weekly training time (hours)
|Weekly distance (miles)
|Ride distance (miles)
|Workouts per week (#)
|Weekly climbing (feet)
For eagle-eyed observers who note that the climbing total is lower than that reported on Strava, I will give the same explanation that I gave last year: I am generating these reports from my Polar Protrainer software. I wrote a converter that converts Garmin .FIT files and .TCX files into the .HRM format that Polar expects. The Polar Protrainer software then applies a smoothing filter when it is calculating total ascent and other statistics, but I can't figure out how to turn it off so that the statistics match up with Strava, which doesn't apply any smoothing filters.
Comparison to past years
All years run from the Monday closest to November 1st to the Sunday closest to October 31st. This should result in about 365 days for each year give or take a day or two.
(per week)
|Time (hours)
|Dist (miles)
|HR avg (bpm)
|Workouts (#)
|Climb (feet)
(yearly total)
|Training (hours)
|Distance (miles)
|Workouts (#)
|Climbing (feet)
Racing Season Summary
The highlight for the racing season was winning my very first race of the year — the Southern Cross ultracx season opener in Dahlonega, GA. I knew I could do top 3 in the race, but I certainly wasn't expecting to win, especially the way it all shook out. This win dictated my season a bit as I decided to pursue the ultracx series overall. Also, the new Southeastern Regional Series was on my radar from as soon as it was announced so I put all of those races on my calendar as well. By the time the season was all finished at the end of November, I managed to place 2nd in the overall for both series. The UltraCx series was really close, but it came down to a single point separating me from winner Mike "Simonster" Simonson. The SRS series was not quite as close with Winston David turning out a phenomenal year and me a distant 2nd. More fun was the KOM competition, which was my pre-season goal for the series, and I chased it hard but Andy Scarano was just too strong for me and I ended up starting out strong in the KOM points but fading to 3rd behind Andy and Winston. It looks like after checking the results I also ended up 3rd in the sprinter's jersey competition as well!
Another highlight for the season was Tim Hall's Nashville to Natchez ride. I think this really gave me the bug for ultra-endurance cycling, and I'm already planning on tackling a 500 mile race in 2014 as well as RAAM in 2015 and then possibly the Iditarod Trail Race in 2016. This led to a number of adventures this year documented in these blogs summarized below (click on each heading to go to a blog describing the adventure) -
NASHVILLE TO NATCHEZ (AND THEN ONTO BIRMINGHAM) – 444 miles on the Natchez Trace followed by another 418 miles home to Birmingham in the middle of summer. Tim Hall invited me on this fundraising ride for Team Red, White, and Blue – an organization helping veterans returning from deployment reconnect to communities through social and physical activity.
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND CLEMSON FOOTBALL – I never did get a chance to write up a blog on this one, so I've linked to the strava activity. We had an awesome family weekend for the Clemson game against Boston College. This was my first Clemson game since graduating 15 years ago. It was my kids' and Kristine's first Clemson game. We tailgated, the whole 9 yards, and then Kristine and I stayed a couple extra days for me to get in a 184 mile ride from Clemson up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and take a new route across to Caesars Head. Found an awesome gravel road climb and descent a bazillion miles into the ride.
NASHVILLE TO BIRMINGHAM – a little bit of an arctic adventure in the deep south. I've always been fascinated with point to point rides so when the opportunity came for me to ride from Nashville back home to Birmingham after the Andrew Peterson concert, I jumped all over it. I wasn't expecting temps hovering around 11 degF for an hour, though, and ended up having to cut the ride about 60 miles short. It still made for a 210 mile epic adventure. Technically this adventure will fall into next year's training year but I will forget to write about it then so I'm including it in this calendar year.
RAPHA FESTIVE 500 – likewise, this adventure technically should go with next year's season summary but since it happened this calendar year I'll go ahead and include it. This was easily the hardest Strava challenge I've done and ended with one of the hardest bike rides I've ever done.
Finally, the graphs and charts!
CP curve – back down to 293 watts. Several efforts over the year caused Golden Cheetah to refit my data at a lower threshold. The black line in this pic is from my Whitewater Falls ride in October where I set the KOM on the Cat 2 climb (setting a 25 minute power record of 325 watts). (click to enlarge)
2013 – Much of my training is "distance-based" in that I aim for a particular weekly mileage. (click to enlarge)
2013 – time spent in heartrate zones … I pay special attention to my heartrate … ideally I'd like to be in Zone 1 or 2 or Zone 5. It's hard to put that into practice though. It is nice to see a significant drop in Zone 3 during the racing season and corresponding increase in Zone 3 during the off season. Explanation for this is that during the racing season, I spend a lot of time riding at very easy pace to recover from previous weekend's races.
These three graphs are the ones that I pay the most attention to both during the season and afterwards during breakdown analysis. Also, the critical power curve is very helpful for KOM efforts and time trials where you can gauge the average power that you know you can sustain for a particular duration climb. Then, the next step becomes guessing what your time will be so you can know what wattage to target and weigh that against how tired your legs feel.
And finally many thank you's
This is probably the first season in a long time that has not been my new "best season ever", but it certainly wasn't because of a lack of support. I owe so many people so many thank you's far more than can fit here, but here goes – first to my amazing beautiful wife Kristine who has put up with many hours away from home on the bike and traveled to many races this year. Likewise, my kids are amazing and are quite adept at making an adventure out of what could be a lot of boring times on the side of a road in the middle of nowhere at a bike race. Plus, they have all put up with many miles in the car together as a family.
If you have ever wondered what kind of bike mechanic can deal with the crazy bike situations I find myself in, there are several in Birmingham from every shop in town who are certainly up to the task (what an amazing city we live in), but Craig Tamburello at Brick Alley opened up shop a couple years ago in Hoover just a couple miles from my house, and he has been amazing finding solutions to problems caused by all the insane rides my bike components have to deal with every year.
