The Road to RTB and the STP
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This page is no longer maintained. Please see my Biking Log. I moved it to its own section. See: http://thomasng.net/?page_id=1152
This is a comprehensive biking log as I train for the Reach the Beach (RTB) – 100miles on May 19th – and the Seattle to Portland (STP) – 200miles – on July 14th/15th! The list will be updated on a regular basis 
Riding with my mountain bike, knobby tires to begin with, then swapped to slicks
March 30th: 12 miles; 1hr 10 minutes; avg speed: 10.29mph
March 31st: 21.2 miles; 1hr 49 minutes; avg speed: 11.67mph
April 4th: Registered for the Seattle to Portland! – 2 days, 200 miles.
April 10th: 29.2 miles; No ride time recorded
April 15th: 34.04 miles; 2hrs 49minutes; avg speed: 12.09mph
April 20th: I put away my snowboard for the season, the RTB and STP training really begins!
April 20th: 23.37 miles; 2 hours; avg speed: 11.69mph
April 21st: Registered for Reach the Beach! – 1 day, 100 miles. Help me out, donate to the American Lung Association of Oregon!
April 23rd: 17.92 miles; 1hr, 14minutes; avg speed: 14.53mph
April 24th: 40.19 miles; 3hrs, 2minutes; avg speed: 13.25mph
April 26th: 50.17 miles; 3hrs 35minutes; avg speed: 14.00mph – HALF CENTURY MARK!
April 27th: 22.63 miles; 2hrs, 0minutes; avg speed: 11.32mph – Conquered Washington Park
Got my road bike!
May 5th: 14.42 miles; 56minutes; Avg 15.14 mph; max 29.05mph; avg cadence: 74
May 6th (morning/afternoon): 57 miles; 3hrs 46minutes; Avg 15.17 mph; avg cadence: 70 – Downtown Portland to St. Helens, OR via Hwy 30
May 6th (evening, cumulative total): 67 miles; 4hrs 46minutes; Avg 14.96mph; avg cadence: 69
May 9th: 21.81 miles; 1hr 29minutes; avg 14.68 mph; max 27.80mph; avg cadence: 72
May 12th: 100.55 miles; 6hrs 35minutes; avg 15.26mph; max 33.08mph; avg cadence: 76 – Downtown Portland to Rainier, OR via Hwy 30 [map]
May 19th: 100.35 miles; 6hrs 48minutes; avg 14.75mph; max 34.40mph; avg cadence: 73 – We Reached the Beach! Portland to Pacific City [map]
June 3rd: 27.7 miles; 1hrs 55minutes; avg 14.38mph; max 29.31mph; avg cadence: 70
June 10th: 23.14 miles; 1hrs 36minutes; avg 14.43mph; max 33.79mph; avg cadence: 70; elevation climb: 850feet. On West Union to Skyline Blvd.
June 16th: 29.82 miles; 1hrs 53minutes; avg 15.80mph; max 31.52mph; avg cadence: 79
June 17th: 28.32 miles; 1hrs 54minutes; avg 14.83mph; max 26.52mph; avg cadence: 70
June 22nd: 30.48 miles; 2hrs 16minutes; avg 13.38mph; max 26.03mph; avg cadence: 63; taking an easy ride tonight…. more rides tomorrow!
June 23rd: 33.94 miles; 2hrs 12minutes; avg 15.37mph; max 30.37mph; avg cadence: 62; MORE riding on Sunday! I broke 700 miles since this blog entry started and rode 497 miles on my road bike!
June 24th: 24.60 miles; 2hrs 1minute; avg 12.16mph; max 25.57mph; avg cadence: 57; it was pouring down rain this morning. It sucked.
June 25th: 9.16 miles; 0hrs 35minutes; avg 15.67mph; max 29.05mph; avg cadence: 70; a trip to REI and around Hillsboro stadium
June 27th: 40.11 miles; 2hrs 49minutes; avg 14.23mph; max 27.80mph; avg cadence: 65
June 30th: 101.00 miles; 7hrs 15minutes; avg 13.91mph; max 36.37mph; avg cadence: 65 – Started at OMSI, down the Springwater Corridor to Marine Drive to I-205 path, to Springwater Corridor, up through Washington Park, to 231st and Baseline in Hillsboro, to the Trimet Park and Ride by Nike World Campus, to Cedar Hills, to RadiSys Corporation, to Hillsboro Stadium, to Home.
July 1st (morning ride): 40.64 miles; 2hrs 26minutes; avg 16.73mph; max 31.22mph; avg cadence: 75. HWY30
July 1st (evening ride): 44.24 miles; 2hrs 48minutes; avg 15.77mph; max 31.23mph; avg cadence: 71. HWY30… again. I completed 92.94% of the STP (185.88 miles) in training rides in the last two days!
July 5th (evening ride): 21.84 miles; 1hr 29minutes; avg 14.61mph; max 27.02mph; avg cadence: 67. From Tigard to Beaverton to Hillsboro. [map] I completed biked 1010 miles now!
RIDE TOTAL AS OF July 5th: 1009.84 miles – equivalent to doing the STP 5 times!
More rides to come!