News Tribune Adventure writer and novice cyclist Craig Hill is training to ride the 202-mile Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic in one day and discovering the local riding scene and the sport’s nuances along the way. In his blog, he explores ideal riding routes, events, relays tips from the experts and helps you figure out if you’ll need to shave your legs for your next big ride.
Guest blogger: Rick Beitelspacher teaches junior high English in the Puyallup School District. You can contact him at tshirtguys@comcast.net.
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When I injured my knee two months before climbing Mount Rainier in 2004 all I could do to train was ride a bike. Not to worry, climbing guide Alex Van Steen told me, that's the second best thing you can do train for a climb (the other would be climbing.) He was right. I trained on my bike and made it to the top.
So, using that logic I decided to shake up my bike training yesterday with some mountain climbing.
I definitely got a workout as I climbed Mount St. Helens with a group of USGS scientists, national monument officials, climbing rangers and others. Whether or not it will pay off on the bike, I'll find out this weekend when I do the 100-mile Flying Wheel with the STP Project team.
Even if it doesn't pay off, I highly recommend St. Helens as a workout, geology lesson or any other excuse you can come up with to make the 10-mile (roundtrip) trek up 4,500 feet to the crater.
Click here for climbing info.
POSTED BY RICK BEITELSPACHER
Get your registration for STP in by the deadline of June 14 or it will
cost you ten more dollars.
Website to sign up - www.cascade.org/Home/
Have fun and be safe - Rick B