My new teammates from FGS Cycling, John Hart, Kurt Page, and Jeff McGrane welcomed me onto their team and helped me plunge into Tennessee racing including several new-to-me races this year (Hell of the South, Berry Peddlar, Rockabilly Classic, and Roan Groan). Awesome guys … thanks and I'm looking forward to next year!
Also, a big shout out to Mark Fisher who has challenged my climbing records and pushed me to dig deeper than anyone else has ever pushed me. Indeed, he has already passed me, and this year's state road race was quite perfect. The two of us broke away on the second lap, and then Mark dropped me a little more than halfway up the climb on the final lap. I stayed with him longer than I expected I could, but as he rode away from me I was already thinking "this is fine, I'm happy to pass the torch of 'Alabama's fastest climber'" onto Mark. It's cool, though, that we are still close enough that I can give him a run for his money in the end-of-the year strava shootout. We almost tied again this year … only 1 second separating us on the final climb!
And finally, to the entire Birmingham cycling community, wow. If you were to rank cycling communities the way they do football polls, there would be at least one #1 besides Birmingham. There is very little infrastructure (but not none, e.g., CommuteSmart has done some good work) to support cycling here, but my goodness there are a lot of amazing and dedicated riders who brave the car craziness and the hills and make it fun to ride to Birmingham. It is the riders themselves who have stepped up to replace what cities and communities have not done — made Birmingham a great place to ride.
2012 season statistics and reflection
With all that is happening in cycling right now, I definitely appreciate everyone who continues to follow my racing. I have never used any kind of performance enhancing drug, and it makes me sad/mad that so many of the stars of cycling from my generation have resorted to that during their careers. I think Phil Gaimon captured exactly how I feel when he describes Racer X at the end of this Velonews article. I will always love racing and riding my bike, so nothing changes for me in the wake of all that is coming out in the news now, other than a sense of responsibility to help promote clean sport. I'm not sure how or what difference I can make, but I'm open to suggestions and will continue looking for opportunities to help.
A picture is worth a thousand words so let's start this long post out with a picture! My win at the Tour de Tuscaloosa road race to claim the Alabama state championship was definitely the highlight of my season. The inset pictures are the Alabama medals podium from Tuscaloosa as well teammates Boris and Kevin at the Pensacola stage race.
End of the season statistics
These statistics all run from October 31, 2011 until October 28, 2012 – 364 days worth of riding and racing. I define my racing/training season from the Monday closest to Nov 1 of the previous year to the Sunday closest to Oct 31st of the current year for all of these statistics and reports. The Polar Protrainer software makes it easy to calculate the statistics over the exact date range that I want to use.
Statistics Summary
October 31, 2011 – October 28, 2012
|Weekly training time (hours)
|Weekly distance (miles)
|Workouts per week (#)
|Weekly climbing (feet)
For eagle-eyed observers who note that the climbing total is lower than that reported on Strava, I will give the same explanation that I gave last year: I am generating these reports from my Polar Protrainer software. I wrote a converter that converts Garmin .FIT files and .TCX files into the .HRM format that Polar expects. The Polar Protrainer software then applies a smoothing filter when it is calculating total ascent and other statistics, but I can't figure out how to turn it off so that the statistics match up with Strava, which doesn't apply any smoothing filters.
Some weekly milestone totals (from Strava):
- 3 weeks with more than 500 miles of riding, including one 648.6 mile week
- 25 weeks with more than 400 miles of riding
- 26 weeks with more than 50,000 ft of climbing, including a week with 100,342 ft
- 34 weeks with more than 25 hours of training/racing
Other statistical highlights (from Strava):
- Approximately 640 different KOMs on Strava
- A 249 mile mega ride to win the one-day Rapha Rising challenge with over 42,000 ft of climbing. I had some Garmin problems towards the end of the day and ended up losing 24 miles and 4,000 feet of climbing — but it was still enough to win the competition!
Comparison to past years
All years run from the Monday closest to November 1st to the Sunday closest to October 31st. This should result in about 365 days for each year give or take a day or two.
(per week)
|Training (hours)
|Distance (miles)
|HR avg (bpm)
|Workouts (#)
|Climbing (feet)
(yearly total)
|Training (hours)
|Distance (miles)
|Workouts (#)
|Climbing (feet)
1 When I first got my Garmin in November 2008 (which falls in the 2009 year), I was leaving my commutes as one ride. In other words, I would just stop the timer while I was at work and then start it back up for the return trip home.
Racing Season Summary
This season was another "best ever" season highlighted by winning the Tour de Tuscaloosa road race over a really strong field to claim the Pro/1/2 Alabama state road race championship, having my best finish ever in the Athens Twilight criterium (20th place), winning the 47 day Strava climbing challenge sponsored by Specialized (my 20th place at Athens Twilight was near the end of that competition), placing 11th in the elite national road race in Augusta, making the podium three times at the Georgia Cycling Gran Prix including third overall for the five day omnium, and doing well in my first real foray into mountain bike racing since high school and college (3rd at Southern Cross, 2nd at the Skyway Epic, 4th at the Barn Burner in Flagstaff, 39th at Leadville in Colorado, and 13th at Fool's Gold).
We did a lot of traveling over the summer, including a long road trip out to Arizona for a cousin's wedding, that included the Barn Burner mountain bike race in Flagstaff and the three-day Tulsa Tough criterium series in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the way home. I had slightly disappointing results at the Tulsa Tough, but it was still one of the funnest weekends of racing the whole year — especially with the Tour de France like climb through the crowds every lab on Cry Baby Hill on the last day of racing. Another great adventure that didn't quite have the results I was looking for was the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race. I ended up 39th but that was after bonking pretty bad about 75 miles into the 100+ mile race and struggling for the last 30 miles home. Still, the race itself was quite an adventure getting to race alongside two different world champions (Christoph Sauser from about mile 30 to mile 40 and Rebecca Rusch briefly on the powerline climb as she blew by me at mile 75). Altogether, I raced in ten different states this year (AZ, CO, OK, LA, MS, AL, TN, GA, FL, SC) over a total of 41 days covering 2,996 miles.
