Joe and Heidi White: Deep Cove

I'm really proud of my wife.

She is fairly new to cycling. Like many, she has known how to ride a bike, but only in the last year has she focused on cycling as a discipline of triathlon. She's never done really long rides, never had mountain epics, or big climbs but the other day she said....

"I think I'd like to do Deep Cove and then ride up Mount Seymour"

I can't say I was surprised....she tends to "go for it" in life....and this ride, is one of those..."go for it" types

So off we went...deep cove first....then mount Seymour (1040 meters in 12km)

and about 50 miles later and 5000 feet of climbing

She did it!

Way to go Heidi! I'm so proud of the progress you are making in such a short time! You're a stud!

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Went on a really nice ride today with my friend Jay. Jay and I have been on many adventures together (rockclimbing & cycling)....and he is a pastor too!

We decided to cycle to Deep Cove and then cycle up Mount Seymour.

We generally followed this route (except that we included a loop around Stanley Park and the hill climb to Prospect Point) as opposed to going right through.

The cycling to deep cove could be classified as rollers. Short climbs and short descents make it a really nice ride to warm up the legs and stop in a really beautiful town next to a gorgeous inlet. This is a highly recommended ride.

Then it was time to get the business done...

The Mount Seymour climb is 1045 meters (3430 feet) in 12.5 kilometers (7.8 miles). It is unrelenting with a constant grade of 8% and the first five kilometers amping up to between 9-10%

For the ride profile (click the photo below)

photo taken from here

We chatted the whole way, sweated under a 25 degree Celsius sun, and enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL ride. Saw a few deer on the way up (and one on the way down...that was not so fun. Careful cyclists!)