May-13:
Youngsville: BR #2 to Hornes Church - BR #7 for LT 1 mile - return via BR #2; ESE breeze / wind; 70.3 m.; est 1722 ft climbed ---> effort index = 87; 4hrs, 14min; 16.6 mph avg pace.
1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
Apr tot: 13 rides; 666.4 m.; 42 hrs, 58 min; 15.5 mph.
May tot: 7 rides, 362.2 m.; 22 hrs, 30 min; 16.1 mph.
YTD: 40 rides; 1783.9 m.; 112 hrs, 58 min; 15.8 mph.
Given the ESE headwind on the outbound (eastbound) leg, I soft-pedaled most of the outbound with the intent to push on the homeward bound leg. A "banana" break @ Hornes Ch @ 34.75 miles in 2hrs, 17min --> I'd avg'd ~ 15.2 mph soft-pedaling into the wind. (744 ft "climbed" outbound)
I thought I would get more help from the tailwind on the way back; it frequently felt like a quartering headwind, but that was probably just the "apparent wind". The little loop at the turn-around meant that I had 35.55 homeward (westward) bound miles in 1hr, 57min --> I avg'd ~ 18.2 mph coming back. I was able to "push"most of the way back, but had to back off a few times to recover. The legs were screaming much of the last half of the way back; when it got to be too much, soft-pedaled for a bit. (1207 ft "climbed" inbound)
Btw, new "record" for furthest east ridden on BR #2 for me. Next time: Elm City?
Effort index = 70.3 + 1951 ft climbed / 100 = 70.3 + 19.5 = 89.8 = 89.
An astute reader will notice that there is an inconsistency between the "climbing" reported in the summary, and the "climbing" resulting from combining the outbound and inbound amounts.
ReplyDeleteStrange.
Oh, well.
I still have not made it further east on NC BR #2 than Hornes Church.
ReplyDeleteOf course, these days I turn south at Hornes Church onto NC BR #7 for another 17-miles to Black Creek. In other words, I am still doing that Youngsville-HornesChurch segment as an out-and-back route (but with some extra added on each end).
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