Map showing the locations of all my 2012 races (click to enlarge). Over 3000 miles of racing in 10 states. I just realized I acccidentally left Arizona off the map because I lost my Garmin during the Barn Burner race so I didn't have any data from that race to pull into topocreator.
Finally, the graphs and charts!
Critical power curve for 2012. This represents an increase from 288 watts in 2011 to 305 watts in 2012. This is QUITE a substantial increase, but it's mainly because I didn't have very much power data for 2011 to base my 2011 figure on. It only takes one GOOD effort to push the curve up, and I believe that effort for me was when I set the Karl Daly KOM (on June 16, 2012). (click to enlarge)
Much of my training is "distance-based" in that I aim for a particular weekly mileage. (click to enlarge)
I also spend a lot of time focused on climbing … usually this my daily focus as I will set a minimum amount that I want to climb that day and then ride as long as it takes to hit that amount. As it gets closer to the end of the week, I see what I need to do in terms of mileage to bring me up to the desired weekly mileage. (click to enlarge)
I rarely think about total time when training, but I do concern myself with time spent in different heartrate zones (particularly in the off season and base training period). I want to make sure I'm spending the right amount of time in the "red zone". During the racing season, the race tactics that play out govern how much time is spent in the red. I aim NEVER to get into zone 4 or 5 during training during the racing season since I am racing pretty much every weekend where I spend a LOT of time in those zones. (click to enlarge)
You can see when school is in session because my "number of workouts" goes up dramatically since I have at least two rides per day (my commutes) during the school year.
Two new screenshots this year from Golden Cheetah … both "metrics" graph which highlights my best power output for a given time. This is like a discrete version of the Critical Power graph focusing on some well-known time intervals.
Aerobic power (best effort over longer time intervals). (click to enlarge)
Anaerobic power (best efforts over shorter intervals). (click to enlarge)
And finally, finally, some more thank you's
A huge thank you to first of all my beautiful wife, Kristine Toone, and my kids Analise and Josiah, my parents and all of my teammates, friends, and family. I'll be working over the rest of the week on a separate post with more maps of all the places that we traveled, all the places where we have stayed for races, and all the places where I have ridden this year. In that post, I'll thank people by name who have helped out so much. Just as last year, I'll leave this exceedingly long post with just one more thanks – thanks!
Athens Twilight 2012 vs Sunny King 2012 power and heartrate data
Well, the results are in, and below is this year's side-by-side comparison of two very popular pro criteriums (Sunny King and Athens Terrapin Twilight). I still don't know how to decide which race is harder … so y'all look at the data and make some comments about how you interpret it. Thanks! This year's races were held on back-to-back weekends with Sunny King held in Anniston, Alabama on Saturday, April 21st at 7:30PM and Athens Twilight held in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, April 28th at 9:00PM.
Summary Data
Sunny King Athens Twilight Time 1:30:14 1:41:19 Distance 41.6 mi. 47.6 mi. Avg Speed 27.7 mph 28.2 mph Max Speed 36 mph 36 mph Avg HR 176 174 Max HR 187 189 Avg Power 269 245 Max Power 1013 1088 Placing 26th 20th
Heartrate Zones
Sunny King Athens Twilight Zone 5 (175+) 0:58:45 0:54:04 Zone 4 (155+) 0:31:15 0:46:50
Some notes about the data … first, it was really windy for this year's Sunny King criterium, which partially explains the higher power / lower average speed. But a bigger factor in the Watts vs Speed differences between the races is that in Athens you have a long stretch of the course where you rest … from the downhill going into Turn 3 all the way through Turn 4. The only place to rest on the Sunny King course is about 3 or 4 seconds as you brake hard into Turn #3.
Here are the power maps … note that for the Sunny King race there is a lot more time to warm up on the course so a lot of the purple lines are from my warm-up laps.
2012 Sunny King Criterium – Pro men power map (click to enlarge)
2012 Athens Terrapin Twilight Criterium – Pro men power map (click to enlarge)
Here is a side-by-side on the lap data for the two races showing avg power, max power, and avg heartrate. Sunny King is on a slightly longer course so there is only 60 laps as compared to 80 laps for the Athens Twilight race.
