This week just Stephen and I rode. Nathan had a “Marathon Baseball Game” (100 innings in 6 hours). Erin had Solo and Ensemble competition. So, they got to sleep in and Stephen and I took off from the house at 6:30. We rode from Katy Mills Mall again (I’m getting a bit bored with the routes, but I really like the access to real restrooms and shopping before and after).
I’m going to have to just get used to wind. Stephen has patiently explained that if we’re going to end up where we start, then we’re probably going to have to fight against the wind at some point of every ride. (This will not be a problem in April, because we DON’T end up where we start. We end up 182 miles away from where we start.) Of course, now that he’s explained it, I’m kind of surprised that I hadn’t already figured that out…
By most measures, however, the wind this week wasn’t too bad. Stephen and I drafted on the east-west leg and I finally got to experience why Nathan likes to ride behind me. I doubt I’ll get as much benefit from riding behind him next weekend, but I think I may make him do it a couple times anyway so that I can show him how hard I’m working to make his little life easier. After the rest stop we had a short trip south and Stephen drafted me for that whole leg.
When we turned onto Route 90 (which, I predict, will be the last leg of every single ride for the whole rest of this training season – I’ve gotten to the point where I remember where the dips in the road are!) the wind was at our backs and we were able to really pour it on. We sped up and sustained a pace of about 16 mph for the last 13 miles.
All in all, we covered 35.77 miles (on my computer – Stephen stole another .5 miles somehow) in 2 hours and 52 minutes. Our average speed was 12.5 mph. I logged these miles on my training log and was pleased to discover that I have covered 200 miles in the month of January between walking dogs and riding the bike! That’s a lot of miles for an old chick!
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