Jul-19:
PUE: Coley-L'villeU-U again at OliveBranch-DocN-Baptist-Kemp-Virgil-Coley-BJP-Norwood to Leesville-U turn; a stiffish NNW breeze; 73.0 miles; est 2741 ft climbed ---> effort = 100; 4hrs, 45min; 15.3 mph avg pace.
1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.
2nd Qt. tot: 43 rides; 2124.3 m.; 134 hrs, 59 min; 15.7 mph.
Jul tot: 11 rides; 554.1 m.; 33 hrs, 53 min; 16.3 mph.
YTD: 74 rides; 3433.7 m.; 216 hrs, 23 min; 15.9 mph.
Rolling 12-mos.: 118 rides; 5593.8 m.; 348 hrs, 21 min; 16.1 mph.
73 miles, and the rolling 12-mos total miles went down! --Why / How ?! -- because last year on Jul-19, I did my first ride to Mt. Tirzah.
Tired from yesterday. Started slow and stayed pretty slow, but when I stopped in BJP @ 61.4 miles to refill my water bottles, I was averaging 15.6 mph. A decent avg pace was within reach.
However, as I filled my bottles, I heard this woman, who was solo, calling a friend to drive up from Cary to collect her because her saddle was "messed up". I took a look -- the saddle was twisted sideways. "Got any tools?" I asked. "No, I'm just a beginner" responded the woman.
I got my allen wrenches and straightened the saddle. The woman told me she had just started riding with clipless pedals and had fallen when whe didn't click in correctly. Then she asked if I could fix the "horn" on the right side of her handlebar -- it had twisted out of proper position when she and the bike had fallen -- a few hammer blows with my fist and, viola, fixed.
I rode with Polly across PUCh Rd and Norwood to Leesville Rd. In 7 miles, my avg pace dropped to 15.2 mph.
Then I rode back to PUE, and called it a day.
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