Avg power Max power Avg heartrate Lap Sunny Athens Sunny Athens Sunny Athens 1 367 330 897 820 159 168 2 317 267 948 827 173 172 3 279 270 839 975 173 173 4 236 305 767 851 172 177 5 282 257 970 895 174 178 6 316 256 900 845 177 176 7 272 234 855 890 179 173 8 303 243 1013 919 180 173 9 238 258 934 891 179 174 10 268 231 822 860 175 176 11 253 272 917 873 176 178 12 260 271 804 918 176 179 13 271 284 820 931 177 179 14 282 250 928 821 180 182 15 265 249 814 973 177 179 16 289 280 853 917 177 180 17 246 234 780 901 179 179 18 276 268 879 876 175 179 19 256 261 874 884 174 179 20 326 236 935 934 180 179 21 260 249 884 903 180 179 22 252 262 945 864 176 178 23 251 234 717 897 175 177 24 256 262 807 896 177 179 25 246 244 852 920 177 178 26 289 256 916 976 178 178 27 291 238 872 903 179 177 28 295 226 827 790 179 175 29 250 216 870 794 178 175 30 272 235 882 706 174 175 31 274 239 898 885 175 176 32 249 253 910 875 176 177 33 250 260 679 900 176 178 34 252 247 735 933 172 177 35 233 218 821 885 170 176 36 265 257 897 883 175 172 37 240 232 869 842 169 178 38 247 232 855 881 171 172 39 274 222 896 832 174 173 40 260 241 657 856 175 172 41 258 262 789 930 171 176 42 261 228 893 820 175 176 43 276 224 900 800 176 171 44 259 215 812 862 174 169 45 242 267 900 775 174 172 46 251 244 825 755 174 174 47 242 229 793 817 175 169 48 247 214 744 851 171 169 49 266 191 720 813 176 171 50 276 246 880 821 176 166 51 238 225 744 775 178 170 52 294 251 873 868 179 171 53 269 240 819 844 178 170 54 253 259 825 802 178 172 55 246 214 788 816 174 171 56 277 280 791 842 177 171 57 278 325 886 971 179 181 58 264 202 965 783 177 174 59 322 243 867 701 181 169 60 330 212 744 743 185 170 61 224 852 167 62 232 816 169 63 244 832 173 64 245 885 173 65 261 731 172 66 232 827 172 67 238 876 173 68 244 846 173 69 239 854 174 70 212 817 173 71 236 879 172 72 253 875 174 73 243 812 176 74 261 782 174 75 280 865 175 76 254 919 178 77 226 827 176 78 284 850 176 79 276 922 180 80 363 1088 184
18,000 miles for 2011
Today was my last ride for 2011, and it just so happened to take me over the 18,000 mile mark for the year. I had originally thought I was going to be short of 18,000 miles, but I noticed after my ride on Monday that I was reasonably close to try and make it there by the end of the year. Also, I had 2,134,824 ft of climbing … that's the same elevation gain as climbing Mt Everest 73.5 times starting from sea level.
I also ended up winning the Strava climbing competition for December and for 2011.
End of the season maps
Lots of fun maps from the season. All of these maps cover routes between November 1, 2010 and October 30, 2011.
|Quick summary-
|3,900 mi.
|17,300 mi.
|17,600 mi.
|38,800 mi.
Zoomed in view of the Birmingham routes – Hoover, Vestavia, Homewood
Biking in Alabama from Birmingham north and eastwards
All bike routes (racing, training, and commuting) for the year
Biking (racing, training, and commuting) all over the southeast
Biking (racing, training, and commuting) all over the midwest
Biking in Nicaragua for our June 2011 Nuevas Esperanzas board meeting
All of our driving to/from races and/or family vacation spots
Lots of fun maps from the season. All of these maps are for one year (November 1, 2010 – October 30, 2011). 38,824 miles consisting of 3,940 miles flying, 17,314 miles driving, and
Roundtrip flight from Chicago to Nicaragua in June 2011
Everything all on one map – annotated
Screenshot of my website (topocreator.com) for creating these types of maps.
2011 Tour of America's Dairyland Summary
What a great race series the 2011 Tour of America's Dairyland was. I'm already looking forward to next year. This year featured 9 criteriums, 1 road race, and 1 time trial. The criteriums were a mix of hilly technical courses and flat, fast courses. This was my first time to race more than six days in a row. By the end of two weeks of racing and riding, I had ridden/raced 824 miles (383 miles the first week and 441 miles the second week). To put that in perspective, that is 15 miles longer than our drive home from Madison, WI to Birmingham, AL. The 441 mile week is my sixth 400+ mile week of the year and most likely the second longest week of my entire racing career. I had a 500+ mile week in college.
All of our criteriums were timed at 90 minutes and depending on the average speed worked out to be around 45 miles in length. The race was so well organized, thanks in part to having a nearly identical schedule very day. I didn't have a lot to do besides race, so I would frequently start warming up during the pro women's race and continuing warming up during the masters 1-2-3 race before checking out the course for a few laps during the downtime that was scheduled between the end of the masters race and the start of the pro men's race. That down-time meant that every one of our races started on time because any kind of delay earlier in the day was worked out by the time our race started.
The road race was an excellent course through the Kettle Moraine state forest area. The hills and crosswinds combined with some rain during the first half of the race made for a challenging course. I was disappointed that I put so much effort into an early break that was brought back and then missed both the break of the day plus a large chase group. I was stuck in the field until the last lap when I bridged to a solo move and worked together with the rider I caught to finish just ahead of the field. It was a good finish to an otherwise disappointing race performance.
Favorite picture and favorite video… the picture is Lapham Peak where I rode to on my rest day in lieu of the Ripon time trial. The video is the last lap sprint of the last race of the series in Madison, WI.
Panoramic view from the top of the Lapham Peak tower (click to enlarge)
Here is a summary of all my results from the races. I was hoping for more top 20s, another top 10, and a top 5 in the road race. So my results weren't quite what I was expecting, but it was still great experience, great racing, and the longest race series that I have ever done!
|Day 1 – Shorewood Criterium
|Day 2 – Thiensville Criterium
|Day 3 – Grafton Criterium
|Day 4 – Waukesha Criterium
|Day 5 – Greenbush Road Race
|Day 6 – Schlitz Park Criterium
|Day 7 – Ripon TT (rest day)
|Day 8 – Sheboygan Criterium
|Day 9 – Fond du Lac Criterium
|Day 10 – Downer Ave Criterium
|Day 11 – Madison Criterium
Finally, here a few maps to help illustrate the scope of our fun summer bike racing adventure…
Annotated map showing our entire trip.
Annotated map showing all the places that I raced.
Map showing all my races and commutes to/from awesome host housing in Brookfield. I saw quite a bit of southeastern Wisconsin frequently opting for side streets and country roads instead of interstates.
