10 December 2011

Solo ride

It was clear and cold, but getting warmer in the sun. There was a decent tailwind as I headed up Hwy 1. I climbed up Bonny Doon and Pine Flat, then headed down Empire Grade. There were a couple of cars with trees on top of them, but there was not as much traffic as there had been a week earlier. I had to stop at the red light at the UCSC west entrance yet again before the final stretch of Empire Grade/High St.

3 December 2011

Solo ride

It was clear and cool and somewhat windy. There was more traffic than usual on Hwy 9 and Empire Grade. Some of the extra traffic was from trucks maintaining power lines after the strong winds of the last few days. On Empire Grade, most of the extra traffic were cars hauling cut down trees, though south of Smith Grade, there were plenty of the usual trucks hauling mountain bikes. I started up Jamison Creek at 12:37. There was short windy sections, but mostly there was no wind. There were also sections with debris on the road, and my rear wheel lost traction at least 4 times. I got to the top at 1:02 for an estimated time of 25:25 on the 14th time up this road in 2011. I headed down Empire Grade amid the extra traffic.

Tracking my times up Jamison Creek since 2005:

Year	Count	Fastest	Average	Slowest
2005	6	35:05	36:36	38:43
2006	14	28:48	33:36	42:16
2007	14	27:08	31:29	38:15
2008	14	23:16	25:16	27:51
2009	4	25:54	27:14	30:13
2010	14	24:00	25:26	27:40
2011	14	23:52	25:07	26:15