Rematch with Mount Diablo

Took over an hour off the time to ascend from the Athenian School to the summit of Mount Diablo compared to last time. To be fair, last time was a) the first time up the mountain and b) the base of the mountain was 3 hours of riding from my house where we started.

This time we transported the bikes and parked near the school and started fresh. It was a lot easier, but still harder than our typical Sunday ride. About 50% more climb and no real break in it.



There will be further rematches. Would like to get down to 1:15 or so.



Lol > 100% grade! It is steep but not that steep.

Ways to go faster in future attempts:

Press harder in the easy bits.
Eat better the night before and get some rest (curry, ale, 2am bedtime not recommended)
Keep working on early-morning nutrition that the stomach can tolerate. Strawberry poptarts ?!?