The Birmingham Monsters (aka 20 percenters)
Jacob Tubbs sent me a link yesterday to a climb near Trento, Italy called the Scanuppia – Malga Palazzo which averages 17% for nearly 5 miles with maximum pitches of close to 45%. Yesterday, I went out to find the steepest climbs in Birmingham for comparison purposes. I think we will call it the Scanuppia factor – the maximum distance on a climb that averages 17%.
South Cove Dr – 0.26miles @ 17.4%
Woodcrest – 0.18 miles @ 17.2%
Southcrest – 0.22 miles (split into 3 segments, 18.2%, 17.1%, and 18.4%)
Montclair (Trinity) – 0.13 miles @ 17.8%
Elder St – 0.1miles @ 17%?
Stone River – 0.19 miles @ (17.5%, split into 2 segments)
Keep in mind that the real Scanuppia climb in Italy averages 17% for 7.5km (4.7 miles). So in other words, it is almost 20 times longer than the South Cove Dr climb!
The "Scanuppia Factor" for the Birmingham Monsters.
The Birmingham Monsters – annotated iBike data for complete ride. One of my favorite things about this graph is how it looks like the Montclair (Trinity) climb is bending backwards at the top!
TopoCreator map of the ride with climbs and descents annotated.
Also, you can view a detailed map of the ride on Strava
Here are the elevation profiles for the four monsters I rode today:
Southcrest – stair stepper with three separate 20+% sections.
Montclair (Trinity) – "The Ramp".
Woodcrest – very straight climb that flattens out just before the steepest pitch.
South Cove Dr – less than a mile from my house, this climb has the highest average gradient of the monsters.
Here are the detailed statistics for the climbs on the ride.
---------ENTIRE RIDE--------- Dist: 38.39 mi (2:38:13) Climbing: 5818 ft Energy: 1513.9 kJ Cals Burn: 1447.3 kcal Braking: -396.6 kJ (-26.2%) That's a LOT of braking! Min Avg Max Power 0 159.5 688 W Aero 0 38.7 1109 W Rolling 0 19.3 69 W Gravity -3402 0.6 727 W Speed 0.0 14.6 52.7 mi/h Elev 420 724 1167 ft Slope -19.9 0.01 24.5 % Caden 0 73.8 115 rpm HR 80 138.0 175 bpm NP 223 W; IF 0.805; TSS 171.0
---------Southcrest Monster--------- Dist: 0.56 mi (0:04:37) Climbing: 299 ft Energy: 74.1 kJ Cals Burn: 70.9 kcal Braking: -1.0 kJ (-1.3%) Min Avg Max Power 0 267.6 474 W Aero 0 9.9 60 W Rolling 6 9.7 20 W Gravity -240 238.1 439 W Speed 4.6 7.3 15.1 mi/h Elev 747 891 1048 ft Slope -6.6 9.58 24.5 % Caden 4 60.9 107 rpm HR 104 149.4 164 bpm NP 295 W; IF 1.063; TSS 8.7
---------South Cove Dr Monster--------- Dist: 0.22 mi (0:02:50) Climbing: 229 ft Energy: 52.0 kJ Cals Burn: 49.7 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 226 306.0 403 W Aero 0 10.9 17 W Rolling 5 6.3 10 W Gravity 198 291.0 385 W Speed 3.5 4.8 7.6 mi/h Elev 512 634 740 ft Slope 9.0 18.01 24.3 % Caden 31 41.3 65 rpm HR 132 158.3 165 bpm NP 309 W; IF 1.114; TSS 5.9
---------Montclair - Trinity Monster--------- Dist: 0.38 mi (0:02:56) Climbing: 212 ft Energy: 50.6 kJ Cals Burn: 48.4 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 84 287.5 429 W Aero 0 8.5 13 W Rolling 7 10.4 16 W Gravity 167 276.2 410 W Speed 5.4 7.9 12.4 mi/h Elev 775 874 988 ft Slope 4.1 10.28 21.8 % Caden 48 64.8 86 rpm HR 117 146.9 162 bpm NP 292 W; IF 1.052; TSS 5.4
---------Woodcrest Monster--------- Dist: 1.91 mi (0:10:31) Climbing: 478 ft Energy: 149.2 kJ Cals Burn: 142.6 kcal Braking: -7.3 kJ (-4.9%) Min Avg Max Power 0 236.4 451 W Aero 0 29.5 223 W Rolling 0 14.5 31 W Gravity -323 174.5 435 W Speed 0.0 10.9 23.1 mi/h Elev 672 759 981 ft Slope -8.6 4.68 21.4 % Caden 0 72.1 111 rpm HR 104 152.5 172 bpm NP 277 W; IF 0.998; TSS 17.4
Note – to put South Cove Dr in perspective for the Birmingham riders who know Elder St, think about this – South Cove Dr climbs an additional 80 ft over roughly the same distance as Elder!
