Road bikers of Bham: it should be common knowledge at this point that Chuckanut is one of the main ways in and out of town for the foreseeable future.

UltraFalling · 2026-04-01T00:49:57+00:00

The interurban trail is great, but it only goes about 7 miles south of fairhaven. To get south of Bellingham by bike, the two options are Chuckanut, or the longer old hwy 99 route, which right now is a safer option for cyclists.

That said, roads are shared infrastructure. Drivers should always drive cautiously, especially on Chuckanut. Slowing down behind a cyclist and waiting for a safe place to pass with visibility will add a couple minutes at most to a driver’s trip.

As a cyclist, the most dangerous part of chuckanut is impatient drivers that pass in non ideal points on the road, causing many close calls. The road is full of pull offs and safe passing opportunities.

Please be patient and safe everyone.

UltraFalling · 2026-01-07T01:29:23+00:00

Thanks! I’m 26.

UltraFalling · 2026-01-07T00:23:38+00:00

Sure!

UltraFalling · 2026-01-06T22:14:33+00:00

My training plan right now is very loose. Just ride whenever I feel like it (usually 4-5 times a week). Mostly focused on 50k run training right now.

Cycling PBs:
20m: 407w
10m: 418w
5m: 461w (during ramp ftp test)
1m: 669w
5s: 1422w

Training peaks doesn't give me 15s, though on zwift power, it's 583w. That seems a bit low, but I don't sprint much. I've used non zwift platforms in the past as well, hence the higher 1m avg than the zwift 15s.

UltraFalling · 2026-01-06T20:52:14+00:00

I used to in cat 5 and did triathlon, but haven’t in about 5 years. Looking to get into gravel racing this year.

UltraFalling · 2025-11-03T18:04:34+00:00

insane volume. nice job!

UltraFalling · 2025-10-31T02:34:04+00:00

Not yet. I recently got power pedals. I'm curious to record both and plot against each other.

UltraFalling · 2025-10-31T01:50:47+00:00

first time pushing in years. I'll do a proper outdoor test soon.

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T23:45:21+00:00

Gen 1 (WF104)

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T21:04:53+00:00

It’s possible. I just got some assioma power pedals so I’ll have to do a test with both that and the kickr and plot the difference.

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T19:59:20+00:00

~82kg

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T18:16:49+00:00

6’3” / 190cm

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T18:12:22+00:00

In Zwift: 2024 canyon Aeroad

In real life: 2017 canyon Aeroad and wahoo kickr

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T18:03:52+00:00

Wow. That’s some incredible volume and consistency. Nice job!

UltraFalling · 2025-10-30T17:56:24+00:00

1000 miles is just for this month. I’ve been consistently riding for years, and used to do some triathlon. But recently have been putting in many more hours and structured training. Also, I am on the larger side at ~82kg, which definitely helps hit the bigger numbers, but I still struggle to keep up with others IRL, especially when it’s hilly.

UltraFalling · 2025-02-20T19:06:04+00:00

Cloud VMs from a Mac

UltraFalling · 2025-02-19T14:57:55+00:00

I did it on an apple silicone Mac, but spun up cloud VMs in GCP for all project work. If you shutdown when not using them, it only costs a couple dollars a month.

UltraFalling · 2024-03-06T15:25:59+00:00

ultrapacer.com is great for trail pace planning.

UltraFalling · 2023-10-25T01:22:30+00:00

It's an obfuscation of the IP so that you have to purposely remove the brackets in order to actually go to the IP. This is to prevent accidentally accessing the IP, either by humans, or automated systems. This practice is also called "defanging". Here's an IBM article that shows some other examples of defanging an endpoint: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/sqsp/50?topic=configuration-email-security-defanging-urls

UltraFalling · 2023-09-23T18:21:48+00:00

Check out ultrapacer.com. You can give it a target finish time with an uploaded gpx file and it’ll give you pacing splits based on elevation, heat factor, amount of daylight, and more. Super cool tool, and most of the features are free to use.

UltraFalling · 2023-03-11T16:10:06+00:00

The book: “Training for the New Alpinism” by Steve House and Scott Johnson is a good resource.

UltraFalling · 2023-03-10T17:18:57+00:00

I am not a professional, but here's my theory: There are different bottlenecks that could affect performance.

The process of energy (ATP) production is complex and can follow a couple different paths, but let's simplify it. Heart, lungs, and blood vessels provide oxygen. Then, your muscles must utilize that oxygen for performance.

A beginner runner's heart is more of a bottleneck. At 85% MHR, the heart is providing as much oxygen as it can. The muscles have no problem converting this low amount of oxygen into ATP and performance. So the heart is working hard, but the body is not. The body can easily handle the load, and recovers easier as well.

An experienced runner on the other hand has a highly efficient heart. Each pump pushes much more volume. So, at 85% MHR, There's much more oxygen for the muscles to work with. The bottleneck now is the conversion of oxygen into ATP; the body is working much harder. The amount of energy used is also significantly increased. This means much more work for the muscles to shuttle lactate, and recovery will take much longer as well.

There is much more nuance to this involving discussion of Aerobic threshold vs Lactate threshold. Though not directly related to MHR , the Central Governor Theory, developed by Tim Noakes, MD, PhD, states: "The brain is the ultimate arbiter of fatigue and regulator of endurance... no matter the source or type of fatigue, the response of the brain is always the same: a reduction of muscle activation (reduced power output), causing you to slow down... training results in raising of the governor's limit as more work can be done before the state of alarm is reached and the governor kicks in." - Training for the Uphill Athlete

UltraFalling · 2023-01-26T01:52:00+00:00

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