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Saturday Apr 10, 2021 #
6 AM
flexibility 52:00 [1]
8 AM
Road cycle (Giro) 2:50:21 65.24 km (2:37 / km) +18m 2:36 / km
ahr:140 max:155 shoes: D2 2D yellow mountain
It was a bit cool, but I though it was a good day to go out for a good ride on the Marsh. Wind was a bit stronger than I like, but not too bad. I eased off a bit in the middle third once I decided to make it an age ride - more on that in a minute.
It warmed up nicely as I progressed. By mid half way point a few other bikes started to show up. It was interesting to see that by going out early in the season, it is easy to start out with Local Legend status on Strava. I only signed up for my TTs last year, and it is likely the only prize I’ll get from them.
I paused for a few minutes at 45km to consume a few calories. I’ve been liking Huma as a gel alternative, but does it ever make a mess of your pocket carrying the waste home.
I did think of what has potential to be an interesting video. There are a couple sections of the marsh that lend themselves to taking drone footage once a week or so. It might give a really interesting perspective on the growth in the marsh. I’ll need to find some new video editing software to put it together.
Age Ride: I was comfortable with my second Covid edition with 5 outside rides and 7 inside rides, though I never really came up with trainer equivalence metric. 10 outside is still my preferred target.
Last weekend, J expressed the belief that trainer rides should count: boredom versus wind is not an unreasonable tradeoff. But then she expressed the opinion that doing my age in age rides might be a good thing to try one year. Part of me feels it is a bit of a crazy target, but the gauntlet was dropped. Once a week, plus a bonus every four weeks would get there.
So. Starting at my birthday: 6 outside rides, 5 inside rides.
It warmed up nicely as I progressed. By mid half way point a few other bikes started to show up. It was interesting to see that by going out early in the season, it is easy to start out with Local Legend status on Strava. I only signed up for my TTs last year, and it is likely the only prize I’ll get from them.
I paused for a few minutes at 45km to consume a few calories. I’ve been liking Huma as a gel alternative, but does it ever make a mess of your pocket carrying the waste home.
I did think of what has potential to be an interesting video. There are a couple sections of the marsh that lend themselves to taking drone footage once a week or so. It might give a really interesting perspective on the growth in the marsh. I’ll need to find some new video editing software to put it together.
Age Ride: I was comfortable with my second Covid edition with 5 outside rides and 7 inside rides, though I never really came up with trainer equivalence metric. 10 outside is still my preferred target.
Last weekend, J expressed the belief that trainer rides should count: boredom versus wind is not an unreasonable tradeoff. But then she expressed the opinion that doing my age in age rides might be a good thing to try one year. Part of me feels it is a bit of a crazy target, but the gauntlet was dropped. Once a week, plus a bonus every four weeks would get there.
So. Starting at my birthday: 6 outside rides, 5 inside rides.