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---------Stone River Mini-Monster--------- Dist: 0.29 mi (0:02:45) Climbing: 200 ft Energy: 49.0 kJ Cals Burn: 46.8 kcal Braking: 0.0 kJ (0.0%) Min Avg Max Power 219 296.9 359 W Aero 0 6.8 10 W Rolling 6 8.3 12 W Gravity 182 279.4 348 W Speed 4.8 6.3 8.9 mi/h Elev 717 821 917 ft Slope 5.9 13.01 16.3 % Caden 42 55.1 78 rpm HR 133 151.8 163 bpm NP 298 W; IF 1.074; TSS 5.3
---------Cahaba River to Vestavia Dr High Pt--------- Dist: 5.45 mi (0:23:33) Climbing: 988 ft Energy: 318.3 kJ Cals Burn: 304.3 kcal Braking: -20.1 kJ (-6.3%) Min Avg Max Power 0 225.2 557 W Aero 0 54.9 385 W Rolling 1 18.4 37 W Gravity -685 124.5 523 W Speed 0.4 13.9 28.0 mi/h Elev 420 724 1167 ft Slope -8.5 2.62 14.8 % Caden 0 79.8 107 rpm HR 109 146.1 175 bpm NP 261 W; IF 0.940; TSS 34.7


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Happy Monday, everyone! We hope your weekends were filled with tons of show-going fun. Plenty more madness continues to fill our concert calendar for the week, including visits from Ken Mode, Masked Intruder, and Handsome Family Band. Get some recommendations for a show or two every night of the wee ... More >>
Luminary Center for the Arts makes a comeback on the show scene this summer -- well, not at its pending new physical space on Cherokee Street, but with the return of the Post Performance Series, featuring live music and one-day-only art installations at the Old Post Office Plaza (Ninth and Locust s ... More >>
Stemming back to its foundation in 1959, the St. Louis-based New Music Circle has moved forward as torchbearer in the curation of both regional and international innovators of avant-garde music. Embracing everything from modular synthesis and experimental turntablism to free improvisation and tape m ... More >>
It's Monday, it's shitty outside, and I'm tired. My brain is mush, creativity is lacking, and there's an unknown chirp occurring somewhere in the vicinity of my desk (seemingly overhead somehow, but it is not a smoke detector) that is driving me to distraction. I've played out the coming hours in my ... More >>
This weekend is Halloween weekend (Halloween-kend???? Nah, that sucks....) and as such there are plenty of sweet shows for you to attend in clothing that is not your own. Lucky for you -- and more work intensive for me, (you are welcome) -- we already wrote up a post regarding the best Halloween sho ... More >>
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Since December, the Luminary Center for the Arts has been raising tens of thousands -- from both big benefactors and regular Joes on Kickstarter -- to move into larger quarters at 2700 Cherokee St., which is currently the home of Pig Slop studios. But after all the hub-bub surrounding the move ... More >>
For months, rumors have swirled in St. Louis' arts & music scene that the Luminary Center for the Arts, a secular 501(c)(3) nonprofit, harbors secret plans to convert artists to Christianity. (See our current feature). Part of this suspicion has arisen from the video below, which was recorded in ... More >>
Van Dyke Parks doesn't give interviews; he speaks in pull-quotes and aphorisms. If Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker had spent their formative years among rock & roll royalty, as Parks did as an arranger, songwriter and singer, they might have viewed that world with the same big-hearted verbosity that P ... More >>
Sharon Van Etten's journey through the music world included relentless touring, respites on friends' couches and kinship with indie-rock royalty. And now, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter's journey is making a stop in St. Louis. Fresh off the release of her third studio album Tramp, Van Et ... More >>
The Hive Dwellers | Woodsman | Sleep In Sundays Luminary Arts Center, 3/27/12 It is hard to underestimate just how influential Calvin Johnson has been over the past three decades. Since 1982, he has been the proprietor of K Records, a label that has been involved with some big names (Beck, Jon Spe ... More >>
Van Dyke Parks is coming to the Luminary Center for the Arts (4900 Reber Place, 314-807-5984)! It's part of the venue's Elevator Music Series, where the audience is seated in the gallery space, and there are only 250 tickets. They're $22 each and on sale now. We can find a record of when the legen ... More >>
Nothing raises the hackles of the music-hating snark machines over at Pitchfork like a lil rap album that defies the odds by sticking to formula. Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park was slapped with a 1.0 rating, despite the the fact that it managed to move nearly 200,000 copies it's first week. Miller's a ... More >>
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Photo by Corey WoodruffOn September 26th, Deerhoof made tracks through St. Louis for the first time in its nearly twenty years of existence. The Luminary Center for the Arts held the loud but intimate sounds of the seminal experimental pop group, catering to a nearly sold out crowd on a chill ... More >>
Photo by Mabel SuenNoise-rock duo Spelling Bee recently embarked on a tour that took members Joseph Hess and Mabel Suen to Washington D.C., Baltimore, Bost and more. We explored the band's approach to D.I.Y. in a feature as the tour was kicking off. Now that they've returned, we asked drumme ... More >>
Courtesy of KanrocksasFinally, Eminem has collided with NASCAR -- with nary a cowboy hat in sight. This isn't a gone-country Darius Rucker-style conversion, but Missouri-born Marshall Mathers, not to mention 23 other popular and indie acts that normally wouldn't be caught within sight distanc ... More >>
Of Montreal's last show in St. Louis, at the Pageant. Photo by Todd OwyoungOf Montreal is playing the Luminary Center for the Arts on July 4th. That's right: A band that sold 1,300 tickets to its last show here, at the Pageant, is playing what amounts to an exceptionally well-equipped baseme ... More >>
Michael Hoffman's latest exhibit of colorful, abstract paintings will open this Friday evening at the Hoffman Lachance Contemporary. More information on this event and others after the jump.Michael HoffmanStripes, from Bearing at Hoffman LaChance Contemporary.
