what a glorious feeling......I'm happy (and soaking wet) again!!
My last significant outdoor ride of '06 was Ironman Wisconsin. It was cold and rainy all day
Today is what I will consider my first significant outdoor ride of '07. It was rainy (but about 20 degrees warmer) all day. I guess I am just a sucker for riding in wet clothing.
About 40 minutes in I ran into an absolute downpour. Spent about 20 minutes camped out under a picnic shelter at the local (for where I was) baseball diamond. Then continued my journey.
The good: great aero position, good speed to power ratio on a fairly hilly course, great cadence and I was "in the zone"
The bad: my bike handling skills have really attrophied over the winter re: getting something out of my pocket, looking behind etc etc
The ugly: I started coming apart in the last 10-15 minutes. Power dropped and HR spiked. Need lots of bike hours in next 3 months.
For those of you who speak powermeter the particulars were:
Time 2:28, Distance 45.25mi , Avg speed 18.3mph, avg watts 160 (top end of zone 1 with lots of hills) avg cadence: 88 (big improvement) avg HR 149 (spiked at the end) TSS : 200 , NP:174
IF : .896
Not great by most standards but a good day for me at this stage. If I can run well after this (and all indications right after are that I can) I may be pleased with High Cliff in 3 weeks.
The female World Champion 2 years ago said shortly after finishing: "I collected little stones all year to make this beautiful mosaic on race day". Today I collected a good stone for me.....tomorrow I need to collect another.......
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