Today's ride, the tour of eastside hills, will feature some great climbs, roughly 90 miles of hilly Northwest roads - the steepest being Tolt Hill Road out in Carnation - a 10% grade for a mile! This will be about the 10th time I'll do that climb, and I can't say it ever gets any easier. Well maybe the 2nd time it was a little easier but since then it's been about the same - really hard.. 43rd Ave (out in Issaquah) is tough too, and you can tell the traffic isn't used to riders on that road, they buzz pretty close.
Towns/suburbs I'll pass through: Seattle, Renton, Issaquah, Fall City, Carnation, Redmond, Woodinville, Bothell, and then back to Seattle. From looking at the elevation profile, it looks like there are 6 or 7 major climbs - each maxing out at 400 or 500 feet.
Check out what the route looks like in Google Earth:
According to my cyclo-computer I got back in May, I've done 1,620 miles! If I keep up this pace I could probably do 4-5k miles this year, maybe more. I can't wait to see it hit 2,000 miles, which should happen maybe even this month!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Tour of Eastside Hills
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You have to tell me how you get the altitude overlay on the Google Earth. That's cool.
I agree on Tolt not getting eaiser. Maybe if one does repeats up it...
my mapping site generates KML (Google Earth output) for any saved route.
So if you click out a route and save it on veloroutes, you can view it in 3D!! (elevation data is there too if you zoom in on the route)
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repeats up tolt!! the thought hadn't crossed my mind, i guess because it'd be so damn hard! that'd be great training for next year's Carnation Hills TT.
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