WOW! What a ride!
Four of us headed out with the normal 7 O'Clock ride this morning and split off 25-30 miles in. The goal? 100+ miles today on some new roads that we haven't ridden on before.
It was a great ride! But...we never slowed down!!! As Josh put it, "didn't let up on the gas."
Normally, the 7 O'Clock ride in a good, solid pace (endurance to tempo and harder at times). That's fine and dandy - for 50-60 miles. And, it was fine up till we split off from them. But, after we split off, we never slowed down to a more reasonable pace given the distance we were planning on covering. And, there were only 4 of us to share the load.
Well, over the course of 108 miles, I had an average speed of just under 20 mph (including stops and the ride to/from the ride start from my house at a slower pace). That's fast enough and all, but when you take into account we fought the wind for 55-60 miles of the ride and my bike computer doesn't stop recording when we stop, it was fast!
From a power standpoint, if 100% is like riding as fast as you can for 1 hour, we rode at 75% for close to 6 hours.
Still, the route and roads were great. Lot's of beautiful scenery. And, I think everyone had fun as evidenced by the picture below at our 2nd rest stop 72 miles in.
It was a great ride! But...we never slowed down!!! As Josh put it, "didn't let up on the gas."
Normally, the 7 O'Clock ride in a good, solid pace (endurance to tempo and harder at times). That's fine and dandy - for 50-60 miles. And, it was fine up till we split off from them. But, after we split off, we never slowed down to a more reasonable pace given the distance we were planning on covering. And, there were only 4 of us to share the load.
Well, over the course of 108 miles, I had an average speed of just under 20 mph (including stops and the ride to/from the ride start from my house at a slower pace). That's fast enough and all, but when you take into account we fought the wind for 55-60 miles of the ride and my bike computer doesn't stop recording when we stop, it was fast!
From a power standpoint, if 100% is like riding as fast as you can for 1 hour, we rode at 75% for close to 6 hours.
Still, the route and roads were great. Lot's of beautiful scenery. And, I think everyone had fun as evidenced by the picture below at our 2nd rest stop 72 miles in.
Melissa and Josh are smiling. And, even Stephen is showing us his best side. :)
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