Saturday, January 16, 2010

Saturday Group Bike Ride

Today was an awesome day to go out riding.  Here in DC, we've been hammered with freezing cold temperatures and snow.  Today turned out to be a great Saturday for any outdoor activity, for me, that activity was a group ride with my TNT teammates.  We started off in Rock Creek Park, Pierce Mill Parking Lot, Washington, D.C.  It was a relief to get on the road with some people for a mostly continuous ride.  The route was mostly uphill in the beginning, a very slight 1-2 degree incline with one or two steeper hills, the trip back was more down hill, with a steep hill or two.

Last time I road, I was a bit disappointed with my performance.  Today was much better, and I attribute that to having company on the road.  Today was supposed to be an 80 minute ride, but we flew on the way back that it ended up being only about 75 minutes.  Stats: about 22.6 miles, average speed of about 17.9mph and average cadence of about 81rpm.  I felt great after the ride too, I felt so good that I thought I could run too afterwards.  Overall, the ride was great, looking back, I thought I could push myself more in some parts.  I just tried to keep up with someone who knew where they were going.  For now, I think my goal would be to hit an average speed of 20mph and also up my average cadence, longer term is to do 25 miles in an hour.

Tomorrow will be a 30 min swim and a 30 min run.

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