Friday Night Ride
Posted by FLATOUT JIM in race report, racing, Time trials
I decided to preclude my weekly Friday Funies to blog about my most awesome ride this evening. Yes, as all you booze hounds were out at your favourite local for a few cool ones and maybe a pint and a basket of wings, I decided to take advantage of an absolutely beautiful evening to finally get in my 40k Trial. Yes, contrary to popular belief, we don’t all hang at Geroge Street on Friday.
The conditions were perfect for a hard ride. Overcast, but warm with light winds, in fact this was the first ride of the summer that I could ride in just cycling shorts and a jersey. I did my 40k route from my house to the town of Paradise, and back.
Here are the stats.
1:24:32 for 23k.
Average Speed 29.5 kmh
Maximum Speed 64.5 kmh
But the best stat was 52 kmh in the 50 zone. Yes, I was speeding. It was a part of the route on a slight downgrade that levels off just as the speed limit goes from 100 to 50, if you get up enough speed on the down portion, and concentrate on staying aero, you can pick up some wicked speed. And tonight was perfect for breaking the limit. And if you go back to the last time I did this loop, its almost a 5 minute improvement over the 1:29.
And for my recovery supper, and Charisa would be so proud of me, Caesar salad with tofu chicken nuggets. Don’t worry Charisa, I made up for it last night with Don’s ultimate wings from Don Cherries.
