Friday, February 27, 2009

Feb-27th solo ride

Feb-27: 
  
Honeycutt Park: same route as Feb-26 + Norwood-PleasUnionChRd & back; warm, but strong SSW wind; 27.0 miles; 1hrs, 48min, 54sec; 14.8 mph avg pace. 
 
Jan tot: 2 rides, 96.0 m.; 6 hrs, 5 min. 
Feb tot: 11 rides, 350.4 m.; 21 hrs, 56 min. 
YTD: 13 rides, 446.4 m.; 28 hrs, 1 min. 
 
Yesterday I was trying to ride fairly hard on the upslopes; today I was just out for a spin; I hade to stop myself from "attacking" on several uphills / upslopes, esp. later in the ride. How strong was the wind today? On the flat of Pleasant Union Ch Rd, heading SSW towards the sharp curve, there is no "tree-tunnel" to help block the wind; on that flat, riding into the wind, repeated gusts of wind knocked my speed from 16 to 13 to 9 mph.

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