87 Days left
87 Days left
4/18/2006 9:49 PM
This was another nice day. I rode 11.46 miles at a time of 1:04:13 for an average speed of 10.6 mph. I had to stop for a while to watch an immature bald eagle sitting in a tree. You can check him out at www.lunsfordapril2006.blogspot.com. He wasn’t as shy as the adults I have seen. They fly when you get within a half mile of them. This one just sat in the tree.
I rode through town and out on the river road to the gravel pit and back on Shepardsville road. That road is almost too rough to ride on. It is concrete that has started to deteriorate and there are lots of holes and the smooth surface of the concrete is gone leaving the rocks exposed and making it feel like a washboard when you ride on it.
I rode for a while in the highest gear that the bike has. It was the first time I have had it in that gear. I was going 17 mph on a flat smooth road. When I put the gears back to where I usually ride it felt like nothing. Guess I’ll have to try that more often.
An article I read said I should be working toward my 160 mile ride with long rides and increasing each ride by 10 or 15% with each long ride. So I have a 20, 30 and 40 mile ride planned. Beyond that I have nothing. I am going to do a long ride on the weekends. This weekend we will be going to Stephanie’s home. She had her baby!!!!!!. Today at 4:15. That will put me behind in my training so I will have to make up for it with a couple of long rides through the week.
4/18/2006 9:49 PM
This was another nice day. I rode 11.46 miles at a time of 1:04:13 for an average speed of 10.6 mph. I had to stop for a while to watch an immature bald eagle sitting in a tree. You can check him out at www.lunsfordapril2006.blogspot.com. He wasn’t as shy as the adults I have seen. They fly when you get within a half mile of them. This one just sat in the tree.
I rode through town and out on the river road to the gravel pit and back on Shepardsville road. That road is almost too rough to ride on. It is concrete that has started to deteriorate and there are lots of holes and the smooth surface of the concrete is gone leaving the rocks exposed and making it feel like a washboard when you ride on it.
I rode for a while in the highest gear that the bike has. It was the first time I have had it in that gear. I was going 17 mph on a flat smooth road. When I put the gears back to where I usually ride it felt like nothing. Guess I’ll have to try that more often.
An article I read said I should be working toward my 160 mile ride with long rides and increasing each ride by 10 or 15% with each long ride. So I have a 20, 30 and 40 mile ride planned. Beyond that I have nothing. I am going to do a long ride on the weekends. This weekend we will be going to Stephanie’s home. She had her baby!!!!!!. Today at 4:15. That will put me behind in my training so I will have to make up for it with a couple of long rides through the week.
posted by SteveOnFulton at Tuesday, April 18, 2006
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home