After racing in Big Bear 2 weeks ago, and getting 2nd behind my team mate Sid Taberlay and Racing this weekend at the West Coast Marathon Championships I have finally made a breakthrough on my fitness. I feel like I some good power records this week, and all I have is one more tune-up race on the schedule, which is the Baja Ultra Endurance, in Esenada Mexico. With all the other training, things are looking pretty good for my preparation for the 17th edition of the La Ruta de Los Conquistadores to take place from November 11th to the 14th in Costa Rica.

Yesterday was a hard, but great training ride, many will think that Orange County California doesn't have big climbs, but there are, my training ride yesterday took place at the Maple Springs climb that takes you up to 4400feet from almost Sea level in 7miles I was doing intervals with surges and even with rest between intervals it took me 58 minutes from Gate to Gate. There is an additional 30 minutes of climbing that will take you to the top of Santiago Peak at an elevation of 5500feet, from the top of this peak you can see the Ocean just about 10 miles away. Doing climbs like this one will help my preparation for my big race coming up. The only thing is that each stage of La Ruta has about 3 climbs like this one. Luckily my Specialized Epic climbed just like a hard tail but descended like a trail bike on this long fast fire road.

More to come in the following weeks, stay tune.

Muchas Gracias!

MP