Brea McAnallyPhaseone at the Old Post Office Plaza in June 2010. Phaseone has long been a source of pride for the St. Louis music scene and its adherents, but in two weeks' time, we can no longer claim him as our own: It is with great displeasure that we bid farewell to Andrew Jernigan, bett ... More >>
image viaThe novelty of chillwave subsided long ago, but Neon Indian's hypnagogic ennui is still compelling two years after the nascent rise and fall of the much-maligned genre. Catch their St. Louis debut on June 8 at The Firebird. Apop Records *Taboo, February 23 2720 Cherokee *Bawn in th ... More >>
Wikimedia CommonsLate yesterday, the winners of the RFT's first-annual web awards went live on our website. Included in that bunch is a bunch of music-related winners. The best music blog award went to I Went To a Show -- because, according to judges, "It's great to see the local-centric cont ... More >>
Making great art often requires more than just inspiration -- sometimes you need power tools, or expensive video equipment, or someone to show you where the "on" button is.Brea and James McAnally, the folks behind the Luminary Center for the Arts, are working to create an environment where St. Lo ... More >>
In the past two years, the Luminary Center for the Arts' Elevator Music Series has brought tons of up-and-coming bands to town -- including (but not limited to) Javelin, Warpaint, Abe Vigoda and Menomena. The 2011 edition of this occasional music series is upholding tradition: The first show of the ... More >>
Menomena packed the house last night at the Luminary Center for the Arts, with a three-act bill that was damned close to perfect. It's rare that two relatively unknown opening acts are treated with more than casual disinterest, especially when opening for a band that commands repeated listens like M ... More >>
Tom Tom Club's Monday, September 27, show at Old Rock House has been canceled. Here's a statement from the band, via the venue: We have decided to postpone parts of our tour until next year so that we can pack the biggest punch possible, and deliver TTC fans the best experience simultaneously. You ... More >>
LA's Warpaint play tonight at the Luminary Center for the Arts. From left, Theresa Wayman, Jenny Lee Lindberg, Stella Mogzawa, Emily Kokal(front).The Los Angeles four-piece Warpaint crafts haunting dreampsych with iridescent harmonies and filmy reverb, but don't label them as an all-girl band ... More >>
Wikimedia Commons/flickrIn this week's RFT Summer Guide, we highlighted some of many outdoor concert series taking place around town in the next few months. One of the more intriguing events is the Post Performances, a monthly marriage of art and music to be held at the Old Post Office Plaza ... More >>
Diana BenantiMike Cracchiolo, Annie Zaleski, Ryan Wasoba and Matt Strom were the panelists at last night's State of the Music Scene discussionvThursday at the Luminary Center for the Arts. Some admitted music nerds talked shop, St. Louis and "the scene" last Thursday at The Luminary Center f ... More >>
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Remain non-broke all the way through Monday with the following suggestions for having fun on a budget this weekend. Looking for live music? We have that for you too, with our weekend concert calendar. It's also one of the best weekends all year long to see a movie in St. Louis.Everything is Terri ... More >>
Friday, October 9 *They Might Be Giants/Guggenheim Grotto, The Pageant *The Bottle Rockets/Otis Gibbs, Duck Room *Maxwell/Chrisette Michele/Common, Scottrade Center *Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Cicero's *Street Dogs, Pop's *Essince, Vintage Vinyl *Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, Broadway Oyster Bar *A ... More >>
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Friday, May 15 *Paper Dolls/Heather Perry, Off Broadway *Cracker, Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (also appearing at Vintage Vinyl at 5 p.m., free beer & BBQ!) *Left Arm, Vintage Vinyl, 8 p.m. *The Linemen, Atomic Cowboy *Messy Jiverson (CD release as Blown Speakers), Old Rock House *The Syn (members of ... More >>


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Thanks to the legend of Kirby Puckett, the Twins have a long history of being strong in the outfield -- particularly center field, where Puck passed the torch to Torii Hunter, whose absence still seems to be haunting the team. At 38, Hunter is still beating up on his old club long after they let him ... More >>
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Anybody know what Barry Bonds and Chuck Knoblauch are up to these days? Terry Ryan should probably call them -- it's hard to imagine they'd hit any worse than the completely inept players Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is forced to trot out game after game.With a .278 winning percentage, the ... More >>
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Jim Thome cranked yet another home run last night, as the Minnesota Twins took two of three from the first place Detroit Tigers in an exciting, 6-5 win, decided in the last inning. With the bases loaded in the ninth, Justin Morneau smacked a solid single off normally reliable closer Jose Valver ... More >>
You'd be happy too if you got paid $23 million.The Minnesota Twins are the second worst team in Major League Baseball on value-per-dollar, according to a new Forbes Magazine study. The rankings, which compare payroll and success, put the Twins 29th out of 30 teams, ahead of only the Chicago Cubs. ... More >>
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Target Field gates will open at 6 p.m. tonight for the 7:10 p.m. Harmon Killebrew memorial service. Admission is free, ballpark concessions will be open, and seating will be general admission, so come on downtown and pay your final respects to the late Twins great. And wear your No. 3 shirt, ... More >>
Since the no-no, the Twins haven't exactly lit up the scoreboards.So much for that. Francisco Liriano's no hitter last Tuesday was, in the minds of many, the champagne bottle smashing against the hull of the good ship Turnaround. Despite the fact that our boys squeaked out that victory, 1-0, ... More >>
Now that's a low scoring game we can live with.Last night, Francisco Liriano threw the first no-hitter of the 2011 season against the woeful Chicago White Sox. Considering that the Twins have the worst pitching in baseball, this is quite a feat. When you take into account that Liriano enter ... More >>
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Justin Bieber is in town tonight. Have you heard? In addition to jamming up traffic downtown with his show tonight and getting Tony Fly all whipped up about his surprise appearance at the MOA yesterday, the Biebs just gave a "shoutout" to Twins first baseman Justin Morneau on his Twitter account. ... More >>
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Robin Alam/Icon SMIBrady Hoke downplayed Michigan's status as a preseason favorite to win the league.CHICAGO -- Michigan might be considered a favorite in the Big Ten this season, but that matters little to Wolverines coach Brady Hoke.
He saw what happened a season ago, when most considered Michigan as a few years away from contending for the Big Ten. The Wolverines, of course, won 11 games and played in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
"I think we were picked fifth in our division a year ago," Hoke said. "I think the 1997 team, I think preseason was picked right inside the top 25 by a lot of people. And that ended up being a pretty good football team.
"We don't put too much stock in that. It's like anything in life, it's not where we start but where we finish."
