{"id":66,"date":"2008-04-28T16:33:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T00:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rides.actc.org\/?p=66"},"modified":"2008-04-29T05:06:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-29T13:06:05","slug":"devil-mtn-double-no-trouble-with-a-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rides.actc.org\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Devil Mtn Double – No Trouble with a Double"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Franz Kelsch<\/em><\/p>\n

I finished the very difficult Devil Mountain Double on Saturday. It is 206 miles with 18,600 feet of climbing. It is probably the most difficult double century in California. My final time was 15 hours, 32 minutes, a big improvement over last year. Gary Franck was way ahead of me, finishing in 14 hours, 2 minutes. Before the start we saw Steve Saeedi, Paul Duren, Brian Canali, Lyresa Pleskovitch, Art Cruz and Russ and Sheila Stevens on a tandem.<\/p>\n

I was happy with my time since it was hot again. I got worried coming up Mines Road because of the heat and started to get a bad case of hot foot. There was a breeze this year that helped. I really focused on drinking all day, and took a lot of Endurolyte tablets. I was so worried about cramping again on the backside of Mt. Hamilton that I went up slower than I probably needed to, but I never did cramp anywhere on the ride.<\/p>\n

I was also happy to make it to Norris Canyon, the last section, before dark. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like biking on Crow Creek Canyon road in the dark due to all the traffic. I had carried my one pound light the entire day and could have got by with a small Cateye light.<\/p>\n

I left the aero bars on the bike which was a good thing. It gave me an alternate position not only for my hands but when I am in the aero bars I get a different position on the saddle, which greatly helped to take some pressure off a tired butt. It was either that part of the body or my right foot that hurt the most.
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This year I used my newer bike with only a double crank, but I had no big issue with the higher gearing. I would have preferred to climb up Sierra Road with a triple but the better handling of the newer bike was a benefit on the rest of the ride.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/h3>\n

Here is a detailed comparison with doing the same event last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\n2007<\/th>\n2008<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Body Weight<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike Gearing<\/td>\nTriple (30\/25)<\/td>\nDouble (39\/27)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Time (hr: min)<\/td>\n18:12<\/td>\n15:32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Riding Time (hr:min)<\/td>\n14:51<\/td>\n14:31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avg. Speed (mph moving)<\/td>\n14.1<\/td>\n14.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stopping Time (hr:min)<\/td>\n3:21<\/td>\n1:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average Heart Rate (bpm)<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maximum Heart Rate (bpm)<\/td>\n167<\/td>\n169<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average HR Climbing Sierra (bpm)<\/td>\n142<\/td>\n146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issues to Deal With<\/td>\nSignificant Cramping<\/td>\nSignificant Hot Foot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weather<\/td>\nHot No Wind<\/td>\nHot With Breeze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Time Comparison<\/h3>\n

This chart shows my arrival times into the various rest stops. You can see that for the first 115 miles, up to the junction cafe, I did almost the same between both years. Last year my times slowed down considerably due to cramping on the backside of Mt. Hamilton. Click the graph below to enlarge.<\/p>\n

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Stopping Time Comparison<\/h3>\n

This shows a comparision between my stopping time between years. Times shown are in minutes. Most of the improvement in the total time was due to a signficant reduction in the amount of stopping time at the rest stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Stop<\/th>\n2007<\/th>\n2008<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Diablo Summit<\/td>\n\n
6<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Territory RS<\/td>\n\n
5<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mines Rd RS<\/td>\n\n
7<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junction Cafe<\/td>\n\n
40<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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18<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cramping on Mt. Hamilton<\/td>\n\n
25<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crother’s RS<\/td>\n\n
47<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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9<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pet the Goat RS<\/td>\n\n
35<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunol RS<\/td>\n\n
16<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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4<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other, stop lights, mini rest stops<\/td>\n\n
20<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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19<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Stopping<\/td>\n\n
201<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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61<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Last Time<\/h3>\n

I don’t plan on doing this event again. It is very difficult and takes out of you far too much. Since I had a difficult time last year, I wanted to do it again to see if I could do it right with better training and more of a focus on hydration during the event. Having accomplished that, I don’t feel a need to repeat it.<\/p>\n

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