We got up early to make a climb up Squaw Peak before the warm temperatures arrived. It was rather cool with a head wind as we made our way up Provo Canyon. We exited from the bike trail over to the busy highway about a half of a mile before the entrance to the Squaw Peak road. Franz had made the climb earlier in the week with a time of 31:51 so we wanted to see how long it would take on the tandem. Our tandem time last year, when we first made the climb, was 47:03. We were sure we could beat that.

We pushed hard all the way up but did hold back some since we have a fast paced ride with the Utah Velo club this evening. We finished in under 40 minutes, for a new best time for us. The climb up Squaw Peak is 4.3 miles with a 7.4% grade. It is similar to the backside of Mt. Hamilton where the grade is close to 7.9% and the miles of the climb are a bit further.

We felt so good about our climb that when we got home we signed up for another century ride in a couple of weeks.

The weight and heart rate numbers in the table below are for Franz only.

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