Where Michigan finishes, though, might have a lot to do with its start. The Wolverines open with the defending national champions, Alabama, on Sept. 1 and close out the non-conference schedule by traveling to Notre Dame for a night game.
By the end of September, Michigan could have an idea if it is going to have a chance at the national title race along with the Big Ten championship race.
"When we're playing the reigning national champion, they're a terrific football team and they've done terrific things," Hoke said. "We're excited about the opportunity to go into a great venue, different venue, obviously, and go line up and see what happens."
Darboh could get time
One area Michigan is definitely looking for freshmen to contribute is at wide receiver, where the Wolverines lost Junior Hemingway, Martavious Odoms and Kelvin Grady to graduation.
While Michigan has Roy Roundtree and Jeremy Gallon back as key receivers, freshman Amara Darboh could have a chance to play early.
"He'll have opportunities," Hoke said. "He's a guy we feel strongly about. He'll compete."
Michigan not recruiting Penn State players
While the Wolverines flipped a Penn State recruit this week, don't expect the Wolverines to go after any current Nittany Lions players.
Hoke said while his staff scanned the Penn State roster, they aren't going to make a play for anyone.
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Michigan released its media guide Thursday and the numbers 47, 48 and 87 were not among those given out to current players. Those are the same three numbers which are being brought back into circulation this season after being retired in honor of former President Gerald Ford, Bennie Oosterbaan and Ron Kramer. ... Quarterback Denard Robinson and offensive tackle Taylor Lewan were among the 10 Players To Watch by the Big Ten. ... Among other number changes, Devin Gardner switched from No. 7 to No. 12 and Drew Dileo went from No. 26 to No. 9.
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This fast, flavorful dish appears on our table many times in summer when zucchini is abundant. The combination of zucchini, sausage and cheese is a real taste treat.
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1 pound fully cooked
Johnsonville® Smoked Sausage
4 cups cubed zucchini
2 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, optional
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Cut sausage in half lengthwise, then into 1/2-in. slices; brown in a
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I live with my husband in Long Island, NY and try to come down every chance I can. I have three girls, one of whom is married, and three adorable doggies. I work in Queens Supreme Court as a Senior Court Reporter, which I have been doing since 1976. I own this place with my husband and my brother, Lou.
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We visited the area in 2005 and fell in love. The following year we bought this condo. We love it because it's spacious, has a great pool and is one short block from the beach. On top of everything the location is wonderful and the people I meet every year have been fantastic. I've also had the pleasure of meeting with several of my tenants who decided to move down permanently.
I love getting up in the morning and having my coffee outside on the terrace, walking on the beach or around the lake and relaxing by the pool in the afternoon. I love going out and finding new places to eat every time I'm there and, of course, no trip would be complete without a day trip to Charleston. My place is perfect for families or couples who deserve a nice place to stay while they enjoy all that the Grand Strand has to offer. You work hard - you deserve a great vacation and that is my sincere wish to all that stay here!
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We really enjoyed our stay at Lorraine's 5th Avenue condo in Surfside Beach. A short walk to the beach was awesome. The condo itself was warm and comfortable. The kitchen was fully stocked with all the housewares you could need. We also enjoyed the large balcony watching the sun come up in the morning. My husband and I stayed for a whole month, which was perfect. Our daughter is going to Coastal Carolina, which was a short distance away. We are hoping to stay again in the near future.


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I don't know if I have Celiac Disease yet, that's where I'm leaning (and according to doctors everything is normal besides a slight hiatal hernia).. and curious if anyone else gets to experience what follows?
Saturday night, started to get some diaherria(sp) cramping feeling, and went to the bathroom.. nothing came for awhile, then some stool, more solid, and as more and more slowly took it's time to come out.. it got looser and looser.. the cramping not going away. Eventually, did get to the liquid stool..
During the process though, I ended up throwing up a few times (Had to switch positions, you could say, lol), not because I was feeling nauseous.. but just like my stomach decided it didn't want food in it anymore. If that makes sense?
Something like this happened to me also, within the last two months I think.
But again, tonight.. going to the bathroom, my large intestines, more near the end, not all of it.. just started to hurt, cramping, not really diaherria cramping.. but sorta, and not pleasant. So going.. or trying, to make the feeling go away, and stomach again decided it didn't want dinner anymore, so threw up.. 7 times.. fun. Not all at once, within maybe like 10 minutes. Now just really burpy, lol. Intestines though still not happy, and had to go off to the bathroom while writing this, fun!
So I'm wondering maybe.. this could be caused by Celiac? Still eating gluten.. though this hasn't happened in the past, so thinking maybe it is starting to show signs of getting worse? I know that could be possible..
Oh well.. not looking for anyone to tell me what's wrong, just if something like this has happened to you maybe? Or any thoughts you have.. thanks!
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When M.I.A. first burst onto the scene way back when she was the consummate outsider, an artists who's look and sound we've never really seen or heard before. But since then she's become the consummate insider's outsider, still as eager to defy categorization as ever but also performing next to rap's biggest names and doing tracks with Madonna. Don't get it twisted though, Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam is still living life alongside the Bad Girls of the world. For her new single M.I.A. recruits Timbaland protégé Danja for yet another eclectic beat that blends middle eastern flavors sprinkled with banging hip-hop percussion. Vocally M.I.A. somehow manages to be monotone and widly stylized, in particular throwing down an anthemic bridge that I'm betting will become a favorite sample for hip-hop producers in the coming months (every rapper now wishes they'd come up with that "my chain hits the chairs" line). We can expect more doses of unpredictable music from as we move closer to M.I.A.'s forthcoming, currently untitled album, as well as that aforementioned Madonna collaboration, Give Me All Your Luvin, set to drop this Friday, February 3.
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